Saturday, July 09, 2005
~ TGIDOT!! ~
7:41:00 pm
It's just so draining... Having to wake up so early each single day just to head to work... Let me make this clear first... No, I'm not complaining... Just the feeling of tiredness... So, TGIDOT!! It means 'Thank God It's Day Off Tomorrow'... *Haha*...
Anyway, as I have mentioned in my previous entries, it was back to the wards yesterday... But honestly, there was not even a single patient contact for my ward... *Heehee*... All we had was some ward based orientation regarding important stuffs that a nurse should know... An example is the EHS, which I don't remember what the term is... *Hee*...
And oh... My ward NO, Sister Laura, was the one who did the orientation with all the new staffs in Level 7 since most of the other NOs were busy with the JCI... And as she was doing the orientation with us, the Director of Nursing of TTSH decided to drop by the tutorial room that we were using, just to see how we are... Director of Nursing leh!! We were kinda shocked though... And the best part of all, she gave us a lollipop each... *Haha*... By the way, she was there @ Ward 7A for some purpose... So she did really drop by to see us since it was along the way... *Hee*...
After lunch, we were allowed to practise our Laerdal resuscitator in the interview room since we had to be assessed today... Got Sister Noraini to demonstrate once to us before we started to 'drill' each other with the function test... And honestly, the 'drilling' stuff from the rest of them, I think it really made things a lot better for us... *Haha*...
Today... I can't believe it... Had 3 assessments at one go... Yes, it was quite challenging... But unlike in school, what matters most is that you must know what you are doing and why you are doing so... Doesn't really matter how you do it, as long as what you do is right and you're comfortable with it... Well, this is very much how Lay Hoon, our nurse educator, mentioned to us...
Have your own style... *Hehe*...
Anyway, the first assessment was on the Laerdal resuscitator function test... Lay Hoon went through with us once, taught us the rationale, the purpose why the Laerdal was designed in such a way and all the 'what if's... A few people were assessed before me and when it came to my turn, guess who stepped in?.......... The Assistant Director of Nursing (ADN) of TTSH... *Errrrr*... When I first saw her stepped in, was wondering who she was although I found her super familiar... Did my function test as per normal until I fumbled at one of the rationale part... Lay Hoon, who was assessing me, just told me to ignore the person standing over there... And when I turned to look at her, saw her name tag and finally realised that she was the ADN... *Oh gosh!!*... She was looking at my assessment!! But luckily, everything else went smoothly... *HEE =D*
Oh!! This one is a must-say... *Hehe*...
In between of the first and second assessment, did some practise on the tracheostomy suctioning... And as I was trying out on the suctioning, Lay Hoon just suddenly said, "
Nadiah, it's contaminated..."... Really, I was shocked!! Why? Can you imagine, I was standing on the head of the bed on one side and she was standing at the foot of the bed on the opposite side... And she could see that I had contaminated the suction tube... And what's more, she was assessing others on the Laerdal and I was blocked by some of my friends... *Wow*... She really has sharp eyes... So, better not sleep during lectures! *Haha*...
The second assessment was on the checking of the defibrillator machine... This time round, we were assessed by Pick Fong... Everything went well except that she demanded quite a lot from us... Example, she wants us to say each rationale on why we are doing it... But at least, she shared a lot of information with us... *Hehe*...
The third assessment... Tracheostomy suctioning... This suctioning is kinda important because of its sterile techniques... Anyway, I did something silly here... *Heehee*... My technique of coiling the suction catheter was kinda weird... So Lay Hoon told me to recoil the catheter... My hands and brain, somehow, were not functioning well together so I just went to coil the tube with my unsterile hand... And Lay Hoon, she was shocked!! *Haha*... Ended up, I had to do it again from the part I pulled the suction catheter out of its package... Anyway, during the part where I had to collect the suction specimen, I was so focused not to contaminate the set that Evelyn told me that my face was practically tensed and expressionless... Why? Cuz that was the part where Lay Hoon caught me contaminated during my practise... And the end of it, my face was just too expressionless that Lay Hoon just did "Phew"... *Haha*... Of course I couldn't help but to smile... =D
But whatever it is, I'm glad that I managed to do all my 3 assessments without much difficulties... Cuz again, they are there not to fail us but to guide us... =)
And before I end, let me do some complaining here... I MAY HAVE TO COME BACK TO WORK AFTER MY GRADUATION CEREMONY!! *Sigh*... This is so sad... The reason is because, the ward is not able to give all 6 people who will be going back for the Graduation Ceremony, a Day Off... And I thought I could enjoy the rest of the day at the Nurses' Day Celebration with the rest of them... So, I shall remain sad until my ward NO says that she grants me a Day Off... *Haha*...
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
