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Personal Narrative: Clostridium Difficile Infection

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Monday as all past weeks has been one day a little hard for me as I am always nervous and I feel like I will not know how to act if an emergency situation arises. I was not able to sleep all night thinking about what I was going to find next day on the third floor. Today was a very exhausting day. Filled with many challenges and new things for me. It was the first time that I was with someone who had caution precaution because of C diff or Clostridium difficile infection and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection. For the first time I saw a rectaltube, is something very similar to the Foley Catheter. I felt a little bad when I could not hear the heart and lungs sounds of this patient while we were making him a head

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