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Category: Poetry
Impactful Relationships:
The Interactions of Hospice and Palliative Care
Creative Arts Contest
The nurse says,
I will walk with you
through a land you do not yet know.
I will ease your pain
and help you breathe easy.
I will bind up your wounds
and be for you and the ones you love
a source of truth and succor,
a fount of compassion and confidence.
1
ST
PLACE
First Place
"Initial Visit"
Submitted by Bette
Birnbaum Hospice
of the East Bay,
Pleasant Hill, CA
The hospice aide says,
I will be for you
like a mother eagle guarding her nest.
When you hunger,
I will provide food.
When you thirst,
I will provide drink.
I will dignify you,
smoothing your hair,
softening your skin,
and anointing you with fragrant oil.
The social worker says,
I will protect you as you journey
and keep you safe from all harm.
I will be for you
a sentry at your head and a guard at your tail,.
With a strong hand and an outstretched arm
I will remove all obstacles in your way
and lift your precious beloveds
whenever they fall.
Second Place
The chaplain says,
I will be an ear for your prayers
and a cradle for your comfort.
I will be with you
in the valley of deepest darkness,
a friend in green pastures and beside still waters.
I will share your overflowing cup
and together,
we will sip of your
deepest sorrows and greatest joys.
The patient says,
Hineini,
Here I am,
the beggar at the gate,
lame, mute,
my soiled rags
frayed and flapping in the hot wind.
With fear and trembling
I commit myself into your hands.
Teach me to number my days and shape a heart
of wisdom
as you read me like a sacred scroll,
lauding and praising
glorifying and exalting
my Name.
Honorable Mention
"Rosemary"
"Fingerprints in Time"
Author: Gary Blackmore, Submitted
by Dale Willis, Hospice Compassus,
Columbia, MO
Submitted by Bethany Fopma, Aseracare
Hospice, Sioux Falls, SD
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017
Table of Contents
NHPCO Strategic Vision
Message from Edo
Hospice Lessons Learned
Las Vegas Tragedy
Facts and Figures: Hospice Care
Baystate Health (display ad)
Strategic Accomplishments
State Hospice Profiles (display ad)
Other Side of Conversation
Social Security Disability in Hospice
2018 Webinar Series (display ad)
New Videos
Two Premiere Events
The Coalition
ACP Online Certificate
Meet Zinnia Harrison
Consolo (display ad)
Successful Outreach
We Honor Veterans in 2017
Creative Arts Contest
Content Licensing (display ad)
Member News
Career Center (display ad)
Council of States Spotlight
News from NHF
2018 NHF Gala (dsiplay ad)
News from We Honor Veterans
Pet Peace of Mind (display ad)
Lighthouse of Hope (display ad)
Online Resources
NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - intro
NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - 1
NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - Table of Contents
NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - 3
NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - NHPCO Strategic Vision
NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - Message from Edo
NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - Hospice Lessons Learned
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NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - Las Vegas Tragedy
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NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - Facts and Figures: Hospice Care
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NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - Baystate Health (display ad)
NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - Strategic Accomplishments
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NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - State Hospice Profiles (display ad)
NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - Other Side of Conversation
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NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - Social Security Disability in Hospice
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NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - 2018 Webinar Series (display ad)
NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - New Videos
NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - Two Premiere Events
NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - The Coalition
NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - ACP Online Certificate
NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - Consolo (display ad)
NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - Successful Outreach
NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - We Honor Veterans in 2017
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NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - Creative Arts Contest
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NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - Content Licensing (display ad)
NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - Member News
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NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - Career Center (display ad)
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NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - News from NHF
NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - 2018 NHF Gala (dsiplay ad)
NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - News from We Honor Veterans
NHPCO NewsLine Winter 2017 - Lighthouse of Hope (display ad)
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