I’m having a hard time doing this. I tried to make a draft of this twice but I ended stopping midway. Thus, having no updates for the past month. Sorry. So, I’ll talk in phrases again. So yeah, don’t expect this to be very descriptive.
First Day
June 16. Just pure orientation. Toured around the hospital. Didn’t do anything special. Didn’t handle any patients. Was relieved. Waiting for 8:30 pm (dismissal time) was a pain in the ass.
The Patients
June 17. Started to handle patients by day two. Ward stinks. Two students is to one patient ratio. Great. Partner was okay. Didn’t give me a hard time. Patient was only 17. Primigravida (first time to be pregnant). Twins, still pregnant. Thinking for a nursing diagnosis was hard. Patient looked stronger than me. Patient was good, very talkative. Turns out she’s a nursing student. Didn’t eat anything at all. Busy. NPO. Haha. Got home really tired.
June 18. Two students is to one patient ratio… still. Second patient was younger. 16. Pregnant no more. Had delivered a baby girl. First time to be pregnant too. Thinking of a nursing diagnosis was easy this time. Acute pain. Because of episiorrhaphy. Trying to elicit Moro reflex from a baby is fun! Saw how to remove IV cannula (swero). Saw how to clean baby’s cord.
June 23. No classes! YAY!
June 24. Two students is to one patient ratio… still. OB ward was relocated! Woot! Ward looked nice. Next patient had spontaneous abortion. Read: spontaneous abortion (not induced!). Had excessive blood loss. Resulted to anemia. For D&C (raspa). Patient was cured from anemia when we met her. Interviewed patient for case study. Has six children! Copied numerous parts of the chart.
June 25. One student is to one patient! Whaa. Handled the same patient.
June 30. Start of morning shift (7:00am-3:00pm). Didn’t handle a patient. Was the leader for the day. Very tiring… but boring. Got sad. Group mate’s patient had a false pregnancy. Endorsed to the nurse on duty. The nurse was funny. Turned out she’s a schoolmate back in grade school.
July 01. Didn’t handle any patients. There were other students from another school in the ward. Just waited for dismissal time to come.
July 02. Patient was restless… it was hot in the ward. Kept asking me to bathe baby. Has five children! Annoyed me.
July 07. Patient was funny. Got admitted again a few days after discharge due to amoebiasis. Patient asked me to call her “ate” and not “nanay”. LOL. Patient had so many medications! By the end of our shift, patient was hypertensive. Patient badly missed her baby (her first child). She wanted to go home. Asked me something I don’t know. Haha. Turns out she’s my last patient for our first rotation.
July 08. Learned how to inject. Got injected three times. Injected my partner three times too. It was very painful! Pain scale: 11 out of 10 (ten is the most painful, 1 is the least). LOL. I hope I still know how to inject. Haha. Tried to insert an IV cannula. Success! w00t! Didn’t handle patients! Got dismissed earlier.
July 09. Just had our oral defense for our case study. Clinical Instructor was really good to us. Thanks, Ma’am! Got dismissed earlier. Was treated by his group mate (who had her birthday) and CI. Was really full. Had a big hamburger, pizza, iced tea plus ice cream!
Group Mates
I hate half of them. Bow. Especially that stupid girl! Very irresponsible. Whole group knows I hate her. Haha. I don’t care. A friend asked me if I wanted to have a new group. I said “yes” even though my group mates could clearly hear me.
Conclusion
Tiring. Just makes me hate BS Nursing even more. Sorry, nursing is not really my thing.
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