Dying in America is a multimedia documentary project that examines the dying experience through the eyes of nurses. We believe that by exploring the death and dying process with those who navigate its waters daily, we can better prepare ourselves and our loved ones when we are faced with the difficult decisions that come with the end of life. Perhaps by embracing and normalizing the conversation about death and dying, we can lead a more fulfilling life all the way to our last breaths. We will never defeat death, but we can prepare ourselves and our loved ones for what lies ahead and make the experience of dying as rich and as meaningful as the experience of living.
Dying in America
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Yajaira Algarin-Martelly, RN
Home Hospice Nurse
Caring Hospice Services of NY
Michael Arciaga, RN, NCIIM
Emergency Department Nurse
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Lynn Billing, RN
Palliative Care Nurse
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Arlene Blackett-James, RN, GNP-BC
Hospice Nurse Practitioner
VA NY Harbor Healthcare System
Vanessa Boyce, RN, CHPN
Hospice Nurse
Visiting Nurse Service of NY Hospice and Palliative Care
Shawn Brast, MSN, RN, CCRN, NRP
Critical Care Transport Nurse and Team Educator
Johns Hopkins Lifeline
Gretchen Brauer-Rieke, RN, MSN
Advance Care Planning Facilitator
Coda Conversations
Kelly Cecchettini, RN, CHPN
Hospice Nurse
Grace Hospice
Kimberly Chow, RN, ANP-BC, ACHPN
Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner
Memorial Sloan Kettering
Joan Christopher, RN, BSN, CHPN
Palliative Care Nurse
Wiener Family Palliative Care Unit
Mount Sinai Hospital
Cassandra Collins, RN, BSN, CHPN
Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
LaVaughn Coward, RN, PCM
Hospice Nurse
Caring Hospice Services of NY
Marilyn Crockett, RN, PSM
Patient Service Manager
Calvary Hospital
Ann Culkin, RN, OCN
Clinical Nurse
Ambulatory Care Thoracic Oncology Service
Memorial Sloan Kettering
Thibaut DeRoos, RN
Long Term Care Nurse
The Waters Senior Living
Mary Ersek, PhD, RN, FPCN
Penn Nursing Professor & Director, PROMISE Center
Philadelphia VA Medical Center
Cheryl Fimian, RN
Cardiac ICU Nurse
Children's National Health System
Brian Fowler, RN, BSN
Emergency Department Nurse
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Amy Getter, MS, RN, CHPN
Hospice Nurse Case Manager
Samaritan Home Health and Hospice
Ashleigh Harlow, RN, BSN, CCRN
Cardiac ICU Nurse
Children's National Health System
Pamela Hinds, PhD, RN, FAAN
Director of Nursing Research and Quality Outcomes
Children's National Health System
Marja Jenkins, RN, CHPN
Hospice Nurse Case Manager
Meridian at Home Hospice
Linda Jensen, RN
Retired Nurse & Volunteer
Compassion & Choices
Robin Kanarek, RN, BSN
Nurse Educator and Philanthropist
President of the Kanarek Family Foundation
Mohammad Afzal Khan, RN
Hospice Nurse
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Larisa Kupershmid, RN
Home Hospice Nurse
Caring Hospice Services of NY
Deborah LaFond, DNP, PPCNP-BC, CPON, CHPPN
Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Care Coordinator
PANDA Palliative Care Team
Children's National Health System
Maureen Leahy, RN, BSN, MHA, CHPN
Clinical Nurse Manager
Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute
Mount Sinai Hospital
Marie Manthey, BSN, MNA, (h)PhD, FAAN, FRCN
President Emeritus and Consultant
Creative Health Care Management
Kim McCloskey, RN, BSN
Hospice Nurse Case Manager
Meridian at Home Hospice
Caitlin McGeehan, RN, BSN
Cardiac ICU staff Nurse
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Marlene McHugh, DNP, FNP-BC, ACHPN
Nurse Practitioner and Educator
Columbia University School of Nursing & Montefiore Medical Center
Anne Marie McLaughlin, RN, BSN, BA, CHPN
Nurse Liaison and Educator
Meridian at Home Hospice
Andrea Mejia, RN
Palliative Care Nurse
Calvary Hospital
Lemma Meleta, RN
Long-Term Care Nurse
Mount Olivet Careview Home
Megan Mendoza, RN, BSN, CPN, CCRN
Pediatric ICU Nurse
Children's National Health System
Rita Moldovan, DNP, RN
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Palliative Care
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
JoAnn Nayer-Grutza, RN, NP-C
Palliative Nurse Practitioner
Brooklyn VA Medical Center
Jessie Nymeyer, MSN, RN, APRN, ACHPN, CCRN
Critical Care Nurse
Weill Cornell Medical Center
Gilbert Oakley, RN
Hospice RN Coordinator
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Kenneth Prager, M.D.
Pulmonologist, Professor of Medicine, Director of Clinical Ethics,
Chairman of the Medical Ethics Committee
Columbia University Medical Center
Nancy Roecklein, MS, NP, Jonas Scholar
Nurse Practitioner
Mount Sinai Beth Israel Comprehensive Cancer Center West
Diane Ryan, RN
Palliative Care Nurse
Calvary Hospital
Judith Schwarz, RN, MSN, PhD
Advocate and Consultant
End of Life Choices New York
Julie Shinn, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
Director of Home Care
The Waters Senior Living
Jean Sison, RN-BC
Hospice Nurse
VA NY Harbor Healthcare System
Robert Smeltz, RN, MA, NP, ACHPN
Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner
Bellevue Hospital
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