Hospice Nurse Penny is a TikTok Phenom, Episode 135

We're talking with Hospice Nurse Penny about how her TikTok videos  about end of life care have become a social media phenomenon.  After finding her way to hospice nursing, Penny Smith realized there was a big gap in accurate information about end of life care.  She decided to educate people in a unique way, utilizing social media.  With videos, reels, and dancing, Penny helps expand understanding of hospice care.  She normalizes the dying process and helps people to be more comfortable with someone who’s dying.  Penny says she gets the biggest response from videos about end of life visioning (seeing dead people or pets) and the dancing videos.  Her video about eating at the end of life has over a million views.  Using a fun medium, Penny Smith is making a difference in end of life care.  Penny Smith's bio - Penny Smith is a nationally certified hospice and palliative care registered nurse. She has been a hospice nurse for 17 years and worked in a variety of care settings and roles within hospice including inpatient, home case management, education, quality and regulatory. She currently works as a hospice quality manager.  Penny is a passionate advocate for hospice education with a mission to normalize the end-of-life process to remove the stigma and fear around hospice care, death and dying. During the pandemic Penny found her way to social media and discovered a unique way to utilize her death care expertise to provide education to a worldwide audience at a grassroots level. Using a variety of teaching styles including Tiktok trends, dark humor, dancing and storytelling, she has gathered over 450,000 followers on Tiktok and 100,000 on Instagram as @hospicenursepenny. Connect with Hospice Nurse Penny’s on social media. Facebook     IG        Order a care package for someone you love at BeyondWordsCo.com. Find care packages and workplace gift programs for corporate gifting, employees, co-workers and clients here.  Read more about how Catherine Hinz founded BeyondWords here.  Book podcast host Helen Bauer to speak for your podcast, event, or conference by sending an email to [email protected].  Connect with podcast host Helen Bauer at [email protected]. Find more information about hospice philosophy, end of life care, and self care for both personal and professional caregivers here.  Find more podcast episodes from The Heart of Hospice at The Heart of Hospice Podcast (theheartofhospice.com) Connect with podcast host Helen Bauer at [email protected].