Filipino Nurses' Stories
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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 (Nurse’s Role)
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 [...]
Pedia Scare
Category: Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' Stories, Posted on September 12th, 2009 by adminNo Comments
IV insertion: a seemingly hard task for newbies (nurses) to perform. IV insertion in pedia patients: dreadful. I myself deemed it as one even in my years of experience. My first time to do an IV insertion was sweat-drenching; after three attempts I made it but my patient was almost violent. And did I mention [...]
Longed Accolade
Category: Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' Stories, Nurses’ Careers, Nursing Industry in the Philippines, Posted on August 21st, 2009 by adminNo Comments
There isn’t enough wind blowing in the windmills of my mind right now, but let me try this one.
Before we left the portals of the institution that molded us to be competent nurses, it was inculcated into our young minds that we should be proud of our chosen paths. That anywhere we go we should [...]
The Lost Signature (The NCLEX-RN)
Category: About the NCLEX-RN, Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' Stories, Posted on August 13th, 2009 by adminNo Comments
I am a nurse in the Philippines for five years now and I would like to share this unhappy story that happened to me when I took the NCLEX-RN in Hong Kong. Or have I really taken it? Read further to find out.
Like most of the nurses in the Philippines, I have always been tempted [...]
Fiasco (My NCLEX Story)
Category: About the NCLEX-RN, Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' Stories, Posted on August 13th, 2009 by adminNo Comments
I am a Filipino nurse and I want to share this story that actually happened to me. Like most of the people in the Philippines nowadays, I dreamt of working abroad. It is a known fact in the Philippines that companies in economic giants such as the USA, the UK, Japan, China, the UAE, etc. [...]
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