That Nurse Wears Prada (Story of a Nurse)
Category: Filipino Nurses, Nurses’ Careers, Posted on November 24th, 2009 by admin1 Comment
PRADA, GUCCI and all those fancies haven’t only fascinated me but had literally ruled my world! If you know me, you’d probably spell my name as F-A-S-H-I-O-N.
I used to be that typical ragamuffin until my dad strike it rich. To cut it short, I was the living proof of Cinderella’s rags to riches.
I love them, thinking, they probably got my philosophy of “Because I’m worth it”,
I very so often get scrutinized for being so engrossed on the external. I just brush it off with my best alibi, “ It’s human nature to demand the best deal, the lion’s share, the most credit, and the finest of everything”. That wasn’t just it, I soon settled for “I deserve more” as a slogan to compensate for the efforts exerted rock bottom in the fun-and-often difficult-challenge of being a nursing student.
After graduation, I thought “tenuous work” was out of the scenario… I was proved wrong.
I still have to be an RN, and to assure it, I would need to go through reviews.
It was just like any other ordinary day. I was there first hour in the morning and as usual, I’m seated at the first row of seats…at the back.
Hours of lectures passed without much of it sinking in, except for me getting an A+ in distinguishing one cloth line from another within which others were on. I can’t wait to approach the lecturer after… not to ask for clarifications but to smell the scent she’s using. But somehow the look and feel of the room overwhelmed me.
The sad part is I have to deal with that. Hours became days that turned into weeks.
The BOARD EXAMS was barely a week off; I’ll start my story here. Basically, I was so distracted with everything that meets my eye, I can’t focus on what’s important.
A few days later, I took the board exam with wavering hope of getting through it.
I flunked anyway.
Don’t get me wrong guys… I have nothing against vanity but it’s me—just me. It took me quite a while to gather myself and get focused, “first things first”.
I’m a competitive ER nurse by now and I still wear Prada… I never had to give it up in the first place, I just have to keep my fancies from getting hold of me.
DEMI
January 3rd, 2010 at 5:22 am
Wow, wonderful…Uploading pics of you wearing it would be excellent. I’m also a fashion enthusiast and nothing wrong with that. I love nurses who have a sense of fashion.