1st 2 days in MOT~

2 days in MOT down! Ytd was assigned to OT L7, which is O&G theatre.. Seen like 4 O&G cases, but didnt scrub in, cos 1st day ma.. hahah.. shall scrub in tmr or thursday.. The CI is kinda fierce.. I dont dare to talk to her can.. like we own her a living.. still blamed the sch for sending so many students in MOT.. she wanted 10 students only, but wat to do? Sch want to send wat.. watever lah she.. grrr!!

Today was assigned to recovery room / bank floater.. the staff there are nice esp the bank floater.. I was attached to an EN and send pt from reception to OT and check pt b4 sending to OT, make sure is the correct pt, operation etc.. she will sit down and teach me abt what they do there etc... but I wont want to work in OT next yr! I rather work in e ward~

So that's all for now~ Shall update abt the next 3 days soon!! =P

10 reasons why u should date a nurse!!

1) They can help you get over a hangover or sickness

2) Bedbaths!

3) The uniform

4) They are exposed to so many X-rays, it's like a form of birth control.

5) You willl never need to buy condoms, paracetamol, toothbrushes or any hospital supplies.

6) They know how to handle bodily fluids!

7) Nothing shocks a nurse, they have always seen smaller or indeed bigger!

8) They wont be disgusted by your toilet habits

9) They are experienced in manual evacuation when your full of crap

10)They know how to handle the human body!!!!!!

Did you hear about the nurse who died and went straight to hell?? It took her two weeks to realize she wasn't at work! You know you're a nurse if.....

• You believe that every patient needs TLC, diazepam,temazepam and haloperidol.

• You would like to meet the inventor of the Nurse call buzzer some night in a dark alley.

• You believe not all patients are annoying, some are unconscious.

• Your sense of humour gets more warped each year.

• You can only tell time by the 24 hr clock.

• Almost everything can seem humorous....eventually.

• When asked what colour that patients diarrheic was, you show them your shoes.

• You know the smell of different diarrhoea to identify it.

• Every time you walk you make a jingling noise because of all the Scissors and clamps in your pocket.

• You can tell the pharmacist more about the medication they are dispensing than they know.

• You carry more "spare" meds in your pocket rather than waiting for pharmacy to deliver them.

• You refuse to watch ER because it is too much like the real thing and it triggers flashbacks.

• You check the caller id on your day off to see if anyone from the hospital is trying to call and ask you to work.

• You've been telling stories in a restaurant and made someone at another table throw up.

• Notice that you are using more 4 letter words than you did before you started nursing.

• Everytime someone asks you for a pen you can find at least 4 of them on you.

• You can intubate your friends at parties.

• You don't get excited about blood unless it's your own.

• You live by the motto "to be right is only half the battle, to convince the doctor is more difficult"

• You've basted your thanksgiving turkey with a nasogastric syringe.

• You've told a confused patient that your name was that of your co-worker and to holler if they need help.

• Eating microwave popcorn out of a clean bedpan is perfectly normal.

• Your bladder can expand to the size of a Mack Truck's Radiator Sump.

• When checking the level of a patient’s orientation you aren't sure of the answer.

• You find yourself checking out other customers veins in grocery waiting lines.

• You can sleep soundly at the hospital cafeteria table on your dinner break and not be embarrassed when you wake up.

• You avoid unhealthy looking shoppers in the mall for fear that they will drop near you and you'll have to do CPR on your day off.

• You have ever referred to someone's death as a transfer to the "Eternal Care Unit".

• You have ever wanted to hold a seminar entitled "Suicide ... Doing It Right".

• You have ever had a patient look you straight in the eye and say "I have no idea how that got stuck in there".

• You have ever had to leave a patient's room before you begin to laugh uncontrollably.

• You throw a party for a co-worker and use a urinal (clean of course) as a lemon-aid pitcher and use a bed sheet for a tablecloth.

• You believe that the government should require a permit to reproduce.

• You hate to get dressed in "real clothes" because scrubs are what you live in and why can't they make jeans that comfortable.

• You have ever restrained someone and it was not a sexual experience.

• Your most common assessment question is "what changed tonight to make it an emergency after 6 hours / days / weeks / months / years)?".

• You often stay awake for 24+ hrs at a time when you work nights realize you don't need alcohol or drugs to hallucinate just lack of sleep...

• You pull over in some parking lot after working nights because you are too tired to drive home and wake up to someone knocking on your window thinking you have had a stroke because you are passed out in your car and drooling.

• Your finger has gone places you never thought possible.

• You have seen more penises than any prostitutes.

• You disbelieve 90% of what you are told and 75% of what you see.

• You've sworn to have "Not For Resus" tattooed on your chest.

• You threaten to strangle anyone who even starts to say the "q" word when it is even remotely calm.

Its just to help you understand our mindset and questionable mental status/sanity. Most of the time we function in spite of this sick sense of humour, fairly normally and very responsibly. Believe me, this is how we think, ALL THE TIME, Scary huh??It must be added to the list that you hate flying just incase the air stewards announce "if there is a Doctor or Nurse on board... please make yourself known to the cabin crew" At which point you cringe and hide!

last 2 days in ED..

Me with Mo Phaung n Regina @ ED's procedure room (LAST DAY!)

Orthopaedics room was cool.. met a 'yah yah papaya' female hand Dr with slang, as what Diana described her as.. But she was actually not so bad lah.. we went to observe the I&D procedure, and 'assist' her by holding the pt's hand up.. and surprising she said 'thanks a lot'! At least she appreciated my help~ Seen a few cases, like a woman that cut herself when slicing soap and the wound is so deep that the tendon is exposed (not the whole tendon). Diabetic foot, # finger.. Later we get to observe the Dr doing CLOSED M&R on an elderly women, who had a # at her wrist i think.

* M&R = Manipulation and reduction. In closed M&R, the Dr will do a nerve block via IV bolus and he/she will straighten / pull the pt's hand in alignment.

Was assigned to CCA / Resus room, but wasnt much cases or any resus case.. so we went to walk ard and stayed in the procedure room after the break.. Saw one super bloody case, A chinese national man came in for I&D.. thumb got pus and his thumbnail have to be removed.. Later, a small girl came in cos she got scalded, suffered from superficial wounds.. lucky her.. and the EN did dressing for her.. Ard 8.30pm, a middle-aged Chinese man came in from the fever area, cos his wound was slightly open and the Dr have to suture it back.. but the pt was very nice lah... he can even chit-chat with the Dr man.. haha.. =)

Next week in MOT! hopefully it will be good and fruitful posting!! =DD

HAPPY 21ST B'DAY to my horse XL!! HEEEE~~ (grow up to b an ADULT 'horse' ald!)

Today in summary..

Semestral results out today! finally got an A grade in my 3 yrs of nursing studies~ YAY!! luckily passed all modules, thank god dont need to take supp paper, which will be damn difficult..

2 days in ED down ald.. first day of ED was boring esp e orientation, the relief CI is boring! Was assigned to Triage, did ECG non-stop, patients flow in like mad! Got 1 malay man got SOB, ECG shows atrial fibrillation (AF), den he went into resus room.. dunno now still alive a not.. but he looked fine to me.. his condition turned worse super fast.. oh well~ I dont really like working in ED.. cos will lose yr skills, den want to learn back also very hard..

Today was assigned to Consultation room, super BORING can! early in the morning no pts, until afternoon, pts wait outside like waiting for Dr in polyclinics. Got 2 chinese Drs, they are both CHINESE, but they dont even speak chinese, need a translator.. OMG! Should be ashamed of themselves man! tsk tsk.. =( I also gave an IM Diclofenac (Voltaren®) injection to a female pt in e buttocks!, with the staff nurse's supervision of course~

Shall update later on the next 2 days in Orthopaedics and CCA/Resuscitation room~ =)

PH!

SELAMAT HARI RAYA TO ALL MY MUSLIM FRIENDS!!!

finally~

TGIF! finally I cleared my 3118 mod!!! no more owning of postings ald!!! feeling so tired and sleepy now~~ *yawns*.. the weather now is sooooo nice to sleep~~

Will have extended holidays cos of hari raya puasa.. so will only have 4 days in ED.. Hope that ED posting is fun and interesting, as some of my friends like their posting there~~~ hehe.. =D

Cant wait to go out and meet my 1/4 and part-time!! hehehe.. =D

mid-week

Later presenting our case study today using SBAR to the yr 1s @ 2pm!!!

Exam results will be out in 8 days time!!
P.S: Hope that I'll clear all mods!! & dont sit for any supp paper please~~~ (*keep fingers X!)

2nd week

TGIF!!! Time passed very slowly during afternoon.. only looking forward to break time.. haha.. =)

Managed to write report ytd.. Yeh!!!! wrote on paper and let my SN to check and write in the progress notes, but never get to pass to the night staffs, cos they come in at 9pm.. now at least I can answer CI already.. PM CI popped over to c us last night and was discussing about blood transfusion with the yr 1s.. she kept looking at our nametags, macam want to pin-point us, thinking that we were skiving! But we were NOT!!

Will start doing my case study using SBAR.. SBAR: Situation, Background, Assessment and Recommendation.. we r supposed to report the abnomalities to e Dr in yr shift, using SGH telephone technique. Cos this is very X1000.. important when we passed out as SN.. and this can prepare us in the real situation in the near future~

1st week

1st week of medical posting down.. Overall was good! and I like CI G~.. =D She's really a very good CI and the best that I encountered so far.. she is very friendly and treat us like her friend and always encourage us no matter how we and the juniors fare.. I was given a chance to assess the yr 2 students on wound dressings with her help and it is not easy to be an assessor because you have to think before you ask questions or give constructive feedback in order not to make the student feel intimidated.. It's a very good experience so that I, as a staff nurse can give constuctive feedback to my students without hurting their feelings.. She taught us a lot of things that no CI or sch lecturer has ever tell us..

Need to take on a simple case starting from next week, need to have SN's permission to let me write report in case notes.. hope to learn more and also guide my juniors, so that I wont have a hard time during PRCP.. =)