Introduction

If you or a loved one are facing an ‘End of Life’ experience, Seven Keys to a Peaceful Passing provides an informative and warm-hearted view on how to make the hospice system function best for patients and families. This easy-to-read roadmap guides you through important decisions which will help ensure a “Peaceful Passing”. In Seven Keys to a Peaceful Passing, Derek J. Flores R.N., an accomplished and experienced Hospice Nurse in Colorado, provides a Step-by-Step guide which will provide you with the practical knowledge you need in addition to sharing emotionally touching patient stories and Derek's own personal experiences as a Hospice Nurse. Most importantly, Nurse Derek reveals the keys to navigating today’s healthcare environment to achieve the best ‘Hospice Experience’ for a person approaching death. “Passing from this life to the next can and should be a peaceful, comfortable, and beautiful journey” - Derek J. Flores, R.N.

About the Author

A Pueblo, Colorado Native now living in Northern Colorado. Derek is a seasoned and successful Hospice Nurse with an enduring love for his patients. Nursing is a second career for Derek. After graduating from Colorado State University with a bachelor's in Business Administration in 1991, he later attended LCCC in Cheyenne, Wyoming where he earned his nursing degree.

Tragedy and determination brought Derek to write his first book, 'Seven Keys to a Peaceful Passing: A Hospice Nurse's Step-by-Step Guide to Hospice'. It is a book designed to help both patients and their families navigate the many important decisions everyone needs to make in hospice care.

Nurse Derek's latest publication is 'Letters to a Hospice Nurse', a collection of stories written by family members of people who were in hospice care. It is a book designed to help the reader process the loss of a loved one. In addition to books, he has begun to publish notebooks and journals to aid nurses, patients, and their families. You can find them listed with his other publications.

Derek lives near the foothills of the Rocky Mountains - where he mountain bike's/runs in the summer and snowboards at his favorite locations in the winter. He is a single parent of three amazing daughters and one little pup named Rudy.

Link: https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Peaceful-Passing-Step-Step/dp/1732242402/ (Amazon)