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Our teachers tried teaching us about death during nursing training. As a student nurse, I knew I would see death in my 1 . I had no idea of the 2 it would have on me, however.
The first person I saw die was an elderly man, John, who had been 3 for weeks. His heart was failing and the health-care team was keeping him comfortable and 4 his symptoms. He had stopped speaking days before but was still awake at times, and his 5 when we spoke to him was beautiful.
When I came on to the 6 one morning, the night staff said he had deteriorated (恶化) overnight and had 7 left to leave. A trained nurse and I gave him a bed bath, shaved him and changed his sheets. For the next six hours I 8 his hand and talked to him. The doctor came in regularly and asked if he needed more pain relief but he seemed 9 most of the time. He only occasionally opened his eyes to smile at me. Early in the afternoon the nurse came back in and we washed his face