Julie has been a hospice nurse for the past 14 years and her sole purpose of creating a social media account is to help people understand in simple terms what happens when death is near and it is neither morbid nor filled with horror, rather it is very calming and reassuring. She also shares that most of the people just before dying miss their parents who in most cases have already passed away.
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@hospicenursejulie has become a new viral sensation on the social media platform after sharing details about her working experience at a hospice and what most people say moments before they die.
The video has racked more than 400,000 followers on the social media app with a number of her videos achieving millions and millions of views.
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Most of her viral clips explain common things that happen to people when they are on their death beds but she shares it in a way that is in no way scary or morbid, rather it is is very calming and reassuring.
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In one of her recent videos, Julie detailed why things like changing to breathing and fevers are actually totally normal when someone is about to die.
In another one of her videos which have received more than 5 million views, it sees Julie explaining something called 'the rally' which is when someone is just days away from death but their body somehow manages to rally itself and the patient appears to be getting better.
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Talking to The Sun, Julie explained that she has been working as a hospice nurse for the past 14 years and her aim to create a social media account is to simply educate people.
She also shared with the publication what the most common thing she has heard people say right before they die.
Julie 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, through her videos, she helps families understand what to expect.
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“There is something most people say before they die and it’s usually ‘I love you’ or they call out to their mom or dad — who have usually already died.”
Julie has become very popular on the social media platform where her simple videos help people understand the process of dying and reassuring families about the experience has helped people come to terms with what is happening to a loved one.
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Julie added: “I knew I had a lot of interesting information about death and dying that most people don’t know about. I want to normalize death by educating people about it. 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.”
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