different from a lot of the patients I had previously helped. Whether it be age, self-care practices, or preexisting health issues, I was usually able to separate myself from the patient’s experience so that I could perform my role systematically, professionally, and without too much emotion.Toward the beginning of my second year functioning as a registered nurse, there was one particular case that felt more difficult to separate than the rest.
She could have been my sister. My friend. My coworker. Selfishly, I thought, that could have been me.She was a 27-year-old female who had come in for lower abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding.
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