Hello Brenda,

This is a truly unique nursing role, with the ability to reach everyone from coast to coast to coast! I can't help but think how valuable for community health nurses from across the country if you, or one of your colleagues, might submit an abstract for the upcoming Community Health Nurses of Canada national conference? It is taking place in Kelowna, BC, June 17-19, 2013. All conference information can be found on the CHNC website http://www.chnc.ca

Hearing more about the Canadian Virtual Hospice would be awesome!

thanks for your post. Your work highlights yet another realm in which nurses provide care and information re: best practice.

I am a home care nurse in Vancouver and I am finding not only more palliative clients on my caseload, but more and more complex clients as well. My work is rewarding.

We are fortunate to have the support of our Vancouver Home Hospice team for palliative symptom management. However, it is also nice to see a resource such as the Canadian Virtual Hospice.

Notably, I appreciate your sections on Moral Distress, Grief (Health Care Workers and Family/Caregivers) and Dying Well. These are issues that are vitally important but not always addressed in my practice. These are the issues that I personally struggle the most with.

Thank you for the amazing work that you do.

I will be using the Canadian Virtual Hospice for myself and for my clients and their families as well.