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Meet the nurses from this location:
Michael Arciaga, RN, NCIIM
Emergency Department Nurse The Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Emergency Department Nurse The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Michael Arciaga, RN, NCIIM
Both of Michael's parents were in the medical profession back in their native Philippines, and they encouraged him to follow their path. Working as a nurse in the ER, Michael has seen his fair share of death, and knows intimately that an ER gurney is not where you want to end your days. He has also been personally touched by the death and dying experience, and has fought to honor the final wishes of several of his own ailing family members.
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Lynn Billing, RN
Palliative Care Nurse Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center The Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Palliative Care Nurse Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Lynn Billing, RN
Lynn has worked as both a hospice and Palliative Care nurse at some of the premiere medical institutions in the country. However, when her own father lay dying at the end of a prolonged illness, she realized that the emotions she sees her patients' families go through are even more complicated than she had imagined.
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Shawn Brast, MSN, RN, CCRN, NRP
Critical Care Transport Nurse and Team Educator Johns Hopkins Lifeline
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Critical Care Transport Nurse and Team Educator Johns Hopkins Lifeline
Shawn Brast, MSN, RN, CCRN, NRP
Shawn works in critical care transport, where he spends most of his time trying to save lives by getting patients to the hospital to receive care. In the past few years, however, he has also helped develop a program in which he takes critically ill patients from the hospital back to their homes so they can die peacefully at home on their own terms.
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Brian Fowler, RN, BSN
Emergency Department Nurse The Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Emergency Department Nurse The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Brian Fowler, RN, BSN
Between the ICU, oncology and the ER, Brian has 20 years of nursing under his belt. He currently spends his nights in the very busy Johns Hopkins ED, where he and his colleagues see everything from sudden heart attacks to violent shootings. He wishes young men and women that have been taught to glorify gun violence could see what he sees every night, so they could truly understand what it means to "get shot."
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Caitlin McGeehan, RN, BSN
Cardiac ICU staff Nurse The Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Cardiac ICU staff Nurse The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Caitlin McGeehan, RN, BSN
Caitlin works in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Johns Hopkins, where her own grandfather was the recipient of a successful heart transplant in the early 1980s. He was a shining example to her of someone who used his "borrowed time" to live wisely and prepare for his family for his inevitable death. In her work, she feels it is a clinician's responsibility to communicate candidly with patients about their treatment options so that they can, in turn, make choices that optimize quality of life.
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Rita Moldovan, DNP, RN
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Palliative Care The Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Clinical Nurse Specialist, Palliative Care The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Rita Moldovan, DNP, RN
Rita found herself drawn to work that focused on death and dying after her newborn son died from a heart defect. In the 30 years since, she has found a calling in helping fellow clinicians talk about death and dying with patients in a sensitive and efficacious manner.
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