Death, Grief, & End of Life Care - Melanie Sheckels

Death, grief, and trauma educator, Melanie Sheckels, RN, joins us on this episode to discuss end-of-life care and her job as a Death Doula. We discuss the pain & anxiety of death, what constitutes a good death, how she became a death doula and more.EPISODE SPONSOR – AMERICAN MOBILEBecome a Travel Nurse at: https://www.americanmobile.com/We Discuss(0:00) Introduction(3:10) Welcoming Melanie to the Show(14:57) Learning to Deal With Death as a New Nurse(21:20) Pain & Anxiety of Death(25:30) What Constitutes a Good Death(34:13) Why Melanie Became a Death Doula(49:17) What is a Death Doula(55:00) Certifications & Programs(1:02:30) Death Jam PodcastAbout MELANIE SHECKELS, RNMelanie is a death, grief, and trauma educator and guide who's helped hundreds of humans move from fear of death into pleasure, possibility, and peace.Through her practice as a Death Doula, she guides dying people, families, and caregivers through thresholds of profound loss and change toward stability, vitality, embodiment, and trust. She believes that death is a sacred, rite of passage, not a medical event and that even amidst great loss and difficulty, we each contain an inherent, unbreakable blueprint of health and wholeness that we may return to with deep, consistent care & connection.Melanie is also the host of the Death Jam podcast & community event.https://www.instagram.com/thre....shold.doula/https:// US ONYouTube – https://www.youtube.com/nursingunchartedInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/nursingunchartedApple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/....podcast/nursing-unch – https://open.spotify.com/show/....1btLYaMHoabT3icqGUge – https://www.americanmobile.com..../podcast/nursing-unc CreditsProducer – Jonathan Cary Assistant Producers – Katie Schrauben & Sam MacKay Powered by American Mobile