Ninjutsu for the Hospice Patient

The objectives of the ninjas are: first, to use ninjutsu to infiltrate the enemy’s camp and observe the situation.” (Hatsumi, 1988 p. 111).How it applies to hospice: Everyone involved in a hospice situation, including the patient, their loved ones, and the staff, are observing everyone else.* The patient often can be stuck in a role of observation whether they chose to or not because they may be too tired to interact, or the family will talk in front of them to staff.* The family is often on high alert, watching the patient for symptoms or watching the staff and timing our responses.* The staff members are observing the patient for signs of pain or distress and watching family for signs of psychosocial distress.Interventions: Be deliberate on the task of observation. Imagine taking the bird ' s eye view. Sometimes we can be so focused on what we need to do or say that we forget to check in. Make a mental note for yourself toobserve before you speak or act.Ninja philosophy:“In ninjutsu this is no fixed or permanent, ‘this is what it is’. Forget the falsehood of fixed things.” (Hatsumi, 2014, p.46)How it applies to hospice: This is already my favorite insight with hospice. The longer I ’ve been doing hospice, the more I keep learning what I don’t know. I’ve written aboutassumptionsthat we have about dying, how the dyingmay not want to be in control, andthe emotions the dying might be feeling. Still, I keep discovering more and more variations in the way that p...
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