the history of my deranged mind

Summer as a nursing student

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:02:21 +0000

I don't think makakagala ako masyado this summer. Not that I'm a fan of going out but the reason is because almost the whole summer is to be occupied by schoolwork and duty.

Our group has 4 duties and 1 intensive immersion. So, total of 5 duties (6 weeks because the immersion is 10 days). We had our pastoral care lecture and our chn workshop in the two weeks before duty started.

The pastoral care thing is about spiritual care. I guess it is important and necessary when we care for patients so that they'll be holistically healthy, but do the requirements have to be so gruelling? (It's really not, the difficult part is choosing patients to do pastoral care on and approaching them for it) Our duty next week is PGH OR. Good luck in finding pastoral care patients. They'll be groggy or in pain when we get to them. Haaay.

So, going back. We have 4 duties. I'm assigned to have my clinical experience in PCMC 1B (Surgery Ward), PGH OR, CSMC/MDH ICU, and EAMC 5 North. My intensive immersion is in Nueva Ecija. Hurray. (Note the sarcasm)

According to those people who've already been there, it's stifling hot, the water's scarce, the room is small, there's no refrigerator. Big problems for me. haha. especially the heat and the water thing. But I hope, it'll be alright.

I'm through in my rotation at PCMC. I liked it there. Even if the kids' IV lines drove me mad. Ang kukulit nila. Gusto ko sila itali. Hahaha. I really liked our CI there, Ms. Varona. Naalala ko nung first day, pinag-uusapan namin na strict daw siya and nung nakita ko na siya sa mind ko.. "Uh-oh, scary." pero hindi pala. Super okay. She's nice and doesn't hassle the students. I learned a lot from that area. I learned how to perform HGT in a 1-month old baby, TPN, anal transposition, imperforated anus, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), etc. There were many schools who had their duty there. We shared our ward with one school but we were assigned to the surgery ward while they were assigned to the subspecialty ward (nephro, onco, etc). When there were treatments done in their treatment room, the head nurse Sir Dennis who was also a Paulinian calls us so we get to observe. We saw intrathecal chemotherapy and bone marrow aspiration performed. I felt after some time that we were stealing the other school's treatment room. They were assigned there and we had a better view. Nakakahiya. Pero ok lang. Ako lang ata nakafeel nun. Whatever.

What I also liked about our CI is that she shows us our evaluation. Isang CI lang ata in the past gumawa nun sakin. I think it's necessary because we learn from that, right? Yung sabi niya sakin Be assertive which peculiarly is also what Ms. Guiuan told me before (back in 2nd year when she showed me my evaluation for Vigil House). Dun talaga ko nahihirapan. Mahiyain ako e. :P Pero ok yung positive na sinulat ni Ms. Varona. Compassion for patients, makes sure things are done correctly, etc. :D Very inspiring, kaya sana yung ibang CI ganun na rin no?

My other plans this summer is to reread the Harry Potter books. I started with the 7th since I don't rememeber if I reread it already. Then I'll do it chronoligically.
HP 1 /
HP 2 /
HP 3 -Mom's reading it so I'll wait till next week. I have to study anyways.
HP 4
HP 5
HP 6
HP 7 /

Since I've been reading this. I realized that Dumbledore is really brilliant. Makikita mo na sa first 2 books e. J.K. Rowling's such a great author. Natatago niya yung little important details that would show in the next books. Ingenious, really. Yung mga twists. Kaya excited na ko for book 3. :D I wish I had this passion for nursing and the books for that haha.

Balak ko din matapos yung dalawang books na inumpisahan ko pero di ko tinapos. Namely, Wicked and Anne Frank. Sana no...

But I have to set my priorities and study so that'll take a back seat for now

Incoming Seniors

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:55:40 +0000

Wow. Ang bilis ng oras. As in. Parang kailan lang na nagstart kami ng duty tapos ngayon incoming 4th year na.

Humirap na ang nursing life. Dati kahit di mag-aral kaya pumasa. But I changed my goals. Hindi lang pasa gusto ko. Sana talaga... Gusto ko grumaduate ng may academic award. Hay. Sana talaga.

Nakuha ko na yung class card for the last semester (3rd yr 2nd sem). Di na siya minail. (How stupid was that idea anyway?!) Isa siguro ako sa unang nakakuha if not the first one. Kinuha ko na rin kasi yung pastoral care case study guide e sabi ni ate fe (secretary sa nursing office) kay parker (yung SA sa office) na ibigay na. Kinuha ko din yung kay jill. I asked kung pwede yung sa friends and obviously, bawal.

It's slightly disappointing. Naasar ako na ang baba ko sa ethics. But I expected it. At least... Nabadtrip din ako sa pharma kasi gusto ko tumaas siya but fine sige.. Ok na. Kaya hindi masyado disappointing kasi ok yung grade ko sa NCM lec and rle. Pero after a while medyo nabother na ko when Jill and I were discussing it. Paano nga kaya nacompute yung RLE and skills audit no?

I hate that they don't explain it. Kaya Jill and I miss Ms. Tuazon kasi siya yung talagang marunong magexplain. Thorough and clear. Nag-ask sila Jill and Jaime A. kay Ms. Alfaro about sa Skills Audit. Di sure si Ms. Alfaro kasi matagal na or something. Yung sabi niya, yung Audit and something sa RLE.

Sabi ni Jill, tama ATA yung kanya pag ganun. Pero sakin hindi e. kasi 88 yung Audit ko e 90 ako dun sa mismong thingy. Sa RLE Duty grades naman.. sa 4 duties ko nun isa lang di line of 9.. Tapos 89 pa yun.. so saan nanggaling yung 88 diba.. Pag ganun dapat may grade lower than that e... So we think it might be because of the case presentations - regular and grand. Kasi yun yung di namin alam kung anong grade.

Sana pwedeng maexplain... Maraming naguguluhan e.

On another note, malapit na kami magimmersion. Sayang na di yung group ko last sem, dahil feel ko mas masaya ako pag sila kasama ko but oh well... Ok lang din naman yuing group ko ngayon.

Pero still I miss you group 15!
Babes and Joyce: di ako sanay ng walang nagkakacrush sa mga tao sa hospital/area. Ang weird and boring nung dating. walang buhay. hehe. Miss you two!

Apple and Steffi: Di na kayo naghiwalay grabe! Balik dun sa original group natin... Pero half nalang kayo dahil as usual kami ni krissa ay nalipat at sadly si pagsi, divine and obi ay nagkaproblema. (I miss that group too by the way)

Ruby, Pasky, Aimee, Ness, Ayra: Namimiss ko yung katakawan ng group natin. :( Yung kwentuhan (chismisan), tawanan, messages foe each other, etc.

Sana magkasama-sama tayo ulit!!! Haha, cheesy.

Summer Duty

Sun, 27 May 2007 13:35:32 +0000

I'm really happy with my rotations this summer. Even if I was transferred to a different group (which doesn't seem to be my group really since I'm like a nomad), at least I got really good rotations. My first duty was at East Avenue Medical Center 5 South East Ward (It's sort of a neuro ward). I was still groupmates with Apple and Kate so it was fine. My other groupmates were Melay, Meme, Elaine, Arianne T., Leslie U., Cosio, Pasky, and Casey. I learned a lot. Gavage (NGT Feeding, specifically), Lavage (I know the difference now!), Neurovital signs, Antiulcer Meds, etc. Very productive duty...

Next was OLPH. I already had my duty last January so I wasn't that excited about it. I learned a lot! We were able to inject IV meds and I did a lot regarding IV therapy. (Yung pagpalit and dicontinuing), CBG, Laryngoscope thingy, etc. I didn't enjoy this grouping as much as the others especially when Sarah, Joellie, and Celine weren't with us yet. Other groupmates were: (basta yung mga China basically with exceptions) Cosio, Casey, Jamine, Jackie, Charisse, Joyce, Dethdeth, Jamaica, Camille, and Dhisney.

Third was my DR duty at JPR. Again, I was anxious about this duty because new groupmates and stay-in kami dito! My groupmates were Chenee, Maricar, Joanna, Macki, Lara Jill (my roommates), Poochay, Jaja, Roan, Sol, Whitney, and Dwinkle. I had 2 assist cases from this duty. Yehey. They were really friendly. I liked their group a LOT.

Next was my OR Duty. I was VERY anxious about this obviously. Sa EAMC ulit so medyo ok lang. New group... I now joined the group I'm listed in. (Bel, Aby, Leslie, Zerah, Jomariz, Elaine, Meme, Arianne, Leslie U.) Obviously, I learned a whole LOT. Our CI was nice to me and I was touched by what she commented about me during my evaluation and at my last scrub. I have 4 Major Cases now and 1 minor case! yehey!

I'm gonna edit this to put my last duty.. MDH 5A. I'll also add to the other rotations. I have to study right now!

Update

Sun, 06 May 2007 08:57:32 +0000

It's been a long time since I updated my blog with something... sensible. I haven't written much about what's going on with and around me.

Where should I start? Balik muna ako sa end ng second semester.

1. Nursing Research

Toxicity is most definitely NOT my passion. Our group's research was about Negative stressors. I actually don't remember too much about our research. It's been a long time. :P What made it difficult was the changing formats so we had to recheck and reformat the paper. I think we managed to get a good grade in the Defense although we weren't able (and now I don't think we'll ever know) to get our grade.

2. Philippine Literature Play

Can I still remember the title? Forever ata. Basta yung author si Ma. Wilfrido Guerrero. I didn't attend ALL the meetings because finance naman kami e, tapos naging documentation narin. Dun nalang ako bumawi. Mukhang ok naman yung play. Tapos ako, personally nagagandahan ako dun sa documentation. hahaha. Kami ni Giita and Jordy gumawa with help from Julia (some designing), Nazha (lettering), Trisha (yarn). Kung may nalimutan ako, sorry!

3. Regrouping (sort of)

Prior to the summer classes, the nursing office (not literal!) posted our schedules and our groups. In the first list posted, I was still in group 8, my original group and Jill was transferred to the China Group (Group 7). It was all brought about by not passing the reply slip early! [Nag-apply kasi kami ni Jill dun sa China Duty thing, and natanggap kami kaso masyadong mahal and baka wala lang kaming gagawin dun na mas may sense na magstay dito.. so we backed out] We passed our reply slips, and after some time, we learned that we were transferred to different groups. I already belong to group 6. [Sa totoo lang, ngayong nagduduty na, parang wala akong group, paiba-iba kasi!]

4. OR Lecture

We had our OR lecture with our professors, Sir Maniebo, Ms. Alfaro, and Sir Tancinco. I'm so nervous about my OR Duty (which would be on May 21-25). Marami kami sa class e. As in. Siguro 60-75 people. The lecture was informative but I feel that we would've learned more if it wasn't too condensed (three days lang!). We had a practical test on the instruments (Di ko na ata maalala, shucks!), and a post test about perioperative nursing. I had an OK score, which is surprising. We also had a return demonstration on gowning, closed and open gloving and surgical handwashing. I got a perfect score as did most o my groupmates. (Our CI wasn't paying too much attention, not that I'm complaining). Perfect yung checks, pero 95 lang yung highest. Masaya naman. Nagfret din ako kasi nahirapan ako sa practice. Hindi ko nga napractice yung sa needle holder, and di ko nagawa yung sa blade. Ang dami kasi namin masyado. I got to practice with Mom's blade handle though. Nagawa ko naman. Thankfully.

5. Class cards, Assessment, etc.

Hindi na classcards yung binigay. Parang sheet of paper nalang with the grades. Para sakin mahirap basahin, but maybe it's just me. DL parin ako.. just barely though. 93.2 ata. Kailangan mataas yung grades ko for summer. Di ko alam kung pano yung pagcompute kung kasama nba yung RLE, ang gulo kasi. Sa Assessment naman, section A ako.. for Consti. Classmates kami ni Jill. Whoopee. Hay.

6. Philippine Constitution

Our only general education subject this summer will be taken in 9 days. Wow. 6 hours a day, 11 - 5. It was educational and it enlightened me on the politics in our country. Ok naman. hahaha.Mabait yung prof namin, mahirap lang syang hagilapin ngayong magpapasign ng test permit. Late kasi binigay! hay!!!

7. Duty

Paiba-iba ako ng duty group ngayon. I miss GROUP 8! Pero ok lang, kasi magaganda yung mga rotations ko ngayon. Kakatapos lang ng second rotation ko, and I've learned SOOO much already. Ang saya! Hanggang dito nalang muna. I'll be gone for a while since my next duty is in JPR. We'll sleep in the Dorm there. Bagong group ulit. Kinalabahan ako next week, dahil OR na. Please pray for me!!!

Query

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:56:36 +0000

I picked 5 questions from the query box (yung sa papemelroti). Para magkaentry naman ako. hahaha. Sasagutan ko dito. :P

1. Name the top 3 dream jobs you'd like to have:

Doctor
CI/Professor
Model (or something na malaking bayad. hahahaha)

2. Who would you like to meet and spend the whole day with (Can be someone from the past)

Jesus, para bumait na ko ulit!

3. Looking back in time, which year would you have wanted to last twice as long?

2004, probably. Yung pa-end ng third year and umpisa ng 4th year. :D

4. If you had to pick one person in the world from the past or present who wouldn't die, who would it be?

Karol Wojtyla :P

5. A mad scientist is going to switch all your body parts except one, which body part will you choose to keep?

My eyes

wrath.

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:56:43 +0000

I really deserveto get wrath every single time I take the Dante's Inferno Test. I have this hateful disposition most of the time.:devil:

This semester is ending which means there are so many things to do. F**k requirements! F*c* research! *u** groupings!

I didn't go to hear mass again. second consecutive week. What's happening to me? I don't read the Bible anymore. I don't want to go to hell. Is it still inevitable?

I hate cheaters. I hate social loafers (social psych thing). I hate vain people. I hate being this way.

:)

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:16:17 +0000

In my opinion, this year's University week is successful - or as Jill suggested I think that because this time we attended.

We were sort of blackmailed to attend because we would incur makeup duties if we were absent. The week before University week was Midterms week. We had a 12-hour duty at OLP, our last duty for this semester. :( Awwwwwww... I'll miss our duty but I do want this break.

The University Week started with the Nursing outing on Monday. We went to Wonder Island in Calamba, Laguna. I was transferred to bus 10 so I sat next to Giita during the trip. We road a boat/ferry from the dock to the island. I didn't go swimming because there were too many people so I thought it would be too crowded. I also didn't have a suit and I planned to sleep. We weren't allowed to rent a room so that plan didn't go through.

Lois, Jill, Sarah, Romeline, Julia (uno lang ata) and I (yun lang ata) played Uno and 1,2,3 pass. It was fun. I lost a lot of times and so did Sarah and Lois. Romeline and Jill didn't lose until the end because we wouldn't stop until they lost.

We went home at 5 pm. We arrived at 8 pm (I think). The call time for the Walk for a cause was 6:30. Ang aga na lang palagi! 4:15 yung call time para sa outing pero past 5 na umalis!

We walked from Quirino Grandstand to St. Paul and accompanying us was the giant paula paper mache thingy. We caused traffic. haahaahaa.

Then there was a liturgy thing and some boring stuff. Afterwards we let go of the balloons which the council people gave out.

The Brainiacs quiz bee was also on that day so I studied St. Paul stuff before going to the conference room. I borrowed notes from Jaja because mine were already thrown in the garbage bin months ago.

Nursing won. Yehey. :D Dapat next year nursing parin.

The sports championship was also on that day. I don't really know who won in the events which didn't include nursing. We won the Basketball boys championship!

There was no event on Wednesday....... I just don't know about them because we watched a movie. We watched a Night at the Museum. I was nice. :D

On thursday, we watched the cheering competition. Nursing came in 2nd while Masscom won 1st place. There were 2 cheerleaders from each course who were asked to dance to see who is the best cheerleader. Hindi ko maalala yung totoong tawag kaya baka mali.. hahahhaa... Si Lesley yung nanalo, classmate sya ni Jill.

We watched the Kantiyawan at 4 pm. The auditorium was full! Grabe talaga! ANg saya nya and nakakatawang panoorin magperform yung mga prof.

Friday, Shall we dance and out to groove. I won't elaborate dahil manonood na ko ng TV. Basta.... ANG GALING NG NURSING SA OUT TO GROOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE BEST!!!! Dapat next year ulit!!!!

University Week

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:32:26 +0000

Kakatapos lang ng Univ week! Grabe nakakapagod! Bukas na siguro ko magsusulat ng mas detailed na entry. Isusummarize ko lang yung mga nangyari.

Jan 22, 07

-Nursing outing

-di ako nagswimming, sa 4th yr nalang

-nakakabother ang kilos ng mga CI... *shudder*

-masaya naman......

Jan 23, 07

-1st official day ata

-Paulakad, walk for a cause

-giant paula hahaha

-brainiacs (GO NURSING!)

-sports, di kami nanood pero nanalo yung nursing dun sa kaisa-isang sport na di kami na-disqualify (GO NURSING!) *kung hindi nadisqualify yung basketball girls, panalo rin siguro...

Jan 24, 07

-wala atang ok na event

-nanood kami ng night at the museum

-ang ganda! nakakatawa.. hahahha

Jan 25, 07

-cheering competition

-2nd yung nursing tapos si Lesley yun best cheerer or kung ano mang tawag

-Kantiyawan

-nakakatawa yung mga teachers and CI's

Jan 26, 07

-walang activity nung umaga! badtriP!

-shall we dance

-7 competitors

-1st place nursing na 1st yr, 2nd nursing 2nd yr, 3rd di ko alam kung CAS or CBM

-out to groove

-champion ulit ang nursing!!! yehey! 2 yrs na!

-2nd yung masscom. 3rd yung psych (GO JURISSA!)

-best in costume yung business.... (hindi sila ang choice ko.. nursing at masscom at pwede na rin yung hrm yung gusto ko)

-3 ladies/men of the night: rocky from music, ate sasa from nursing (kadorm nila jaja), at yung tagamasscom.

-ang ganda nung out to groove grabe! hehehe.. ang galing sumayaw ni vicky, etc.

Yun na lang muna. :)

midterms

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:35:41 +0000

Midterms week na! Kaya iiklian ko lang yung entry ko. Hay! Bakit ganun pagdating ko sa bahay mga 8:30 ata.. super traffic kasi tapos nanood ako ng konti tapos nagcomputer na ko. Ngayon 11:30 na. I wasted my time playing Bookworm (at mkalayo na level ko kso na-dead na) at kung anu-ano na di ko maisip.

On a happy note, tapos na ang duty namin for this semester! yehey! Kaso may quiz pa kami next week which is University week. Ipapass na rin yung case study next week. Yung Phil. History naman next week na rin daw yung midterms ang gulo kasi ng schedule ng prof namin. Basta sana hindi kasabay nung quiz sa duty. Sana wednesday yung sa duty tapos thursday siguro yung history/consti.

Good news: DL kami ni Jill. Malabo kasi nung una may mga mali mali pa kasi pero yun. Di pa nakapost pero tinanong ni Jill sa registrars. :) happy-ness. hahaha. Tapos ako yung representative ng level 2 (CNAHS) sa quiz bee sa university week kaya ayoko na tuesday yung quiz at midterm. Gusto ko magreview kasi yung topics parang general education e highschool pa yun di ba? haaay. Sana manalo nursing. Importante talaga! Pagpray nyo PLEASE!!! Pinagdadasal ko rin e.. Kailangan lang talaga, nursing kasi e.... haay.

Mag-aaral na ko for Nutrition at sana Health Eco rin.

embarrassing!

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:11:54 +0000

Hay grabe. Nakakahiya talaga. Alam ko naman na di ko talaga ganun ka gusto sa school ko pero nadagdagan pa yung feeling na yun ngayong araw! Hay grabe!

Nagtatanong kasi si jill and grace kung biodegradable ba yung tissue paper. So kayo ano sagot nyo?

Nagtanong din kami sa mga 4th year kasi nandun lang si ate sheila na may kasamang friends. Ayun yung sagot nila non-bio at nagtatanong pa yung isa kung bat daw naging bio!!! naiinis talaga ko na napadpad ako dito!

Ang sakit pa ng lalamunan ko.. May PTB pa patient ko kanina.... Hay grabe. Hanggang dito nalang since napakadami pang requirements and midterms na next week! Sana naman di nako magcram!!!!!!!!!!!!

By the way, here's a nice website kung kailangan mo ng drug study kaso di complete yung information: http://www.mimsonline.com

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