Category: First Person
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Part 3: My experience of C.P.E. experience during COVID-19
Marie Conlin, MDiv One evening I received a call that a patient was actively dying, and they wanted me to come to the room and pray. When I got to the room the patient had just passed away. There were four nurses in the room, two who had come to give the patient a procedure…
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Part 2: My experience of CPE residency during COVID-19
Marie Conlin, MDiv If the changes to life were not enough, there had been many changes to my assigned units that began the first week of the Covid19 pandemic, which if I can say “officially” began on Monday, March 16th, though there was much concern as to what was coming our way the week prior. Soon, due…
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Part 1: My Experience of C.P.E residency during COVID-19
Marie Conlin, MDiv I was thrilled to get an offer to be part of the Elmhurst Hospital Residency Program. I had heard so many good things about the program from Chaplains who had done their Residency here and I could not wait to get started. The program began the Tuesday after Labor Day on a…
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The Final Prayer: A Chaplain’s reflection on death and dying
Heather Burwell, MDiv The room was filled to capacity with adults in sorrowful tears, some locking arms, some holding hands. This was Elizabeth’s (not her real name) community of family, those who love her most and loved her best. They hated to say good-bye to one who had been such an important and loving part…
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Only healing cards please!
Nijole Hunter, RN As soon as I entered her room, I noticed, that she was so upset. She looked withdrawn with a blank stare and emotionally detached from her surrounding. She was motionless and silent. Her eyes were squinted and forehead looked creased. What happened? I begun to wonder. This hospice patient is usually in…
Hospice Chaplaincy 