CNA and Caregivers Caring for a Dying Patient-Based on Christian Belief (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781492260349)

About the Author Ms. Brenda Johnson (oldest daughter of city councilman, Joseph "Sunny" Vickers and Jackie Vickers) was born and raised in Valdosta, Georgia, where she started her nursing career as a CNA. Brenda completed Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) School in 1983 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Brenda then furthered her education by attending Valdosta Technical Institute (VTI), completing a diploma for LVN (licensed vocational nurse). Years later she returned to VTI as an adjunct instructor where she taught both CNAs and LPN/LVNs. Brenda relocated to Dallas, Texas, in 2000, where she began caring for the actively dying patient in twelve-hour shifts at bedside and has personally witnessed over 1,500 deaths and counting. In 2004, Brenda began documenting her observations concerning how to care about and manage the signs and symptoms a dying patient encounters. Brenda's main goal is to educate the world on the natural process of dying in hopes that each individual person might feel comfortable with his/her own mortality enough to discuss it openly with family members-a subject that's "taboo" in most families all the way to the very end, resulting in no one truly having closure, especially the person dying. Since residing in Texas, in 2006 Brenda returned to teaching CNAs and PCTs (patient care techs) in the classroom at PCI Health Training Institute, while working as a hospice nurse. Brenda also attended Southern Bible Institute and Dallas Theological Seminary (Center for Biblical Studies). She lives in Mesquite, Texas, and has one son.