Friday, April 29, 2005
~ Night Duty ~
4:05:00 pm
Yeah... Finally, I'm done with my two night shifts in the ward... The experience? A total contrast between the two nights...
Did my first night with SN Nissani and it was way
TOO relaxing... Spent most of the time sitting down...
*NO KIDDING!!*... In fact, I spent an hour just reading on Route 21... Even when I tried to help in the turning and sponging, she told me to sit down and keep an eye on the patients especially those who just
loves to get out of the bed and risk a fall... Couldn't take it anymore so ended up, I took one of my patients for toilet bath... But I still did learnt some stuffs... How to check and test the glucometer, how to do charging, how to top up medication trolley, etc... And yeah, I did almost fall asleep... Although SN Nissani allowed me to go inside the tea room and have a short nap, I just refused to as it would make me a lot more sleepy after I wake up later... It was just TOO boring...
My second night... Did it with my preceptor, SSN Meow Gek, and SN Karen G... Unlike my first night where I had SO much time to kill, I practically didn't really get to sit down... Although my preceptor was doing junior work, I was made to follow her around since SN Karen is still quite new... No choice lor... Had to follow her during the parameter rounds and help to give IV drip... But seriously, I don't mind at all... Being stationary will only make me more sleepy... Anyway, 2 of the patients got really ill @ about 0130 hrs... One of them had low oxygen saturation level whereas the other one had really high fever and got all cold and clammy... This and that was ordered and we got quite busy because of this... Then, helped out in the toilet bath... We then brought patient bed 131 to the assisted bath and I tell you, I can go deaf man... My preceptor and the patient was conversing in such LOUD tones... *Haha*...
So far, it was quite eventful for a night shift... Getting to experience such events will make me more aware on what to expect during night duty...
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
