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A friend approached me about caring for her elderly, increasingly disabled, parent. She told me about how her mom had become forgetful, slightly confused, and had a tendency to fall. Her worried eyes told me volumes about how overwhelmed she was and ...
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We'll call him John. John was 7 feet 2 inches tall. At 65 years of age, he had long brownish-gray hair, that he wore in a clumsy ponytail. He suffered from morbid obesity which made it difficult to ambulate as evidenced by his shortness of breath. A ...
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The purity of water can bring wonders to a parched soul, a dirty wound, a needy plant. I happen to know of a way in which water can bring solace to the heaviest of hearts and even the most entangled minds. I met him during my Psychiatry clinical and ...
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The doctor walked into the exam room where the patient sat on the edge of the exam table. In her late 50's, she was slender and held herself erect, tense as if preparing to slide off that paper-covered surface. The young doctor, maybe in her mid 20's...
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There's no denying the importance of good bedside manner: it helps nurses better educate patients and communicate effectively, which means more success after a patient has been discharged. Developing a bedside philosophy that's personalized - one tha...
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It was exciting to work on a busy medical-surgical floor. Although I was occasionally overwhelmed, I can honestly say that I was never bored. After I became confident in administering physical treatments, starting IVs, placing foleys, and so forth, I...
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As our communities continue to diversify many of our patients now have the freedom to express who they are. This can impact the care we provide and in order to be sensitive to this, first we need to review some of the terminology. The acronym LGBTQA ...
