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Month: November 2021

Mental Illness and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Mental Illness and the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic was a physical virus that strayed the focus from mental health even though due to the financial stress, caregiver role strain, isolation and anxiety surrounding spreading the virus allowed for increased mental illness throughout the population. As nurses it is important to recognize signs of mental illness not only in their patients but in themselves as well to ensure they are not developing caregiver role strain or other mental health problems. It is also important to focus…

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Community Health Clinical Experience

Community Health Clinical Experience

During one of my clinicals with UNE, I was working at Maine Medical Center caring for an older gentleman who was no longer in need of hospital care but had no other place to go. Due to the fact that our unit was considered an outbreak unit because of a positive case of COVID-19, there was no assisted living or other healthcare facility that would take him. He had tested negative and was fully vaccinated for COVID-19 yet was still…

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Death with Dignity

Death with Dignity

Death with dignity has been a controversial topic since I remember hearing about it for the first time in high school. At the time it didn’t make much sense to me because I thought “why would someone want to know when they are going to die?” However, as I have learned more about it through this class, it has become clear to me that death with dignity is the best gift that can be given to a person with a…

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Proposing Change

Proposing Change

For our project, my group decided to focus on the importance of accurately documenting intake and output. Since our clinical rotation this semester was on a cardiac floor, this issue was especially prevalent due to the number of patients who were admitted because of a heart failure exacerbation and/or were being diuresed because of a fluid volume overload. We noticed that this was an issue based on the key performance indicator posted on the bulletin board in the break room…

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