Please view this info on the Glascow Coma Scale as we discuss end of life issues for next class and readings.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Coma_Scale

I find that persons who are not in healthcare have a very very difficult time grasping the reality of what a person's body looks like when they are in a vegetative state. In addition, with the yearly stupidity of the National Enquirer headlines a "Man awakens from 20 year coma! States "I am really hungry"!

I will be happy to share my first hand knowledge of the dying process, coma, in class this week.

Jennifer Burns RN, Hospice Nurse