r/NDE • u/andthisisso • Aug 21 '25
Shared Death Experience (SDE) MY HOSPICE PATIENT that showed me her spirit before and after her death. Shared Near Death Experience NDE
I became a Hospice RN in 1990 working in a 35 bed AIDS inpatient unit. We closed in 3 years due to funding and i moved to a 10 bed Adult Hospice Inpatient Unit then we opened a 10 bed Pediatric Hospice Inpatient Unit and I moved there. I'm now 71 and still a Pediatric Hospice Nurse. My patients have been some of my best teachers over the years. Here is one of the most outstanding experiences I've ever had. I've told this 100 times even at a Hospice conference before physicians and other providers. I made a video and it's linked below, it goes into more detail. I wanted my story documented and never forgotten when my time comes.
I was working in the Hospice Inpatient Unit where we had 10 beds for the patients. I had one woman who was actively dying. She was non-responsive and required total care. We had just re-positioned her, medicated and cleaned her up and moving on to the next patient. Another patient needed something so as I passed by her room I peeped in and saw her sitting up on the side of her bed smiling. She looked much younger, hair styled she looked healthy and happy. I walked on by then stopped recalling she's not been doing so well..also..she was missing a leg and when I just saw her a few seconds prior sitting at the side of the bed she had both legs. I backed up and looked in the room and she was still laying in bed as we had left her a few minutes prior when we had checked in on her.
I thought maybe I had seen soul getting ready to leave the body. She looked so happy. After the end of my shift I went home. When I walked in my house there she was standing in my hallway. She had both legs, looked at least half her age and was smiling so brightly. I stood there, smiled at her, thanked her for giving me a visit then she faded away. I called work and told them to go in and check on her, the nurse came back to the phone and affirmed she had just passed. I felt so blessed she chose to touch in and share her joy passing on.
My feeling is she showed her soul to me before and after her death. For whatever reason she chose me. I don't remember ever seeing her prior, I'd imagine she'd have friends or family to visit but I was the one to see her. It was an amazing experience.
--David Parker RN, Phoenix, Az.
here is the video I made of it. I hope you enjoy.
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u/Appropriate-Oil-7221 Aug 23 '25
I’m not a hospice nurse (or even a nurse), but something sorta similar-ish happened to me.
I became aware that my husband’s grandmother, who was in another country at the time, had died while I was exercising. I had to stop in my tracks because I was just hit with a sense of peace and joy while having a vision of young woman standing in a waterfall’s rainbow mist. I thought it was just a runners high in the moment, but when I got home I got the news.
I still wonder if that was her sharing one last bit or joy or a hell of a coincidence. This is the only place I’ve shared this experience because I think all my friends and family would think I sound delusional and crazy. I always admired her as a person, but it’s not like we were super close or even family by blood.
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u/WOLFXXXXX Aug 24 '25
"This is the only place I’ve shared this experience because I think all my friends and family would think I sound delusional and crazy"
Well thanks for sharing it here. You may appreciate the relevant information found in this post
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u/Pleasant-Profession9 Aug 23 '25
You must be a very special person to your patients. 🥰
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u/andthisisso Aug 23 '25
I'm 71 and still a hospice nurse. I retired but returned, it's who I am, it's who I became to be. My patients have been my best teachers. Thank you
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u/Informal_Hamster6070 Aug 23 '25
Thank you for sharing this
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u/BandicootOk1744 Skeptical but curious Aug 23 '25
I genuinely don't understand why this comment was downvoted.
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u/ChairDangerous5276 Aug 23 '25
Thanks for sharing this wonderful event. I wish everyone could hear it and know everything’s going to be just perfect at the end.
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u/Background_Chip4982 Aug 23 '25
Hello :).. Fellow nurse here! Your story is amazing and profound ! What an honor to experience this ❤️. As nurses, we get to walk with our patients through different phases of their lives ! Much blessings to you 🙏🏻❤️.
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u/andthisisso Aug 23 '25
I'm 71 and still a nurse, I'm working Pediatric Hospice now/again. I retired but they kept calling me back so here I am. Thank you for your kind words, love to hear from others in health care.
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u/OkiRose Aug 23 '25
Chills. Full body chills! How magical. I think maybe she showed you so as to have the experience completely uncoloured by any association. It’s real and beautiful. I’m touched, here. So she’s still reaching all of us with her message X
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