Starting out - I needed to ensure the patient understood what I was saying
Dominic Rimmer Nursing student, Glasgow Caledonian University
Student experiences in the real world of nursing
While on a community placement, my mentor and I visited an older woman who was experiencing severe pain as a result of fractured vertebrae. Unable to get in and out of bed because of the pain in her back, she had been sleeping upright in an old chair for several nights.
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doi: 10.7748/ns.25.41.29.s35
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