Summary: This episode of The Nurses Station is brought to you by Renal Care Registered Nursing Services. Providing acute dialysis and plasma exchange services to Metro New York-area hospitals for almost two decades. Visit them at http://www.renalcarerns.com. In this episode, host Jim DeMaria speaks with Janice Van Dyck, author of "Finding Frances". Janice M. Van Dyck is an award-winning novelist and freelance writer. Her published articles take on issues of change and transition. Her fiction provides insight into families, relationships and the conflict of being human. Finding Frances (Winston-Higgins Press, April 2010), explores whether it’s possible to have a good death in today’s medical system. It’s a novel about a woman’s choice to deny aggressive treatment and die a peaceful death in hospice care. It has been widely praised by the medical community, baby boomers and senior citizens for its frank yet gentle exploration of end-of-life choices. Learn more at www.JaniceVanDyck.com. Learn more about Jim DeMaria and careers in acute dialysis nursing at http://www.renalcarerns.com
