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Aphasia And Colostomy: A Clinical Analysis

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I feel that I had a productive clinical day. My day started by watching the LPN give my patient's medications through her PEG tube. After that I spent some time visiting with my patient, trying to get to know her. She has Aphasia so at first it was a little difficult. She seemed very self conscious of her Aphasia and Colostomy, so I made it a point by my actions to let her know it was no big deal to me. I wanted her to feel as normal as possible. As the day went on we both became more comfortable with each other, and she began to make an effort to talk to me. She surprised me with how much she could actually say. When she couldn't quite get out what she was trying to say, she would gesture and point until I figured it out. Throughout the day

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