Books by Joy Nugent

Author Joy Nugent has spent three decades in the role of a private, palliative care nurse, being with people at the end of their lifepart of a lifetime of caring for others. She left a comfortable life as the wife of a successful orthodontist to follow a calling and vocation. In My Way: One Nurses Passion for End of Life, Nugent shares not only her personal history but also her model for end-of-life nursing. Her career and education spanned many countries, from her home in Adelaide, Australia, to Canada, the United States, the UK, India, Singapore, and Malaysia. She encourages nurses to follow in her footsteps, urging them to become midwives of the soul and to take charge of their own professional lives. Throughout, Nugent details her life experiences and travels and offers recommendations on the attitude, knowledge, and skills essential for building trusting patient-nurse relationships. Although she has had to face many challenges and struggles along the way, she acknowledges that her life has been divinely guided. This memoir recalls one nurses personal and professional life, provides guidance for others in gaining the confidence to die without fear, and advises those comforting them at the bedside.

Joy Nugent left a comfortable life as the wife of a successful orthodontist to follow a calling and vocation. For more than three decades she was a student at the bedside of people who were dying. It is her belief that in order to live a fuller and more meaningful life we need to become more open in our conversations about death and dying. This belief has the potential to lead a person to die with confidence and faith in a cosmic purpose rather than fear of the unknown. As Good as Goodbyes Get is a bridge from a traditional medical approach to an approach that considers the eternal soul of the person.Andrew Harvey, editor of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by SogyalRinpoche, internationally acclaimed author, and mystical scholar and teacher. And I benefitted from having your book, which is written in a very sensitive, sensible way and provided an easy read with very valuable advice. I hope you market it internationally to oncology nurses, oncologists, medical oncology departments, and nursing homes Jorge F. Cassir, MD, An oncologist from New YorkThere is no greater endorsement I can give of Joy Nugents work than to say when its time for me to make my transition she is someone I would choose to accompany me to the threshold. Joy is a person of deep wisdom, intuition, and grace. She knows how to listen and reflect to others their own truth. The gems shared in As Good as Goodbyes Get help the reader learn what is healing and beneficial for those who are approaching the end of their physical lives. Hope, peace and love are the treasures that can be mined in a good death experience. With compassion and kindness Joy helps people find the path that will lead them home.Sarah G. Schwartz, Music Educator: Cellist and Therapeutic Harpist in Medina, Ohio