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Experiencing a Crisis: user perspectives module assessment (Module code: HCN13-2) Martina Bazikova In this assessment the author will identify a crisis suffered by a user she encountered in practice from a bio-psychosocial perspective and explore the implications this had for both the user and for nursing practice. The user in this case is a patient and, for the purposes of this enquiry, he is christened Sam. An introduction to Sam's case, his circumstances and the crisis caused by his acute myocardial infarction can be found in Appendix One. Acute myocardial infarction is a sudden, very frightening crisis which can have a profound and sustained bio-psychosocial effect on patients who have a long history of heart disease and those who have not exhibited any symptoms in the past, though about half will have already displayed coronary-related conditions (Thompson and Webster 1992). The implications of myocardial infarction are influenced by many factors, such as...

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