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    Clinical reasoning is embedded in the way of nurses’ thinking for patient care (Levett-Jones 2013). It is a spiral continuous mental process underpinned by critical thinking and a sound body of nursing knowledge to make clinical judgement (Levett-Jones 2013). Eight elements: consider patient’s situation, collect cues, process information, identify problems, establish goals, take action, evaluate outcomes and reflect on process are involved in the clinical reasoning cycle (Levett-Jones 2013).…

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    for a few nights. I had to wear an I.V during my stay. It was extremely unpleasant and uncomfortable. During the nights, I would hear children coughing dryly. It saddened me. According to the tests, I was diagnosed with something called Vasovagal Syncope which is…

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    The incidence of atrial fibrillation increases with age which can causes serious problems in older people, leading to stroke and/or heart failure. Risk factors include hypertension, previous ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack or other thromboembolic event, coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus, heart failure, and mitral valve disease (Holding et al., 2009). In addition to advanced age, patients that are obese, of the Caucasian race, or have a history of excessive alcohol use are at…

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    symptoms develop, they may vary in severity. The most frequent symptoms are dyspnea and chest pain. Individuals with severe HCM may have symptoms often associated with heart failure including fatigue, dyspnea, chest pain, palpitations, pre-syncope, syncope, and exercise intolerance. Individuals with HCM have an increased incidence of both supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias placing them at an increased risk for sudden cardiac death. Patients with no or only minor symptoms usually…

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    many episodes of vasovagal syncope from seeing or even just talking about blood. In high school, however, I decided to take Anatomy and Physiology in order to challenge myself. By taking this class, I realized just how fascinating the human body truly is and became determined to follow my dream of practicing medicine. I even got a chance to dissect a sheep heart and brain without any having any syncopal episodes. Afterward, I decided to learn more about vasovagal syncope and the physiology…

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    Purpose Staggering numbers of veterans often must wait for more than 90 days to see their Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical providers. Many of these 57,436 veterans must seek care in non-VA facilities (Couzner, Ratcliffe, & Crotty, 2012; Martinez, 2014). Furthermore, well-coordinated and timely post-acute follow-up is an important factor in promoting recovery and preventing readmissions among hospitalized veterans, including those who are admitted into non-VA facilities. Consequently,…

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    UNE COM Personal Statement

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    Describe your particular interest in attending UNE COM and any contact you have had with UNE COM students, alumni, faculty or clinicians, admissions counselors, student affairs staff, etc. How did these interactions influence your decision to apply? The University of New England College of Medicine has an interesting curriculum that is centered around the patient in order to treat the mind, body and spirit. This curriculum is appealing to me because not every patient symptomatology…

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    Farquharson's Case Study

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    The investigative stage and the analysis of evidence recovered are critically important as they will go on to form the prosecution’s case against the accused (Langdon & Wilson, 2005). Brookman, (2005) notes that in this early investigative phase of gathering evidence from a crime scene, it’s not unusual for errors to be identified, as the crime scene is often a scene of chaos, as police officers and investigative teams gather together. The combination of forensic crime scene errors and the…

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    Vaccine Safety A mother with a 5 month old daughter had gotten her daughter 8 vaccines due to a doctor’s request. Two days later, her daughter had a seizure and the doctor said it was probably from a fever, although she never had a fever. He also stated that the seizure shouldn’t happen again. She had another seizure one day later and the doctor said the same thing again. The daughter was free of seizures for a little while. Since the seizures disappeared her mother took her to get more…

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    Acute Pulmonary Embolism

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    Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common diagnosis throughout the world. In the US it affects approximately 1 in 1000 people and ranks as the 3rd most common cause of death in hospitalized patients. More than 80% of PEs are associated with DVTs in hospitalized patients with risk factors being recent trauma, surgery, immobility or obesity. While it can be entirely asymptomatic, nearly 25% of patients are thought to experience sudden death as their only manifestation of disease.1 Because of this…

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