A nurse who spent years working in intensive care and has helped people in their final moments in a hospice for the last five years has spoken about what happens at the end.
Julie McFadden was an intensive care nurse for more than a decade before moving to hospice care.
She now shares her experiences on TikToj in a bid to open up the discussion around death and remove some people's fears and anxieties.
Speaking to The Sun, she said: "The best part about my job is educating patients and families about death and dying as well as supporting them emotionally and physically.
"Also, helping them to understand what to expect is another part of my job as a hospice nurse."
On people's final moments, she said: “There is something most people say before they die and it’s usually ‘I love you’ or they call out to their mum or dad - who have usually already died.”
She has also spoken about the body's normal reaction to death which may look abnormal - including changes in breathing, changes in skin colour and fevers
Julie said: “These are normal and not painful or uncomfortable. Our bodies take care of ourselves at the end of life - the less we intervene, the better.”
She added: “I went home to visit my family, and my tween nieces were on TikTok making dance videos. I later went on TikTok to see their dances. This gave me the idea of starting my own TikTok about death and dying, four days later I did it and it took off.
You can find Hospice Nurse Julie on TikTok here, on Instagram here.
