Sunday, June 18, 2006
~ Short Entry ~
6:51:00 pm
I am hungry, tired and sleepy...
So, I'm back at work again... Well, not so bad for a start... At least, I felt that I had the motivation to start work again although I was really reluctant to go back to work on Friday... And I was SO disorientated on the first day of work... But so far, things have been going well for me...
Alhamdulillah...
And oh... Had the scare of my life yesterday... I nearly 'lost' my staff ID... Well, losing my staff ID is not SO bad although it would have meant that I would have to fork out $50 just to replace to a new one... But what was worse was that I would have lost my nursing practice licence as well cuz I've placed my practice licence with my staff ID... Without a nursing practice licence means I cannot practice nursing... Yes, it's that bad... Anyway, no worries now... Cuz my colleague accidentally took my ID and placed it in her locker... Thank goodness, we were on the same shift today as well... *Haha*...
3 days upon coming back to work, I was posed with the same question two days in a row by patients' relatives... "
Do you enjoy nursing?"...
My answer was simple...
Yes... Although you may have seen me complaining a lot about work and stuff, I love being a nurse... Nursing is no easy feat, really... I can say that it is one of the toughest job... It matters between life and death to a serious extend... One small mistake can be VERY DEADLY (and I can justify that based on my own experiences)... But that's where we pick up things... Learn from it and make things better... At the end of the day, when we asked ourselves on what good deed we have done, we feel that we may have just saved a person's life... And that is indeed a great feeling...
Well, nothing much to blog about my leave... Except that I've cut my hair again... Just felt that I needed a new look which I kinda love now... *Hehe*... Still long but at least I don't have to bun my hair up at work...
After a long talk with the SSN, I am even more convinced that I wanna do a degree out of the country... I want the exposure, experience and knowledge which you can never gain here... And hopefully, I can talk through to my parents about this...
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I am SO disappointed in you... It doesn't make any difference with or without you........................
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Sunday, June 11, 2006
~ Entry... ~
11:58:00 pm
Actually, I had no intention to post an entry today but since I'm here online, well, why not?
Just received a long-distance call from my good friend in Brisbane, Australia... Well, from an intended few-minutes quick catch up became an hour long chat with her... Make it an hour-and-15 minutes chat... *Hehe*... And the consequences now? The phone bill... *Urrgghh*...
Anyway, after talking to her, I am now quite determined to do a full-time degree overseas instead of a part-time degree in Singapore... Well, hopefully, I can save up enough and at the end of my bond, I can go overseas to do a degree...
By the way, I can't wait to meet up with her this Friday... So glad you're coming back, Eliza!!
And just yesterday, Rina and I sent an old primary school friend, Hanis, off at the airport... Well, he's going overseas to further his studies in Melbourne... Really pitied him cuz he was down with fever of 39 degrees!! Just hope that he will get well soon...
But the part that touches me the most was when he broke down in front of his girlfriend... Yup, his girlfriend! He could still hug his guy friends and said his thanks to his gal friends but when it came to his girlfriend, he just got speechless and cried in front of her.. It was such a touching scene... *Sigh*... I can sense that his girlfriend was trying to be strong for him by not crying in front of him...
Anyway, I wish him all the best in Melbourne... Go and do us proud!
And oh... I'm badly missing of someone now... 2 weeks of not seeing my special someone is really a test for me... Can't wait for Tuesday to come!! No wonder people say absence makes the heart grows fonder... Now I really believe in that...
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Friday, June 09, 2006
~ Life is short... ~
9:37:00 pm
I may be on leave now but I have been stepping my foot into the hospital almost daily since Wednesday...
My aunt's condition turned for the worse yesterday... Almost went into a hypoglycaemic coma... Her blood sugar level was only 1 mmol when she was discovered unresponsive... Was put on glucose drip and her blood sugar level was monitored hourly... Drifted in and out of consciousness for nearly 12 hours...
But
alhamdulillah, her condition is a lot better today... She is more alert and back to her chatty self... Her lower limbs and stomach are still bloated due to the fluid retention but she is definitely looking more better than yesterday and the previous day...
Praying hard that she will get better soon...
InsyaAllah...
Anyway, when I visited her yesterday, looking at her weakest state, I realised that life is very short... She was alright the day before, still talking and walking... And just the next day, we got a phone call saying that she is very ill... Anytime, anything can happen if it's God's will...
Just about 2 weeks back, I read in the papers about the death of an ex-classmate in secondary school, who died in a road traffic accident... And I've witnessed in the ward where patients are so well today but deteriorate or pass away the next day...
It actually teaches us a lesson to tell us that life is short... So start treasuring your loved ones and tell them that you love them...
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With some itchy hands and too much time on hand, I went to straighten my hair today... But apparently, it doesn't seem like I've even rebonded my hair... *Blergh*... Wasted my 130 bucks...
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Thursday, June 08, 2006
~ On Leave... ~
1:26:00 am
I am officially on leave, as of today (8/6/06) for 8 days...
No concrete plans so far, on how I'm gonna spend my leave... I don't want it to be as redundant... But somehow, I feel like slacking away cuz I don't get to do this when I'm working...
Anyway, my last night duty yesterday was pretty 'bloody'... Why bloody? Cuz I had three patients, whose beds are all next to each other, bleeding in one way or another...
My first patient... He was actually bleeding from the permanent catheter on the right upper body... The permanent catheter is actually an external tube meant specially for haemodialysis... So, at about 2am, I noted that he was bleeding from the perm cath site... Did manual compressing as well as pressure bandage to prevent it from bleeding further... However, did another check at 6am and it was still bleeding... Then, the necessary test was all done by the HO-on-call...
My second patient... He was admitted for upper gastro-intestinal (GI) bleed... So apparently, during my unfateful time, he passed out large amount of
malena or 'bloody' stool... He ever had a history of passing malena stool but this is the first in 3-4 days...
My third patient... This man, you can never put anything on him... Any IV plug, urosheath or any kind of tubes, or even diapers, he will definitely remove it out... So, after I took over the report, the HO-on-call actually inserted a urinary catheter for him since his bladder was distended... So anyway, as you would have guessed it, he pulled out his catheter and of course, there was bleeding as the catheter have caused slight trauma to the urethra and hence, the bleeding part...
And hence... My 'bloody' night shift...
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Wanna wish a speedy recovery to my aunt... She's currently admitted to the hospital for fluid overload... I hope that she will get well soon...
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I feel so useful now... Actually, did some DIY stuff and I actually did it without anyone's help... *Haha*... Anyway, my room is in a horrible mess now... Just cuz I cleared everything in my wardrobe... *Hehe*... Will have to clean it up when I wake up later!
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
~ 06/06/06 ~
5:06:00 pm
06/06/06... Nice date...
It's finally my last night duty tonight... Can't wait for it to end...
After this round of night shift, I'm going on leave! *Yippee*...
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Saturday, June 03, 2006
~ Lazy Saturday... ~
8:11:00 pm
Another boring and lazy Saturday... Here I am, staring at the computer screen and eating my apple chips (my favourite!) at the same time...
My day started as this... Woke up at 9am and went to the toilet for some nature calls... Went back to sleep then and finally woke up again at 12noon... Stayed in bed till about 2pm, watching the movie,
Munich, on my Creative Zen Vision...
And finally, I cooked! *Hah*... Actually, my mum was there supervising me... Well, not that I don't know how to cook... Just that I don't practice it often so hence, the horrible cooking skills... *Hehe*... Anyway, the food turned out okay... Still edible...
Watched TV from 4.30pm till 6.30pm... And finally, took my shower after watching my Chinese drama serial... Finally, hooked myself to the computer from 7.30pm till now...
Very boring huh... Oh well... I did actually want to go out to get my facial products but it's just too lazy to go out today... *Hah*...
Anyway, I think I have a very short temper lately... I feel very irritated easily... Sometimes, I would just yell at my mum or dad and I would feel really bad about it afterwards... *Sigh*... Even my special someone is not spared... I don't yell at him but I just don't feel like talking to him... Even if I do, there would be sarcasm coming out from me or I would just answer in flat tones or in one word...
*Sigh*...
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Friday, June 02, 2006
~ Work... ~
9:16:00 pm
Work has been quite taxing lately... There's just so many ill patients in the ward... Just on the male side alone, we have 4 DIL patients in one cubicle... That's why that particular cubicle have been called the most "
suay" cubicle... And the worse part is, I'm going on night duty on Sunday... Well, that's just great............
Actually, I consider myself to be quite an unlucky person... That's because whenever I'm on shift, I would either have lots of admission or patients falling ill... Just like the 4 DIL patients, 2 actually fell ill during my time...
Maybe I should go bath myself with 7 different types of flowers... *Haha*... Just kidding...
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Yesterday marks the 2nd month of something special... But what a pity... You weren't even there when I wanted you to be...
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
