{"id":86095,"date":"2026-09-04T08:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T12:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=86095"},"modified":"2026-09-04T08:30:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T12:30:22","slug":"hospice-nurse-shares-the-last-word-nearly-every-patient-says-before-passing-its-heartbreaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/hospice-nurse-shares-the-last-word-nearly-every-patient-says-before-passing-its-heartbreaking\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospice Nurse Shares The \u2018Last Word\u2019 Nearly Every Patient Says Before Passing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>Upworthy<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/signs-someone-is-dying-ex1\/\">For healthcare professionals<\/a>\u2014such as hospice and intensive care unit (ICU) nurses\u2014witnessing the end of life is a challenging reality. But they must confront it\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/lawyer-explains-why-everyone-should-do-mandatory-hospice-volunteering-when-they-turn-18\/\">as part of their daily routine<\/a>. These caregivers have noticed striking patterns in the emotional, psychological, and spiritual states of patients in their final moments. Now they\u2019re sharing those experiences with the world.<\/p>\n<p>Among all the profound statements heard in palliative care settings, one word stands out above all others. According to hospice nurses, the single most common final word uttered by dying patients is simply, \u201cMom.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Upworthy: For healthcare professionals\u2014such as hospice and intensive care unit (ICU) nurses\u2014witnessing the end of life is a challenging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-86095","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86095"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86097,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86095\/revisions\/86097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}