'Death is inevitable-none of us will escape it. Ending life with a
terminal illness is a slow and rather lonely process. I am
interested in the question of why some nurses choose to work in the
field of palliative care. I am one who willingly stepped into the
role of being with patients at their most vulnerable time -when
death became inevitable. My nursing history has spanned fifty
years, of which the last twenty were in palliative care of
terminally ill and dying patients. What was it that influenced me
to move from a curing model to comfort caring only? My work is an
account of how I discovered palliative care nursing after thirty
years in the acute-care setting. I migrated to Australia at the age
of seventeen after the violence of World War II and the death of my
father in a refugee camp. It seemed that taking on nursing was the
best way to settle into a new life. I was happy with general
nursing but had a feeling that there was more I could contribute to
my patient care. My mother's unexpected death with cancer was
responsible for showing the way. She died in the hospice unit of
the hospital where I was employed. Sitting by her side showed me
another aspect of nursing that attracted me to a career change. I
transferred to the Hospice after mother died and remained there for
twenty years. Naturally I wondered why this change of direction
happened.' - Susan Bardy
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