Caroline Variath

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Caroline Variath splits her time between teaching in the collaborative nursing program at Humber College and practising as an RN at Trillium Health Partners. She is currently working on her PhD, with a focus on end-of-life care. 

Illustration by Genevieve Simms
In the End
by: Caroline Variath

I always dreamed of nursing in a fast-paced ICU, but had not thought about the deaths I would encounter in my role. No one warns you about them, or how traumatic they can be. As health professionals, we focus on prolonging life and curing disease. We often forget that death is inevitable.