For our last meeting of the class, we had a death over dinner prior to the final seminar. The idea was to talk more about discussing end of life issues with patients by being sure we all knew how to talk about it with each other and our families first. We found a special room with a view of the harbor and had a wonderful evening. I am so proud of these new nurse practitioners. They are wonderful human beings full of compassion, and dedication to life and death with dignity.