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Toxic

Posted by: fudgeebarr on: April 22, 2009

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As a student nurse, I always say a little prayer right before I go on duty. And what do I pray about? Well, a little selfish I may say but yah I pray that our patients wouldn’t be so toxic. I pray that the shift will be as stress free as how we want it to be.

However, such prayers will definitely change. In my 3 days of duty for this week, every shift is effin toxic. IVFs here and there. Reinsertions here and there. NVSq2. VSq15. Name it, Medical main ward has it. At first I was definitely stressed for never has our grouped encountered such level of TOXICITY. And yeah, as expected, we were all cramming and nervous while trying to be the best that we can to our patients…

For this week, I realized that nursing is all about toxic stuff. The 8 hours that we impart to our patients should be very worthwhile. Of course we are tasked to do the usual stuff like checking of the VS and charting but like what my clinical instructor has said, “It doesn’t stop there”. And yeah, I can say now that I agree with what he said.

People nowadays seem to belittle this course. Nursing is undeniably in demand here and abroad but we must always remember that it shouldn’t be just the money that we should use as our motivation. Above all we must be concerned of our patients’ welfare. They are sick, and they need care. God has chosen us to be the instrument of His care and love. Let’s serve that purpose wholeheartedly. 🙂

Today

Posted by: fudgeebarr on: April 4, 2009

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This past week hasn’t been easy for me. Physically. Mentally. Socially. Everything!

Today however is the highlight. I woke up with the usual urge to do so. Realizing that I was already late for the long range planning of the Nursing Students Executive Committee, I hurried like hell. Btw, I woke up at 7 and my meeting is at 7:30. So yeah, everything was done with speed. Speed bathing. Speed eating. Speed brushing. Speed everything!!!

At the school, I was so surprised to find a lot of members of the club in the said planning. It was so unusual since most of the time only the officers and heads attend in such meetings.

Everything went smoothly. Kudos to this school year’s NSEC President, my very good friend Norman whom I call “babes” for no reason. XD he presided and was able to hold the meeting successfully.

So much for the boring stuff. The meeting isn’t the highlight of my week. The drama at KFC is.

So yeah, my friends and I went to the Mall to hang out. We did the usual window shopping and yeah, we all had fun. 🙂 Being tired and hungry, we all decided to dine at our fave fastfood; KFC. They all ordered the chicken burger meals while I had my usual order, the infamous SNACKBOX! I can eat that everyday btw. 😀

So with the usual chat that we have, we finally reached the unlikely topic — RESECTIONING. If you don’t know what this is, resectioning is the process wherein the students of a certain year level are reshuffled into different sections. The sad part? The Clinical Instructors make sure that one gets to be in a section with people whom he/she hardly knows. And yeah. You guessed it! WE DON’T LIKE THAT IDEA!

First and foremost, this coming year would be our last year in college. So why would they make a fuss in doing the resectioning??? Can’t they just spare us the time to be together for this one last year? Second, the Clinical Instructors say that the rationale behind the resectioning is for us, the students, to get to know the others from other sections. I mean duh, we only have two semesters left! And yeah, we’re not interested! Third, what worries me is the fact that the yearly retrats and recollections are done per section. Now, since we are going to be reshuffled then retreats and recollections wouldn’t be that effective. I mean, those activities need opening up and sharing right? Now why would I do that if the people around me can hardly connect with what I’m saying? Lastly, it’s the bond. The bond that my section for two years has is so strong that we really disagree to the resectioning idea. Hedious! We just love each other so much. We’ve been through a lot, both academically and socially. We’ve shared a lot of memories. And yeah, we’re just this one great class!

So with all the talks about these, my friends and I cried. AT KFC. Haa. Silly I know. But yeah, we just can’t help it that tears just started running down our cheeks. People on the other tables stared at us and even the security too!

We’re just upset and sad.