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Jane Bates , Works in outpatients in Hampshire

Feeling daft can be part of the job, says Jane Bates

I had summoned a patient for some investigations without realising at first that she was struggling. Her hands were groping along the wall as if for guidance, her gaze fixed on a point about a foot above my head.

Nursing Standard. 24, 30, 27-27. doi: 10.7748/ns.24.30.27.s32

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