~ Dinner @ Fish & Co... ~ 8:18:00 pm

Had dinner at Fish & Co on Wednesday, 28th September, with my secondary school friend, Siti Fatinah... *It was nice meeting you again, gal!*...

P.S. Note the HUGE glass of drink... Yeah, I finished the drink all on my own... *Heh*...

written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
~ Butt pain... ~ 7:21:00 pm

I am currently suffering from a right gluteus maximus muscle pain which is also known as right 'buttock' pain... *Hehe*... Must have overstretched my muscles yesterday during my BCLS... But it's weird how the pain is only present on my right butt but not my left... Anyway, it's kinda uncomfortable that I had to walk around in the ward with a slight limp... *Heh*... But then, it's better than having muscle pain on the upper limbs... ~Remembered that I had to endure muscle pains on both arms for a few days during the first time I took my BCLS back in NYP~

And today was the first time I solely assisted the doctors for a lumbar puncture (LP)... Thankfully, the doctors were kind enough to teach me on what I had and was expected to do... That's why I simply love the GRM doctors... *Hehe*...

Weekends are here again... It's my DO tomorrow... *Yippie!*... But of course, it's back to work on Sunday... Oh well...

written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
~ BCLS... ~ 7:04:00 pm

I am BCLS certified again... *Hee*...

And guess who assessed my CPR?? It was none other than Dr Ronnie Lim, my ex-mentor!! What a great coincidence... *Hehe*... I was quite surprised to see him there though... And it feels really good to get assessed by someone whom you're so familiar with...

Anyway, we managed to finish our 5 modules of BCLS by 12.30pm... It was kinda AMAZING when we're supposed to finish at 5pm... Well, that shows that we're very competent... *Haha*... The instructor was actually assessing us when we were just 'practising'... As a result, back to 'slogging' in the ward... *Sigh*...

And oh... I had my flu jab today... My left arm is a little painful and numb but other than that, it was okay... F.Y.I, this is my second jab for this month after I had my varicella (chickenpox) jab earlier this month...

By the way, something happened in the train while I was on my way home with Mankam and my ward clerk, Aina... Apparently, someone took a shot of me since I was standing right in front of this guy... Not really me, but my butt... And it was all witnessed by Aina, who was sitting next to him... All I can say now is, "Damn it!!"...

Finally... My DO is coming!! I'm SO looking forward to it after 11 days of stressful working... And I'll be doing my ND next weekend with my preceptor!! *Yay!*...

written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
~ Resuscitation Drill ~ 7:29:00 pm

Resuscitation drill today was a little... messy... In fact, I would rather call it "chaotic"... Being the C nurse was simple, AB nurse so-so, but D nurse was TOUGH...

I was placed with 2 experienced nurses, 1 from Ward 7A and another from Diagnostic Radiology...

In the first round, I was the AB nurse who focused on the airway... It was okay lah, but the whole thing was in such a mess... Second round, I was assigned as the D nurse... And I simply don't know why this particular staff was doing my job instead... Third round, I was the C nurse who focuses on chest compression... Simple cuz all I had to do was to compress the dummy's chest...

Well, I have simply no comments... Maybe it's better that I go for a retest... *Shrugs*...

As for now, let me focus on my BCLS... And guess what? I totally forgotten how to do CPR for infants... *Heh*...

written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
~ Relaxing day at work... ~ 11:23:00 pm

Actually, I have no idea if this post will be visible to those using Internet Explorer cuz it seems that my main blog page does not appear on IE... But it is still visible on Opera and Mozilla Firefox...

Anyway, it was such a RELAXING day at work today... In fact, I really enjoyed it leh... *Hehe*... Especially when it comes to working with SSN Jasmine... I really enjoy working with her cuz she's such a great person to work with... In fact, I learnt a lot while working with her... Just a pity that she's not my preceptor... If not, I would have done really well under her guidance... But then again, my preceptor is just as good... *Hee*... Anyway, Jasmine will be leaving us soon to become the Nurse Clinician for our level once Yan Hoon goes for maternity leave... Quite sad lah...

The ambience in the ward today was SO peaceful... At one point in time, the ward was so peaceful that I actually said, "It's so quiet today"... F.Y.I. It's actually a pantang for us to say such things cuz anything can happen, anytime... And somehow, talking about pantang, both me and Jasmine suddenly got into the conversation of ghosts...

Yup, ghosts...

Apparently, I got to know that the isolation room is actually kinda... eerie... No wonder, I sometimes don't feel good especially if the patient is really dependent and I have to go into the room alone... But then again, I'm just doing my work so I have to ignore all this...

Anyway, resus drill tomorrow and I have not even prepared a single thing... Oh my gosh... I'm gonna fail man!!

written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
~ Another bad day... ~ 11:49:00 pm

I shall keep this blog entry as short as possible since I'm on AM shift tomorrow and yet, I've not gone to bed...

STUPID DOCTOR-ON-CALL SLAMMED THE PHONE DOWN ON ME!!

And what's wrong with escalating? I have anxious relatives there who kept bugging me to call the doctor since patient has a fever of 40 degrees... Almost every minute, they kept coming up to me to tell the doctor to come... Yes, at that moment in time, I almost wanted to shout at them that their brother was not the only patient and that I still have 8 others to take care of... But thank goodness I didn't lah... I still managed to put up a brave front and smiled and kept apologizing that I have made it as urgent as possible...

And when I decided to escalate, the stupid MO-on-call just told me to get the HO-on-call and slammed down the phone... *GRRRRR*...

Anyway, thanks to Jasmine for helping out... Honestly, I myself was already quite panicky but at least, she managed to calm the patient and relatives down... So, thank you Jasmine!

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I was reading through some past entries of my friend and I realised something... I really miss school, my NYP days... I miss my friends... I don't like work... Working life is SO NON-ENJOYABLE... *Sigh*...

written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
~ Day at Work... ~ 8:08:00 pm

My day at work today was slightly more relaxing... That's cuz I was doing junior role instead of SN role... Again, that's cuz the three juniors were placed to work on the same shift together... Actually, it's been awhile since the 3 of us were placed on the same shift... But it's obvious that 1 of us would have to sacrifice doing SN role... And of course, I was more than glad to sacrifice mine... *Heheh*...

Anyway, I was supposed to be a 'floater' but I guess that I did not float enough... I was helping out more on the female side since they had a heavier workload... Anyway, it seems that the experienced SN on the male side did not want my help so I'm totally fine with it... Only at the end, she came looking for me cuz she had no one else to look for... *Huh!*... Lucky for her, I decided to give her some face although I wish I hadn't, and also to avoid conflicts...

And oh... Both my SAN and I got so excited over something just now... *Haha*... Apparently, we had to CIC or a.k.a. in-out catheter for this female patient... And somehow, we just couldn't get it in the right 'hole'... And somehow, I decided to take over and yes, I successfully managed to get it right... By then, the urine started to flow out and the both of us got so noisy behind the screened curtains that my colleague thought what had happened... Actually, we forgot to put a container and thus, wetting the whole bed... *Haha*... Silly right? Anyway, it's been so long since I last did such a thing...

~F.Y.I. CIC is a process where we will insert a tube into the patient's urethra to collect urine which is left retained in the bladder... And this is only done on females...~

Well, back to the male side again tomorrow... And oh... I'm nervous about the resus drill and BCLS... Need to read up more!! Ciao...

written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
~ Just an update... ~ 7:37:00 pm

Oh wow... It's been awhile since I last blogged... To be exact, a period of 1 week... So what have I been up to for the past week?

Well, I've gone for a round of night duty on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night... My experience? Well, it was okay but I find that working as a junior can be quite tedious and tiring... But that's how it goes... Sometimes, it can be so busy that you don't even have time to rest during the night duty...

On Monday, I've rebonded my hair and plucked my eyebrows... Yes, vanity causes it all... *Heh*... My ward staffs, especially those senior ones, were wondering how "rich" I was since I had the money to rebond my hair and to buy a new phone... In fact, while passing of report yesterday, my SAN commented to the night staffs, "This girl ah... So 'rich' ah... Got money to rebond hair and buy new phone... Sekali the bra is also new..." Well, I simply have no comments... *Heh*...

And talking about handphones, I've finally dropped my new phone... *Gasp*... Again, I just hope for the best...

And of course, it was back to work after my night duty... *Boredom*...

And so, what's up next on my calendar? Nothing but work, work, work... Another 11 days of work without a day off... Bad, bad schedule... But in midst of the bad scheduling, I'll be having my resuscitation drill on 26th September and BCLS on 29th September... Better be prepared!!

In the meanwhile, here's something I would like to share with everyone... Take care!!
















written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
~ My name is Mimi... ~ 12:12:00 pm

*Meow meow*... Hello everyone... My name is Mimi... I'm actually a stray cat but I am very much loved by everyone living in the neighbourhood, especially by certain family living on Level 2 in a certain block...

Well, that is where I get my daily dose of meals from... Don't play play okay... I get to eat such luxurious food (brand: Whiskers or Friskees) and that is why I have such soft nice fur... And each time I want food, all I have to do is to meow loudly and a sweet-looking girl *=P* will come out from the house with my food...

My favourite pastime is sleeping in the daytime and being adventurous at night... I love hunting, especially lizards... Every now and then, I will 'shock' that particular family by leaving dead lizard carcass outside their doorstep... *Heh*... And of course, I enjoy sneaking up behind the family members without them noticing me especially when they are going to open the door to enter the house...

On hot days, I prefer to sleep under the cars but on cold and rainy days, I will sleep outside that nice family's house because they have a very nice mat at their doorstep that will keep me warm...

And why do I love that family so much? Cuz they are the ones who truly 'manja' me...


Wah... So 'shiok'...
But beware... If you treat me badly, I will BITE you!!

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*Hehe*... As you can see, I wrote this entry out of fun... But yes, I do LOVE this cat... She's been around for more than a year... Even my mum, who doesn't really like cats, worries about her when she doesn't come to our house to find food for days...

Surprised why I have so much time to blog so much today? That's cuz I'm on DO again!! And I'm going on night duty tomorrow... Looking forward to it although it may not be the best time for me... *Heh*...

written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
~ I HATE THE GM DOCTOR!! ~ 9:36:00 pm

*ARRGGHH*... IRRITATING GM DOCTORS!! They are simply the people who are causing all the unnecessary misery that I have gone through these few days... They are the ones who made me felt so guilty yesterday, so much so that I shed tears out of my guilt...

What if my patient had died? I would still be left thinking that I was the one who would be responsible for my patient...

And this was what happened yesterday...

Apparently, I had one patient who came in for pneumonia 2 days ago under the General Medicine (GM)... Patient was already on 50% oxygen when I came on shift and we were told to maintain the oxygen saturation level at 95%... And patient was on DIL maximum ward management...

Somehow, about 4 plus in the afternoon, my patient desaturated to 88% SpO2 but it went up again to 91% after a few minutes... Although the GM HO initially ordered for 100% oxygen, she then said since patient's SpO2 went up, so to continue on 50% oxygen but to maintain SpO2 above 90%... So that's fine...

About 8.30pm... Patient desaturated to 74% SpO2... HO on-call was called... Patient given 100% oxygen... Patient's SpO2 still low... Apparently, this was when I spotted the patient's abnormal blood results... The reason why I felt so guilty? Cuz the patient could be having Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) or in laymen's term, heart attack... MO on-call and Registrar came to see the patient... ECG was ordered although the ECG showed that it wasn't "too bad" (as quoted by the HO on-call)... All sorts of investigation was then ordered...

By then, I was feeling super guilty... I felt as though I was responsible for what had happened to my patient... Especially when the patient held my hand... It felt as though he was trying to reassure me that it was okay... And yes, the more I felt guilty over it... If only I had spotted the blood results earlier... What if patient had died? All these questions were running through in my head...

Apparently, my SSN who was on duty at the female side, was the one who helped me to call the MO on-call and it was because of her that I spotted the abnormal blood results... So after everything was done, she gave a little 'talk' on what to do when a patient desaturates and when we receive abnormal blood results, since I expressed that I had not done the right thing for my patient... That was when she told me not to cry and at that instance, my eyes just got teary... And the moment she turned back to me after a few seconds, I started to burst out... Got a little consoling session then...

Well of course... If anyone is in my shoes, they would feel guilty too unless if that person is heartless...

And this was what happened today...

When I came on duty this morning, I was told by my night duty staff that the same patient actually had cardiac enzymes and bloods that was to be repeated twice... I totally did not notice this AT ALL during my shift yesterday... Furthermore, the previous shift did not mention a single thing to me... Since my preceptor was the one on AM shift, there was some 'heated' argument between the two of them...

And so, the real story was... THAT GM HO had inked up the order in the morning round changes when it's already the afternoon... As a result, I had actually oversaw it... And as for the blood results? The HO had actually noted the results via the computer and hence, not signing on the paper...

And SO... I do admit that I have a part to be blamed... But I just can't accept how the HO does her things...

Another incident... She just decided to discharge another one of my patients when all along, their plan was to transfer patient to SGH... WHAT THE HECK?!?!?!

Just like what my ward clerk and SN said, "Muka jer lawa, tapi buat kerja tak betul"... *Sigh*

written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
~ YAY!! MY DAY OFF IS HERE!! ~ 9:29:00 pm

Such a nice view right?? *Hehe*...

*Yay!!*... My day off is finally here!! I'm finally heaving a huge sigh of relief... *Heh*... After 11 days of endless stress and tireness from work, I'm finally getting a break from all the duties in the ward...

Oh... News breaking... A neighbouring ward of mine is being contained because one of their former patients was tested VRE positive... *Haiyoh*... So now, that particular ward is not able to admit, transfer or discharge their patients to any other place... And where's that patient now? He's actually in my ward, under isolation... But of course, we would take all the necessary precautions to prevent this from spreading... Most importantly, handwashing... That's why we healthcare workers are being emphasized on handwashing...

Anyway, went for the National Healthy Lifestyle Campaign Walk-A-Jog at the Padang yesterday... Didn't really wanna go for it but since we're the new staffs, we were somewhat 'forced' to go... It was kinda fun actually to go with all my ward staffs... Especially Sister Laura... Oh gosh, she was SO hyper!! *Hah*... And instead of going the correct and proper route, we actually diverted along the way and took a shortcut route... *Haha*... The best part of all, stopping by Esplanade to relieve our bladder and buying a popcorn along the way... *Hehe*... Even took a picture with our CEO... =D

Went off after the walk-a-jog since I was on AM shift today despite the fact that Taufik, Sly and Olinda was performing later on at night...


The tanned, sweaty and smelly us after the walk-a-jog... *Heh*...


Sunset from Padang...

Oh... I'm going to enjoy my DO tomorrow!! *Hehe*...

written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
~ Another Horrible Day... ~ 11:09:00 pm

*Haha*... I managed to post an entry from my handphone... But of course, I deleted it... It beats nothing to blogging an entry on the pc... *Heh*...

Anyway, we broke record again today... 6 admissions... Yes, believe it or not... In fact at 2pm, the first male cubicle had 5 beds empty and I was the one who took charge of that cubicle... So you can imagine how many patients I had to admit... And now, the 'Admission Girl' title officially belongs to me... *Heh*...

*Sigh*... I desperately, BADLY need a break... Everything is taking its toll on me... I feel like falling apart... I almost fell apart... But I know I need to be strong... Just 2 more days Nadiah... Please, please endure...

written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
~ 'Wonderful' busy day... ~ 11:59:00 pm

Today, we've broke our record... 5 admissions just on the male side alone... Actually we were expecting only 4 admissions but it ended up to be 5... And I thought that 4 was terrible enough... But 5 was worse... It was SO busy that both me and my SSN did not even went for our break...
~FYI... My ward discipline is actually Geriatric Medicine (GRM), which is for the elderly, and the turnover rate is pretty slow since most patients are long stayers... Therefore, 5 admissions is rather uncommon...~

The other time when I worked with my preceptor, we had to admit 4 patients... And now, 5... So much so that I'm being nicknamed the "Admission Girl"... Oh, how I just 'LOVE' admissions... *Bleargh*...

But hey!! I've survived... Although there were a couple of stuffs that I missed out... Thank goodness my SSN double checked it for me... *Heh*...
And yes, I literally got scolded by my SAN and ward clerk for not going for my break... P.S. Please note that they are no inverted commas in the scolded word...

And oh... I'm expecting more admissions tomorrow... How 'wonderful'... Be prepared my dear Nadiah... *Haha*...

Wish me a good day at work alright!! Peace...

*If you're wondering why I hate admissions so much is because of the endless changes that we have to do... And the interviewing part which is the Nursing Assessment Records... It just sucks when you can't communicate with the patients... So now, must learn to love it... Heh*

written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
~ Sucky... ~ 7:47:00 pm

Another sucky day at work... *Bah!*... Don't even wanna talk about it...

Although the best part of it was talking about bras early in the morning at 7am... *Haha*... Wasn't me who started the whole talk but it started bcuz of me... Luckily, there are no male staff in my ward... *Hehe*...

So looking forward for my upcoming DO... I'm DYING for it, man... *Sigh*...
7 days down, 4 more to go... *Grrrr*...

written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
~ Stressful Day yet again... ~ 11:18:00 pm

Another stressful day at work...

4 discharges, 3 admissions, 1 transfer-in, and 1 transfer-out... *Phew*... The 3 admissions were 'killing' enough... Thank goodness that there was only 1 admission on my side since the other was a transfer-in case... Pitied my preceptor though...

And as I was 'happily' doing changes for my newly admitted case, the RAI doctors for one of my patients decided that he needed to be sent to the HD ward... It was very sudden and rushing but in a way, it was a good thing... Cuz there was just TOO MANY things for my patient... He was on Dopamine, on hourly parameters, on drainage, on CV Line, and the list goes on...

And the staffing today... BAD... It was 5+2 staffing... Why 5 plus 2 and not 7? Apparently, we (the newly graduates) are not counted as a manpower yet... Not until we're considered a confirmed staff... And I think that it will be worse tomorrow... *Hah*...

3 days down, 9 more to go... To my DO that is... *Sigh*... Horrible scheduling...

written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
~ Latest pics... ~ 10:12:00 pm

Me & Fione... Nice...


The ice-cream...


The act cute girl... *Haha*


The act sweet girl... *Wahaha*...
Gosh... Look at those pimples... *STRESS!!*...

written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
~ New Month of September... ~ 7:53:00 pm

Welcome to the new month of September!!!

It's been officially two months since I became a staff nurse... How is my performance so far? To date, I think I have been coping quite fine but as always, there is always room for improvement... Remember that everyday is a learning day... =)

Anyway, I did quite a big mistake today... I've discharged a foreign worker without contacting the employer... Apparently, the employer came half an hour later after I discharged my patient... Was told by the employer that the patient had no money with him... *Sigh*... Till now, I'm still very guilty over it... *Sigh*... But I've learnt my lesson now that no matter what, you will have to contact the employers before discharging my foreign patients...

Finally met up with Fione after not seeing her for quite awhile... Anyway, I think that she has really lost A LOT of weight... Guess that the working environment for her is SO stressful to the extend that she doesn't even have time for meals... *My poor friend*...

And oh... I met a fellow secondary school classmate, Peifa, working at a shop in Novena Square... Ended chatting with him for almost an hour... *Haha*... It was nice meeting up with him again... Reminiscing over our school days...

Yeah, I'm going to work 11 days straight again without a day off... *Sigh*... And oh... I'm going on night soon... *Hehe*... Wish me luck!!

written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi

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