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🇺🇸Happy National Nurses Week!

https://www.nursingworld.org/ana-enterprise/nurses-week/ National

May 6 - May 12

Theme, "Nurses Make the Difference," honors the incredible nurses who embody the spirit of compassion and care in every health care setting.

Mourning Dove Medical Presents Dr. G at the Heart of Healthcare 

Guest Kacie Gikonyo, RN

-Wife and Mother of 3

-Graduated Kent State

-Started nursing career in Philly,

-Background as Director of Education and infection control disease preventionist during the COVID-19 global pandemic

-INELDA certified doula https://inelda.org/learn/end-of-life-doula-training/

-Founded Death Doula School in 2024

Mission-Educate & Empower in three parts, helping listeners ‘SEE’ what’s needed to navigate the healthcare

1. Story (theme) Working the front lines of COVID damaged us all, that started Nurse Kacie on a journey of transforming her nursing career to becoming the founder of a Death Doula school.

2. Educate -Teaching point Death Doula Kacie’s School has a “whole & complete” curriculum to create SUCCESSFUL end-of-life doulas!

-How to open a business, marketing

-What is Hospice?

-How to collaborate with hospice agencies, educating families

-Medical Aid In Dying MAiD,

-Working with children, pets

-Psychedelics

-Self-care of the Death Doula

-Final arrangement options (funeral, cremation, composting, etc)

-Advance Care Planning

3. Empower -A valuable resource: Death Doula Kacie is helping people die better by changing the narrative around dying through her Death Doula School https://deathdoulakacie.com/

Website info https://mourningdovemedical.com

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