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If I Were the Hospice Nurse Knocking at Your Door

Two stories by Susie Bright and Denise Napoli Long

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Aug 12, 2025
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If I were the nurse opening up your hospice case, this is what I would say, and this is what I would do.

First of all, I come into your house at the time I say I’m going to come.

If I’m going to be early or late, I call first and make sure that’s okay.

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Denise Napoli Long
Thoughts on hospice, death, dying, living, motherhood, poetry and writing by a hospice nurse/writer/mom. Currently seeking an agent for and posting excerpts from my hybrid biography-memoir, “The Dead I’ve Known.”
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