September 09. Our final rotation has finally begun. As what I had expected, most of the girls in my group are in lurve with our CI. It’s so gross when I have to listen with their “girl talk.” Because it was an orientation day, we didn’t get to hold a patient. Our CI gave our requirements for the rotation. God, when will this end? But the requirements he gave us are lighter compared to those in CHN. Towards the end of our duty, we were informed that our midterm exam in Nursing Care Management (NCM) was postponed. They didn’t want to give the reason of the suspension. It’s really unfair, I told myself. If they have the right to postpone it, then we have the right to know why. Right? Oh, well, news flies so fast… I heard that the reason was because… well, that’s not for public consumption. Instead of having an exam tomorrow, we’ll be in teh hospital. And oh, mind you, the hospital is sooo far from my home.
After our duty, my groupmates almost forced me to eat isaw. They told me it’s yummy, but no, thanks.
September 10. I had my first patient for this rotation. Since there was a scarcity with patients, I teamed up with one of the best students in our group, well, actually, he was the one who asked me to be his partner. LOL. The patient we handled had pneumonia! And the patient was like 80+. It was crazy. Haha. We had to talk very loud just so the patient would hear us. Oh, we had a hard time getting the patient’s temperature. There was a gap in his axillary, so the thermometer would slide. Haha. We also received a bad news today, our midterm exam was rescheduled tomorrow. Now, how nice is that?!
Had Jjamppong for my pre-dinner. It was my first time to eat Jjamppong. Oh, you eat soup and you don’t drink it. Haha.
September 11. The proctors for our exam were sooooo paranoid for the whole period. LOL.
September 12. Our midterm exam for Pharmacology was super hard. Hopefully, I’ll pass the exam. Me thinks the computation part was my savior! w00t!
September 15. My patient for the day has pneumonia. She’s 94 years old if I’m not mistaken. Her significant other (SO) was sooo annoying. We chose her for our case study, kase yan lang yung matinoing i-case study. Bwiset. LOL. The vehicle we used to get back to school was some sort of a van. Yung parang pang-service. Weird. But it was faster than the bus.
September 16. I got a perfect score for our first quiz. Rejoice! After our test, I presented my report: Myocardial Infarction (heart attack). Thanks to WikiPedia. I dared to use it, well, the Wiki article about MI is full of resources so I decided to use it. My groupmates were laughing the whole time. LOL. It’s because I was pronouncing the word “beta” the right way. Whatever. Well, I’m used to it. Wala sa akin yun. There was a scarcity with patients again. My patient for the day has an admitting diagnosis of Diabetes Melitus Type II with Dehydration. I teamed up with one of my groupmates for our case study. Yep, we’ve shifted to another patient for our case study. Mas magandang case kase. I had the chance to perform capillary blood glucose (CBG) monitoring. I had to prick the patient… the patient got scared with me. LOL. So by the time we had to administer rapid acting insulin, the patient was refusing. So, it was my partner who injected it.
The bus and the school service-like vehicle were missing in action. We rode an old coaster. It was — as what the people in the college call it — air-continuous. LOL. For the whole ride, we could feel that the coaster was vibrating, thanks to the bad condition of the road. We were laughing during the whole trip. Some even dared to say how they hate the coaster. Buti na lang, mabait si Manong Driver. Uh, my girl groupmates are getting into my nerves. Di pa rin matapos-tapos ang girl talks nila. And it became worse than ever. They kinda like the CI of another school. The thing is, kabatch nung CI namin yung CI na yun. Whatever.
September 17. The reporting continued. The first reporter has the P&F syndrome. He was constantly saying “pever” instead of “fever,” “pat” instead of “fat,” and “pamily” instead of “family.” I guess, you can imagine how hilarious and pathetic it was. The next one was sooo boring. She was reading her report… and she can’t even pronounce the words correctly. Parang first time pa lang nya binasa yung report. Then, there was also Ms. Bortusa who was making her requirements, Drug Study and Nursing Care Plan (NCP) during the reporting. Our CI told her to listen but she still continued with it. Then, our CI started to ask questions… there was this question that we cannot answer. He said “Napaka-passive nyo naman.” I was shocked. I never expected him to say that, because he was so good to us. After the reporting, he said “Next time, I want you to listen to the reporters and don’t do your requirements while the reporting is going on.” Obviously, we hit the limit.
September 19. Why I’m always the one who gets laughed at during our Pharmacology class? Mukha raw kasi akong bata. Haha. I’m not getting annoyed, really. Actually, I laugh with them but it would be better if they stopped it. And oh, finally, after 238723472 years, our Family Case Analysis (FCA), our big and tedious requirement for the past rotation is finally done. We’ve passed our final copy. w00t!
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