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This work builds on our experience with a group of twelve nurses, ages twenty-four to thirty, all on their first assignment in a hospice in the province of Rome, where they care for end-stage cancer patients. This new facility asked us to create a sharing space where the nurses could feel supported and monitored with respect to the tough situations they face from time to time with patients and their families. The dual purpose was immediately clear: to create and integrate the group and, at the same time, meet the immediate need of discussing the most difficult cases.