Personal Narrative: My Most Significant Clinical Experience

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My most significant clinical experience occurred while I was volunteering at a group diabetes counseling session. Before the start of the session a man comes in, shaking and distraught, with clothes stained with blood. He was assaulted by a group of men and he begged me to help him. I took him to a room away from the diabetes patients that would be soon arriving. Then I attempted to calm him down and retrieved medical staff to treat him. This experience allowed me to come to key realizations that drove me further towards the healthcare profession. The first is that there should be medical centers within appropriate distance of communities. Secondly, healthcare can be unpredictable and one must be able to adapt to situations. Lastly, this experience

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