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NUR 506
Discussion 1

Nursing & Health-Care-Policy

Analyze the history, structure, and process of health-care-policy and politics in nursing and the
health care delivery systems in the United States.

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style
with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

• You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or
adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per
response.)

• All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

Discussion 2

Advocacy

What examples of advocacy do you see in your own nursing practice? List and discuss 2
examples.

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style
with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

• You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or
adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per
response.)

• All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

Discussion 3

ACA and Health-Care Outcomes & Costs

What components of the ACA do you think will have a positive effect on improving health care
outcomes and decreasing costs?

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style
with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

• You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or
adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per
response.)

• All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

Discussion 4

Local, State & Federal Advocacy

• What are specific actions that health professionals can take regardless of their practice
area and site to promote population and community health?

• What advocacy actions might you take to improve health care through legislation at the
state or federal level?

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style
with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

• You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or
adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per
response.)

• All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

Discussion 5

Issues in Today's Workforce Culture

Based on your reading in chapter 60, why do you think the issues presented in this chapter persist
in today’s workforce culture?

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style
with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

• You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or
adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per
response.)

• All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

Discussion 6

Health Care Disparities in LGBTQ

Discuss how to close the health care disparities gap in the LGBTQ community?

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style
with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

• You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or
adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per
response.)

• All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

**## NUR504dis3.pdf**

Throat, Respiratory &
Cardiovascular Disorders
For this Discussion, you will take on the role of a clinician who is
building a health history for one of the following cases. Your
instructor will assign you your case number. Case 2

Case 1 Case 2 Case 3

Chief
Compl
aint
(CC)

A 65-year-old male
with chronic
obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD)
presents to the clinic
with a cough he has
had for the past 2
weeks.

A 25-year-old
Hispanic female,
computer programmer
presents to your clinic
complaining of a 12-
day history of a runny
nose

A 75-year-old female
reports experiencing
pain in her chest while
walking up steps
today.

Subje
ctive

denies chest pain,
denies night sweats,
admits to having a
fever but does not
know the temp.

States that her
symptoms began
She suffers from
allergies; she gets a
runny nose during the
spring-time, pollen
season. However, in
the winter, her
allergies are not a
problem.

Could not sleep
previous night. Feels
like an ache or a
burning sensation at
the center of sternum.
Denies any arm pain,
pain was at a scale of
8 in the AM now it is
at a 2. Suffers from
History of
hypertension, denies
heart disease, denies
leg swelling up, denies
pain feeling worse
when taking deep
breath.

Objective Data

VS

(BP) 115/75, (P) 89,
(RR) 16, (T) 100.4°F
(38°C), O2 sat 98% on
room air.

(BP) 115/75, (P) 89,
(RR) 16, (T) 100.4°F
(38°C), O2 sat 98% on
room air

BP 129/70, (HR) 72
and regular, (RR) 16
unlabored,
temperature 98.8°F,
oral pulse oximetry is
99%

Gener
al

patient appears tired;
skin color pale, patient
is diaphoretic and
sweaty, height 5′3″;
weight 175 lbs

No signs of acute
distress. Patient
appears mildly
fatigued. She is
breathing through her
mouth. Breathing
easily. Voice has a
nasal quality to it.

obese female, alert, in
no acute distress.

HEEN
T

EYES: no injection, no
increase in lacrimation
or purulent drainage;

EARS: normal

TM: Normal

NOSE: Bilateral
erythema and edema
of turbinates with
significant yellow
drainage on the right.
Obstructed air
passages

Ear canals: normal;

EYES: normal;

NOSE: Bilateral
erythema and edema
of turbinates with
significant yellow
drainage on the right.
Nares: Obstructed air
passages

Atraumatic,
normocephalic,
PERRLA, EOMI, sclera
with mild icterus,
nares patent,
nasopharynx clear,
poor dentition –
multiple carries.

Respir
atory

lung crackles in LLL,
no wheezes or rhonchi
noted; does not clear
with coughing;
dullness to percussion
over the LLL; shallow
respirations and is 30,
accessory muscles
use not present

CTA AP&L CTA AP&L

Once you received your case number, answer the following
questions:

1. What other subjective data would you obtain?

2. What other objective findings would you look for?

3. What diagnostic exams do you want to order?

4. Name 3 differential diagnoses based on this patient

presenting symptoms?

5. Give rationales for your each differential diagnosis.

Submission Instructions:

• Your instructor will assign you your case number and you
will post on the case number you have been assigned.

• You will reply to the other two case studies (One of each).

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and

cited in current APA style with support from at least 2
academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

• You should respond to at least two of your peers by
extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance
to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point
per response.)

• All replies must be constructive and use literature where
possible

Neck/
Throat

no neck swelling or
tenderness with
palpation; neck is
supple; no JVD;
thyroid is not
enlarged;

trachea midline

Posterior pharynx:
mildly injected, scant
postnasal drainage
(PND), no exudate,
tonsils 1+, no

cobblestoning

carotids are 2+
without bruits; thyroid
is not palpable; no
lymphadenopathy

Heart
Regular rate and
rhythm, no murmur,
S3, or S4

Regular rate and
rhythm, no murmur,
S3, or S4

S1 and S2 normal
without murmur,
gallop, or rub

**## NUR504dis3.pdf**

Throat, Respiratory &
Cardiovascular Disorders
For this Discussion, you will take on the role of a clinician who is
building a health history for one of the following cases. Your
instructor will assign you your case number. Case 2

Case 1 Case 2 Case 3

Chief
Compl
aint
(CC)

A 65-year-old male
with chronic
obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD)
presents to the clinic
with a cough he has
had for the past 2
weeks.

A 25-year-old
Hispanic female,
computer programmer
presents to your clinic
complaining of a 12-
day history of a runny
nose

A 75-year-old female
reports experiencing
pain in her chest while
walking up steps
today.

Subje
ctive

denies chest pain,
denies night sweats,
admits to having a
fever but does not
know the temp.

States that her
symptoms began
She suffers from
allergies; she gets a
runny nose during the
spring-time, pollen
season. However, in
the winter, her
allergies are not a
problem.

Could not sleep
previous night. Feels
like an ache or a
burning sensation at
the center of sternum.
Denies any arm pain,
pain was at a scale of
8 in the AM now it is
at a 2. Suffers from
History of
hypertension, denies
heart disease, denies
leg swelling up, denies
pain feeling worse
when taking deep
breath.

Objective Data

VS

(BP) 115/75, (P) 89,
(RR) 16, (T) 100.4°F
(38°C), O2 sat 98% on
room air.

(BP) 115/75, (P) 89,
(RR) 16, (T) 100.4°F
(38°C), O2 sat 98% on
room air

BP 129/70, (HR) 72
and regular, (RR) 16
unlabored,
temperature 98.8°F,
oral pulse oximetry is
99%

Gener
al

patient appears tired;
skin color pale, patient
is diaphoretic and
sweaty, height 5′3″;
weight 175 lbs

No signs of acute
distress. Patient
appears mildly
fatigued. She is
breathing through her
mouth. Breathing
easily. Voice has a
nasal quality to it.

obese female, alert, in
no acute distress.

HEEN
T

EYES: no injection, no
increase in lacrimation
or purulent drainage;

EARS: normal

TM: Normal

NOSE: Bilateral
erythema and edema
of turbinates with
significant yellow
drainage on the right.
Obstructed air
passages

Ear canals: normal;

EYES: normal;

NOSE: Bilateral
erythema and edema
of turbinates with
significant yellow
drainage on the right.
Nares: Obstructed air
passages

Atraumatic,
normocephalic,
PERRLA, EOMI, sclera
with mild icterus,
nares patent,
nasopharynx clear,
poor dentition –
multiple carries.

Respir
atory

lung crackles in LLL,
no wheezes or rhonchi
noted; does not clear
with coughing;
dullness to percussion
over the LLL; shallow
respirations and is 30,
accessory muscles
use not present

CTA AP&L CTA AP&L

Once you received your case number, answer the following
questions:

1. What other subjective data would you obtain?

2. What other objective findings would you look for?

3. What diagnostic exams do you want to order?

4. Name 3 differential diagnoses based on this patient

presenting symptoms?

5. Give rationales for your each differential diagnosis.

Submission Instructions:

• Your instructor will assign you your case number and you
will post on the case number you have been assigned.

• You will reply to the other two case studies (One of each).

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and

cited in current APA style with support from at least 2
academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

• You should respond to at least two of your peers by
extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance
to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point
per response.)

• All replies must be constructive and use literature where
possible

Neck/
Throat

no neck swelling or
tenderness with
palpation; neck is
supple; no JVD;
thyroid is not
enlarged;

trachea midline

Posterior pharynx:
mildly injected, scant
postnasal drainage
(PND), no exudate,
tonsils 1+, no

cobblestoning

carotids are 2+
without bruits; thyroid
is not palpable; no
lymphadenopathy

Heart
Regular rate and
rhythm, no murmur,
S3, or S4

Regular rate and
rhythm, no murmur,
S3, or S4

S1 and S2 normal
without murmur,
gallop, or rub

**## NUR506Dis.pdf**

NUR 506
Discussion 1

Nursing & Health-Care-Policy

Analyze the history, structure, and process of health-care-policy and politics in nursing and the
health care delivery systems in the United States.

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style
with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

• You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or
adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per
response.)

• All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

Discussion 2

Advocacy

What examples of advocacy do you see in your own nursing practice? List and discuss 2
examples.

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style
with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

• You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or
adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per
response.)

• All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

Discussion 3

ACA and Health-Care Outcomes & Costs

What components of the ACA do you think will have a positive effect on improving health care
outcomes and decreasing costs?

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style
with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

• You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or
adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per
response.)

• All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

Discussion 4

Local, State & Federal Advocacy

• What are specific actions that health professionals can take regardless of their practice
area and site to promote population and community health?

• What advocacy actions might you take to improve health care through legislation at the
state or federal level?

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style
with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

• You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or
adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per
response.)

• All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

Discussion 5

Issues in Today's Workforce Culture

Based on your reading in chapter 60, why do you think the issues presented in this chapter persist
in today’s workforce culture?

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style
with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

• You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or
adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per
response.)

• All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

Discussion 6

Health Care Disparities in LGBTQ

Discuss how to close the health care disparities gap in the LGBTQ community?

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style
with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

• You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or
adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per
response.)

• All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

**## NUR504dis3.pdf**

Throat, Respiratory &
Cardiovascular Disorders
For this Discussion, you will take on the role of a clinician who is
building a health history for one of the following cases. Your
instructor will assign you your case number. Case 2

Case 1 Case 2 Case 3

Chief
Compl
aint
(CC)

A 65-year-old male
with chronic
obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD)
presents to the clinic
with a cough he has
had for the past 2
weeks.

A 25-year-old
Hispanic female,
computer programmer
presents to your clinic
complaining of a 12-
day history of a runny
nose

A 75-year-old female
reports experiencing
pain in her chest while
walking up steps
today.

Subje
ctive

denies chest pain,
denies night sweats,
admits to having a
fever but does not
know the temp.

States that her
symptoms began
She suffers from
allergies; she gets a
runny nose during the
spring-time, pollen
season. However, in
the winter, her
allergies are not a
problem.

Could not sleep
previous night. Feels
like an ache or a
burning sensation at
the center of sternum.
Denies any arm pain,
pain was at a scale of
8 in the AM now it is
at a 2. Suffers from
History of
hypertension, denies
heart disease, denies
leg swelling up, denies
pain feeling worse
when taking deep
breath.

Objective Data

VS

(BP) 115/75, (P) 89,
(RR) 16, (T) 100.4°F
(38°C), O2 sat 98% on
room air.

(BP) 115/75, (P) 89,
(RR) 16, (T) 100.4°F
(38°C), O2 sat 98% on
room air

BP 129/70, (HR) 72
and regular, (RR) 16
unlabored,
temperature 98.8°F,
oral pulse oximetry is
99%

Gener
al

patient appears tired;
skin color pale, patient
is diaphoretic and
sweaty, height 5′3″;
weight 175 lbs

No signs of acute
distress. Patient
appears mildly
fatigued. She is
breathing through her
mouth. Breathing
easily. Voice has a
nasal quality to it.

obese female, alert, in
no acute distress.

HEEN
T

EYES: no injection, no
increase in lacrimation
or purulent drainage;

EARS: normal

TM: Normal

NOSE: Bilateral
erythema and edema
of turbinates with
significant yellow
drainage on the right.
Obstructed air
passages

Ear canals: normal;

EYES: normal;

NOSE: Bilateral
erythema and edema
of turbinates with
significant yellow
drainage on the right.
Nares: Obstructed air
passages

Atraumatic,
normocephalic,
PERRLA, EOMI, sclera
with mild icterus,
nares patent,
nasopharynx clear,
poor dentition –
multiple carries.

Respir
atory

lung crackles in LLL,
no wheezes or rhonchi
noted; does not clear
with coughing;
dullness to percussion
over the LLL; shallow
respirations and is 30,
accessory muscles
use not present

CTA AP&L CTA AP&L

Once you received your case number, answer the following
questions:

1. What other subjective data would you obtain?

2. What other objective findings would you look for?

3. What diagnostic exams do you want to order?

4. Name 3 differential diagnoses based on this patient

presenting symptoms?

5. Give rationales for your each differential diagnosis.

Submission Instructions:

• Your instructor will assign you your case number and you
will post on the case number you have been assigned.

• You will reply to the other two case studies (One of each).

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and

cited in current APA style with support from at least 2
academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

• You should respond to at least two of your peers by
extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance
to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point
per response.)

• All replies must be constructive and use literature where
possible

Neck/
Throat

no neck swelling or
tenderness with
palpation; neck is
supple; no JVD;
thyroid is not
enlarged;

trachea midline

Posterior pharynx:
mildly injected, scant
postnasal drainage
(PND), no exudate,
tonsils 1+, no

cobblestoning

carotids are 2+
without bruits; thyroid
is not palpable; no
lymphadenopathy

Heart
Regular rate and
rhythm, no murmur,
S3, or S4

Regular rate and
rhythm, no murmur,
S3, or S4

S1 and S2 normal
without murmur,
gallop, or rub

**## NUR506Dis.pdf**

NUR 506
Discussion 1

Nursing & Health-Care-Policy

Analyze the history, structure, and process of health-care-policy and politics in nursing and the
health care delivery systems in the United States.

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style
with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

• You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or
adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per
response.)

• All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

Discussion 2

Advocacy

What examples of advocacy do you see in your own nursing practice? List and discuss 2
examples.

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style
with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

• You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or
adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per
response.)

• All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

Discussion 3

ACA and Health-Care Outcomes & Costs

What components of the ACA do you think will have a positive effect on improving health care
outcomes and decreasing costs?

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style
with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

• You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or
adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per
response.)

• All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

Discussion 4

Local, State & Federal Advocacy

• What are specific actions that health professionals can take regardless of their practice
area and site to promote population and community health?

• What advocacy actions might you take to improve health care through legislation at the
state or federal level?

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style
with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

• You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or
adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per
response.)

• All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

Discussion 5

Issues in Today's Workforce Culture

Based on your reading in chapter 60, why do you think the issues presented in this chapter persist
in today’s workforce culture?

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style
with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

• You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or
adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per
response.)

• All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

Discussion 6

Health Care Disparities in LGBTQ

Discuss how to close the health care disparities gap in the LGBTQ community?

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style
with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

• You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or
adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per
response.)

• All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

**## NUR504dis3.pdf**

Throat, Respiratory &
Cardiovascular Disorders
For this Discussion, you will take on the role of a clinician who is
building a health history for one of the following cases. Your
instructor will assign you your case number. Case 2

Case 1 Case 2 Case 3

Chief
Compl
aint
(CC)

A 65-year-old male
with chronic
obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD)
presents to the clinic
with a cough he has
had for the past 2
weeks.

A 25-year-old
Hispanic female,
computer programmer
presents to your clinic
complaining of a 12-
day history of a runny
nose

A 75-year-old female
reports experiencing
pain in her chest while
walking up steps
today.

Subje
ctive

denies chest pain,
denies night sweats,
admits to having a
fever but does not
know the temp.

States that her
symptoms began
She suffers from
allergies; she gets a
runny nose during the
spring-time, pollen
season. However, in
the winter, her
allergies are not a
problem.

Could not sleep
previous night. Feels
like an ache or a
burning sensation at
the center of sternum.
Denies any arm pain,
pain was at a scale of
8 in the AM now it is
at a 2. Suffers from
History of
hypertension, denies
heart disease, denies
leg swelling up, denies
pain feeling worse
when taking deep
breath.

Objective Data

VS

(BP) 115/75, (P) 89,
(RR) 16, (T) 100.4°F
(38°C), O2 sat 98% on
room air.

(BP) 115/75, (P) 89,
(RR) 16, (T) 100.4°F
(38°C), O2 sat 98% on
room air

BP 129/70, (HR) 72
and regular, (RR) 16
unlabored,
temperature 98.8°F,
oral pulse oximetry is
99%

Gener
al

patient appears tired;
skin color pale, patient
is diaphoretic and
sweaty, height 5′3″;
weight 175 lbs

No signs of acute
distress. Patient
appears mildly
fatigued. She is
breathing through her
mouth. Breathing
easily. Voice has a
nasal quality to it.

obese female, alert, in
no acute distress.

HEEN
T

EYES: no injection, no
increase in lacrimation
or purulent drainage;

EARS: normal

TM: Normal

NOSE: Bilateral
erythema and edema
of turbinates with
significant yellow
drainage on the right.
Obstructed air
passages

Ear canals: normal;

EYES: normal;

NOSE: Bilateral
erythema and edema
of turbinates with
significant yellow
drainage on the right.
Nares: Obstructed air
passages

Atraumatic,
normocephalic,
PERRLA, EOMI, sclera
with mild icterus,
nares patent,
nasopharynx clear,
poor dentition –
multiple carries.

Respir
atory

lung crackles in LLL,
no wheezes or rhonchi
noted; does not clear
with coughing;
dullness to percussion
over the LLL; shallow
respirations and is 30,
accessory muscles
use not present

CTA AP&L CTA AP&L

Once you received your case number, answer the following
questions:

1. What other subjective data would you obtain?

2. What other objective findings would you look for?

3. What diagnostic exams do you want to order?

4. Name 3 differential diagnoses based on this patient

presenting symptoms?

5. Give rationales for your each differential diagnosis.

Submission Instructions:

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Neck/
Throat

no neck swelling or
tenderness with
palpation; neck is
supple; no JVD;
thyroid is not
enlarged;

trachea midline

Posterior pharynx:
mildly injected, scant
postnasal drainage
(PND), no exudate,
tonsils 1+, no

cobblestoning

carotids are 2+
without bruits; thyroid
is not palpable; no
lymphadenopathy

Heart
Regular rate and
rhythm, no murmur,
S3, or S4

Regular rate and
rhythm, no murmur,
S3, or S4

S1 and S2 normal
without murmur,
gallop, or rub

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