subjective Ms. Decker is a 22-year-old woman who was incarcerated in the county jail last week. Yesterday she submitted a Health Service Request form complaining of abdominal pain for the past week and a half. She is called to Nurse Sick Call this morning and describes the pain as sharp in nature, located in the suprapubic region, rated 8/10, and constant; but…
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subjective A 38-year-old previously well man presents complaining of new onset left-sided facial droop and numbness upon waking this morning. The patient reports drooling, particularly while drinking or eating, and states his coffee tasted “weird” the last couple of days. He denies any recent illnesses, pain, head trauma, fever, headache, extremity weakness, confusion, anxiousness, abnormal speech, and vision changes, and…
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Ms. Rand, a 35 year old female, is seen in Nurse Sick Call for a Health Service Request Form complaining of a skin rash with lesions that occurred after she went on outside rec in the direct sun. She included that this has happened before when she spent time in the sun, but not recently, and definitely not this bad. She also stated that she has been very fatigued in the last six weeks, but doesn’t know if those issues are related…
Ms. Myers is a 28-year-old woman who is a military spouse. She arrives to the Booking area after a visit to the local emergency department for recurrent episodes of chest pain. At the emergency department, where she had been going for the same complaint about every 3-4 weeks for the last 6 months, staff did a brief examination and discharged…
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You are working in a prison in New England. It is August. subjective Ms. Russell is a 38-year-old woman who presents to the clinic after dropping a Health Service Request for muscle and joint pain that began a few days ago. She is on the outside work detail at the local national park, and works in the forest Monday through Friday….
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