Originally Posted by
Cephilia
I'm a nursing student, so yes I have. The one death that impacted me most (not counting people I actually know) was naturally the first time I saw someone die up close. I was on my first hospital training, and I was left alone in a room to hold the hand of an older woman suffocating to death due to COPD. I'll never forget having to answer her phone to tell her loved ones what was going on, the panic she had in her eyes and how she held my hand as if it was the last thing keeping her alive.