Wallace Thompson Hospital: A Narrative Analysis

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My final day at the Wallace Thompson hospital was a great and memorialized day . I was able to interact and see with different procedures , and even look at some of the procedures I already seen, but with different patients so different outcomes was definitely a factor. I saw a possible gastrointestinal lymphoma , which was odd for myself considering the fact that I thought lymphoma was only considering the lymph nodes. I was also able to see an I&D of the perineal and groin area. That had to be the most disgusting yet intriguing to me. And then I was even more intrigued with it, since it was one of my classmates patients as well. I was also able to see and go through the discharge process with a nurse this time, since last time I was always

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