I used to have a girlfriend who was a palliative care nurse. She was very emotionally involved in her work. She cared very much for the patients who were in her ward. She took it very personally when they died. I think that when a patient is admitted into the palliative care unit, they are in the best care that they can possibly receive. The people who work in these units understand that this is the end for the people who come into their care and they treat them like they're royalty because they need it. They have enough crap, health-wise to go through without having to deal with normal daily pressures. These people need to get their rest and focus on themselves and their families in their, sometimes, last hours together and in palliative care, they are allowed this.
