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Patient Care Observation
Today I went to the patient care unit and spent most of my time conversing with the nurse. She was very knowledgeable and very passionate about her patients. She gave me so many facts and information in such a short amount of the time that I was only able to process about a quarter of what she told me. One of the first thing we did was get some water for a patient. On our way back from getting the water, the nurse notice two guest who needed help, but were not getting the proper assistance. She told me to deliver the water, while she helped the visitors. Afterwards, we met up again and it was time for her to administer some medicine to a patient. Before we went to another patient, the nurse needed to discuss with the doctor. We waited for
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