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Category: Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' Stories, Nurses’ Careers, Nursing Industry in the Philippines, Posted on March 8th, 2010 by adminNo Comments
Hi nurses! Here’s something to rouse your consciousness. Late last year I was luckily hired by an institution. Before I began my probationary training in the hospital, I was made to read a considerably long list of measures and guidelines to assure the safety of the patient as well as mine. But when I started [...]
Horrid Resonance
Category: Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' Stories, Posted on February 9th, 2010 by adminNo Comments
“Does she really know what she’s doing?” This question still resonates in the deepest corners of my soul.
It was supposed to be a relaxing weekend for me at the beach. The weather’s beautiful, the beach’s magnificent; everything’s perfect. I spreaded my sarong in the white powdery sand under a talisay tree. I sat there [...]
Logically Illogical is Logical
Category: Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' Stories, Nursing Industry in the Philippines, Posted on February 1st, 2010 by adminNo Comments
Back in college, we were asked to go to the training hospital a day before our scheduled duty to make prior assessments on our assigned patients. We would usually wear our laboratory gowns inside the premises as regulations require that we wear it so the staff may identify us as students.
One time, as I [...]
Still Fallible
Category: Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' Stories, Posted on January 25th, 2010 by adminNo Comments
What will happen if a warrior of health becomes a victim of unwellness? Such an unlikely scenario but, you see, not really new to our senses.
Being a nurse, I am well aware that prevention is paramount when we are talking about health; even a non-nurse knows that. Perhaps I was just so carefree about this [...]
A Parcel of Pain
Category: Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' Stories, Posted on January 18th, 2010 by adminNo Comments
Last Friday, a family friend gave us a pair of love bird. It came with a set of circular cage and some small plastic cylindrical containers for the water and food. It was well obvious that my brother and sister loved it.
Such a pretty couple. Just when work have eaten me up, where everything [...]
Losing My Baby
Category: Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' Stories, Posted on January 11th, 2010 by adminNo Comments
I have been trudging the Pediatric Department for years. In fact, everything just seemed routinary for me. Therapeutic care is nothing more than scripted part of work.
This was the case until my Cedirc got sick. Holistic caring I learned during my Nursing School days went crashing on me. Reminiscing every bit [...]
Felt a Little Poke
Category: Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' Stories, Nursing Industry in the Philippines, Posted on January 4th, 2010 by adminNo Comments
I truly hope the assurance of safety for nurses in Philippine hospitals would be seriously addressed by the concerned authorities. Just recently, one of my colleagues suffered an occupationally-related accident—a needlestick incident. She can’t help but become paranoid; she is preoccupied that she might acquire an illness after that unfortunate incident.
The mishap that my colleague [...]
Another Battle Conquered
Category: About the NCLEX-RN, Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' Stories, Posted on December 15th, 2009 by adminNo Comments
As a nursing student, I have always considered the National Council on Licensure Examination (NCLEX) as the ultimate exam that I had to pass in order for me to feel complete about my nursing studies. I admit, just like any other second courser in nursing, going to the United States is my wish for my [...]
Don’t Let the Pain Remain
Category: Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' Stories, Posted on December 1st, 2009 by adminNo Comments
I have had the opportunity to become an Emergency Room nurse at our local hospital for about three months. And one of the most routinary procedures done is IV insertion. It’s easy to do with adults because there’s almost zero resistance. There are some who have needles-or-anything-sharp phobia (whatever that is called) but they’re left [...]
Verbal Shock Absorbers
Category: Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' Stories, Nurses’ Careers, Posted on October 13th, 2009 by admin1 Comment
I don’t know if nurses in the Philippines notice this but it has already been existent in the clinical system of the country for quite some time. I’m talking about the people’s view regarding the doctor-nurse professional relationship. I’ve been a nurse for four years now and ever since I was a student nurse I’ve [...]
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