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My preconceived thoughts about the electronic health records in nursing is that thye are primarily there to document that care was completed. It is to cover onself legally to state that care has been completed and documented for continuity of care. The electronic health record is helpful to patient outcomes because nurses and doctors and other healthcare workers can access the patients information from anywhere in a hospital. When a patient is transferred between units, their information moves with them…

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Trauma can have many impacts on all of the aspects of an individual’s health. It can cause depression, nightmares of or related to the traumatic event and at its worst, an almost constant state of anxiety. The anxiety can be related to the event itself in terms of a state of fear of the event happening again or it can manifest in a more generalized state. The anxiety, depression and nightmares can make the person feel isolated as it can…

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