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Observation Of Syncope
Karen Thomas arrived this morning for Syncope. She was brought to the hospital by an ambulance. Her alcohol level was O. She already had two negative troponin and was going to be discharged the next day. Basically, she was at our CDU floor for observation and third troponin. After getting a report from the nurse, I went to see the patient to do my assessment. As I introduced myself, I could tell that she was not happy being bothered and staying at the hospital. I completed vitals and assessment, and administered her medications. While I was about to leave, she mentioned that she did not want to be bothered all night. In our floor, we were required to do vitals and a complete head to toe assessment every four hours. Since she was syncope patient
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