Unfair Isn’t It?
Category: Filipino Nurses, Nurses’ Careers, Striving Pinoy NursesPosted on March 15th, 2010 by admin
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Many people think that being a nurse would mean a luxurious life in the future; rest assured. But I guess that would only apply to nurses who have much money to finance the associated costs of realizing this “luxurious life in the future” thing. And to those who belong to the lower and middle class [...]
Bogus (Hospital Nursing)
Category: Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' Stories, Nurses’ Careers, Nursing Industry in the PhilippinesPosted on March 8th, 2010 by admin
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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 nursing measures and guidelines to assure the safety of the patient as well as mine. But when I [...]
Getting Ready; Take The NCLEX
Category: About the NCLEX-RN, Filipino Nurses, Nurses’ CareersPosted on March 1st, 2010 by admin
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Reviewing for the NCLEX and taking the exam, I guess, will give us the chance to use our time well while waiting for a good fortune to strike instead of staying home and becoming unproductive. If the hands of fate will lead the United States of America to loosening the chains that’s been keeping [...]
Disillusionment In The Country’s Nursing Industry
Category: Filipino Nurses, Nurses’ Careers, Nursing Industry in the Philippines, Striving Pinoy NursesPosted on February 17th, 2010 by admin
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Every year, the Philippines produces thousands of nurses. Nevertheless, our country could not provide jobs for these professionals. Being a nurse is not an easy job as they think. It takes a lot of hard work and patience to reach our dreams and to become a productive citizen of this country. Most of the time, [...]
Nursing Competency: A Horrid Resonance
Category: Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' StoriesPosted on February 9th, 2010 by admin
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“Does she really know what she’s doing?” This question still resonates in the deepest corners of my soul. An incident that truly challenged my nursing competency.
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 spread my sarong in the white powdery sand [...]
Logically Illogical is Logical (Nursing Roles)
Category: Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' Stories, Nursing Industry in the PhilippinesPosted on February 1st, 2010 by admin
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Back when I was still a Nursing student, 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 [...]
Still Fallible (Nursing Knowledge; A Challenge)
Category: Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' StoriesPosted on January 25th, 2010 by admin
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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 (Nursing Role)
Category: Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' StoriesPosted on January 18th, 2010 by admin
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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 (Nursing and Caring)
Category: Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' StoriesPosted on January 11th, 2010 by admin
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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 (Hospital Nursing)
Category: Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' Stories, Nursing Industry in the PhilippinesPosted on January 4th, 2010 by admin
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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 [...]