I had my first patient die on my shift today. I really thought he would pass this evening- but at 1:35 pm today he was with his sons, two nurses to pronounce and I popped in b/c my instructor thought I should be there for closure at the end of a busy stressful day. I worked in "isolation" with this patient- he had pneumonia and was "C-Diff pos"- and today he basically went through multi-system failure. He had the nicest family- and when he passed away there was not a dry eye in that room (including me)- it's good to know that nurses still can have a good cry over the loss of a life with the family. It shows we are human, we care and that we respect life.