Sunday, July 30, 2006
~ *Happy Birthday* ~
12:56:00 am
*Ouch*... I can't believe that I have actually wore heels (or rather, stilettos) for more than 12 hours... Now, my poor feet are aching and it's pretty painful each time I step on the cold hard floor... Well, after all, it's been quite a long time since I last wore a pair of stilettos especially since I'm into flat pumps lately... *Hee*...
Anyway... A very late entry...
Wishing a very
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY
to my one and only sister...
Then again, it's better late than never right? *Hehe*...
Too tired to continue now so I will blog again when I have the time... Most likely after my night duties which is next week since I'll be on night again tomorrow... *Blergh*...
Labels: Birthdays
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
~ Updates!! ~
11:55:00 pm
Yay!! I finally got to watch this yesterday!!
Although I was very tired from my AM shift duties, I insisted on watching it with my special someone... Thanks for watching it with me, dear!! =)
Anyway, on the show, it was pretty hilarious at some parts and yeah, I loved the show very much! Although the first few minutes of the show had lots of talking and hence, nearly causing me to doze off in my seat... *Hehe*... And oh, there was one particular scene that apparently, made me jumped in my seat and made me stay awake throughout the rest of the whole show... And by the way, for those of you who have not watched the show yet, do stay till the end of the credits cuz there is a scene at the end of it... So much so that I stayed for a 5-minute-odd credit for this scene with a very, very full bladder...
So, I give this movie a 4-out-of-5 stars!! Nice!!
Next up on my movie list...
My sister told me that the trailer for the movie looks like it's a very nice romantic movie... Well, since I'm such a sucker for romantic movies, I'm trying to drag my special someone to watch this movie with me... *Evil grin*...
Okay... Enough about movies, for now... *Hehe*...
And yeah! I bought this show on DVD... I just loved it a lot although I didn't catch a single episode on TV... *Hah*... So much so that I'm contemplated to buy the second season on Amazon.com... *Hehe*...
Just wanna talk a lil bit about work now... Yes! We finally passed the audit... Like finally! Well, what can I say? We failed the past 3 ones so be glad that we passed this time round...
Anyway, work today was a little busy... It was okay during the first half of it but after 5 o'clock, it got busy... Had to send a DIL patient to the endoscopy centre for a procedure and since my staff nurse partner (she's in-charge of the patient) was not around, I did a favour and sent the patient for the procedure... By the time I came back, my new admission had arrived... Did all the necessary things and just a few minutes later after I completed, my transfer-in patient came to the ward... Apparently, I didn't have enough time to go for a break...
As for yesterday... I was supposed to be on PM shift but my NO changed my shift to AM without telling me... Thankfully, I did check my roster on Sunday before going off duty... Otherwise, I would really have came for the wrong shift... Anyway, I was supposed to prepare for the audit and check all the casesheets but since we had been checking it endlessly since I dunno when, my NO told me to be the Nurse-in-charge instead... Okay, a very tough job...
And so, we had this patient from ED which they wanted to send up, intubated!! After much negotiation, the patient got extubated and sent up to us... Anyway, upon arrival, just before we were going to transfer the patient to the bed, the patient collapsed... Although the patient was on DIL & DNR (Do Not Resuscitate), but it was just such a trouble... The doctors had to clerk the case, we had to write our reports and we had to clear the bed and stuff... All the administrative work... *Sigh*... At least, it wasn't a Coroner's Case... If it was, I wouldn't know what to say...
And to summarise... In total, we had 3 deaths in 1 day... Amazing eh? Since the Chinese believe that when 1 die, 2 others will follow, maybe it's the end of the cycle... But apparently, now is the 7th Month... So, good luck to us... *Heh*...
Okay... That's all for now... AM shift tomorrow... *Sigh*...
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Friday, July 21, 2006
~ Exercise Sparrowhawk II ~
8:57:00 pm
Exercise Sparrowhawk II... I'm quite sure you would have watched or heard the news or read in the newspaper about the pandemic flu exercise drill that would be going on today and tomorrow...
Each and every hospital was involved and of course, TTSH was not sparred especially since TTSH was, once upon a time, the SARS hospital...
11 am... The start of the drill... No announcement, nothing... It just started on the dot... Each and every frontline healthcare staff had to don a highly-flitrated N95 mask...
Anyway, pre-hand, we had to prepared all the gowns, gloves, alcohol wipes and handrubs outside of each cubicle...
The tedious job... We had to change our gowns after attending to one patient... And if we need attend to the next patient, we were required to remove our gown, do handwashing and don a new gown again... Mind you, it's not the normal type of gowns... It's the one with the long-sleeves which covers all the way to your wrists... Imagine having to spend time doing wound dressing for the patient, it was just very warm...
And the N95 mask... It was just super suffocating... Having to don the mask for 4 hours was bad enough... How about those who had to wear those masks during the SARS period? And they had to put them on throughout the whole shift... I really can't imagine...
But despite the tedious job that we had to go through, we actually did had quite a lot of fun... Especially when we need to get something, we will shout to the person outside to help us take something... In fact, it was very much enjoyable except for the part where we had to wear the full PPE (personal protective equipment)... Which was very-the-
leceh... And by the time we removed our masks, all of us had marks on our cheeks...
Anyway, thank goodness, I didn't have to take any cases today since I was appointed as 'the NO's assistant'... *Haha*... Of course I still helped with the nursing care and all... In fact, I actually helped to assist the doctors in a bone marrow aspiration procedure...
Anyway, the whole exercise will continue on till tomorrow... But again, thankfully, it's only up till 3pm... *Phew*
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Had a karaoke session with Fione back on Wednesday... Well, it was my second time going for karaoke but hey, I enjoyed it! *Hehe*...
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
~ Trying to update but having thought block ~
10:13:00 pm
Hmm... I'm suddenly having a thought block... There was so many things that I wanted to blog about just now but everything was gone as soon as the page loaded up to Blogger...
Okay... Let me try to recall them one at a time...
So, I've just finished my round of night duty (ND) this morning... Well, it was pretty relaxing, just like the previous round of ND... In fact, when I did junior role on the first night, I felt that the time was passing by really slow... Usually, I would feel that I'm always lacking of time but it was just different this time round...
And I'm gonna do another round of ND next week... I think that it's just getting too frequent... Yes, I still dislike doing night shifts cuz it's just too tiring and I would often end up having back aches...
Gosh, I'm still having thought block now... I guess that would be all for now... Till I blog again!
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Thursday, July 13, 2006
~ Happy Birthday ~
11:34:00 pm
Things have turned around and life is much better and more positive now... Had a very-much-needed
heart-to-heart talk with my special someone yesterday... At least, we both know how we felt about things that were going on... I'm just glad that we've managed to talk things out rather than choosing to ignore or avoid them all the time...
And thanks to a friend who was willing to listen to my problems and giving advices that led to this... I really appreciate you being there for me... Thank you...
Today was yet another special day... Although the time spent was short, yet it was sweet... Nothing beats spending my day with you...
Happy 22th Birthday Sweetheart!Labels: Birthdays
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Monday, July 10, 2006
~ Something to share... ~
9:24:00 pm
So... The World Cup has finally come to an end... Didn't bother to watch the Finals cuz I wasn't rooting for either teams so it doesn't matter to me whoever won...
Anyway, I don't really know what to blog about cuz there's nothing much to share...
Anyway, just wanna share this with all... Found it on a friend's Friendster testimonial... And I do quite agree with some of it... So my fellow nurses, do enjoy it... *Hehe*...
Graduate Nurses Vs Experienced Nurses
A Graduate Nurse throws up when the patient does.
An experienced nurse calls housekeeping when a patient throws up.
A Graduate Nurse wears so many pins on their name badge you can't read it.
An experienced nurse doesn't wear a name badge for liability reasons.
A Graduate Nurse charts too much.
An experienced nurse doesn't chart enough.
(Well, sometimes there's just a lot to write! I hate documentations...)
A Graduate Nurse loves to run to codes.
An experienced nurse makes graduate nurses run to codes.
(Hmm... What's codes anyway?)
A Graduate Nurse wants everyone to know they are a nurse.
An experienced nurse doesn't want anyone to know they are a nurse.
(True... *Hehe*)
A Graduate Nurse keeps detailed notes on a pad.
An experienced nurse writes on the back of their hand, paper scraps, napkins, etc.
(I definitely agree with this!!)
A Graduate Nurse will spend all day trying to reorient a patient.
An experienced nurse will chart the patient is disoriented and restrain them.
(Oh... I won't deny this... *Hee*)
A Graduate Nurse can hear a beeping I-med at 50 yards.
An experienced nurse can't hear any alarms at any distance.
(No comments!! *Haha*)
A Graduate Nurse loves to hear abnormal heart and breath sounds.
An experienced nurse doesn't want to know about them unless the patient is symptomatic.
A Graduate Nurse spends 2 hours giving a patient a bath.
An experienced nurse does it within ten minutes.
(Again... Not enough time... Especially if you have 18 patients to take care of...)
A Graduate Nurse thinks people respect Nurses.
An experienced nurse knows everybody blames everything on the nurse.
(Err... People, what do you think?)
A Graduate Nurse looks for blood on a bandage hoping they will get to change it.
An experienced nurse knows a little blood never hurt anybody.
(Oh yeah...)
A Graduate Nurse looks for a chance "to work with the family".
An experienced nurse avoids the family.
(Here comes the communication charting and all...)
A Graduate Nurse expects meds and supplies to be delivered on time.
An experienced nurse expects them to never be delivered at all.
(Don't agree with this...)
A Graduate Nurse will spend days bladder training an incontinentpatient.
An experienced nurse will insert a Foley catheter.
A Graduate Nurse always answers their phone.
An experienced nurse checks their caller ID before answering the phone.
(Actually a graduate nurse is the one that always runs away from the phone... *Haha*)
A Graduate Nurse thinks psych patients are interesting.
An experienced nurse thinks psych patients are crazy.
(Well, they are just different...)
A Graduate Nurse carries reference books in their bag.
An experienced nurse carries magazines, lunch, and some "cough syrup" in their bag.
A Graduate Nurse doesn't find this funny.
An experienced nurse does.
(I hope nurses who've read it have enjoyed it!!)
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Friday, July 07, 2006
~ Night duty.... ~
12:09:00 am
Oh man! I can't believe Portugal lost!!
Anyway, I've just completed my round of night duty this morning... Actually, the round of night duty doesn't belong to me... Apparently, I 'bought' it over from my colleague who doesn't want to do her night shift... And since I only have one round of night from this payroll, I ended up doing night duty...
And I actually enjoyed doing night shift this time round... That's cuz the workload wasn't as heavy as my last round of night... I could go home on time or at most, 15 minutes later... And also, I got to do it together with my batch girl as my junior... So hence, the fun we had...
And yes, I'm gonna do my night shift with her again next week!! *Hehe*...
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I really don't know where we are heading to now...
Sometimes, I wonder if I'm hoping too much for this relationship... And when things don't go the way I want it to be, I get disappointed... *Sigh*...
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Sunday, July 02, 2006
~ Updates... ~
1:30:00 am
I was in midst of watching the World Cup match between England & Portugal and I ended up walking away cuz the match was just SOOOO frustrating... *Hah*... And that's where I've decided to come online...
Soooo... It's been almost 2 weeks since I last posted an entry... Well, I'm just too tired, too busy and too lazy to do so... *Heh*...
Anyway, I'm gonna recall the events again one by one...
Guess what? It is officially 1 year since I've started working... Time flies really fast doesn't it?
It just felt like yesterday when I first stepped into TTSH with my friends, wearing our staff nurse uniform, not knowing what lies beyond my new journey of nursing...
It just felt like yesterday when I had to attend all those boring lectures in the theatrette during our orientation period and ended up nudging each other just to stay awake...
It just felt like yesterday when I stepped into the ward to begin my new career, getting scoldings and learning new lessons, things that you don't learn in the classroom...
Now... We're already a year senior... No longer dependent on others to help us except on instances... At the same time, we're guiding the new generations of future nurses in the ward (students on attachment)... I was in their shoes before and I don't want them to feel neglected, just like I had been...
And of course... 2 more years before I officially end my bond... *Haha*...
Work wise... I'm feeling quite settled now... Currently, no grudges against anyone... *Hehe*... Anyway, I just had a change of team after working 1 solid year at the male team... Yeah, I'm looking after my
ah-mas now...
And talking about work, my last round of night duty was horrendous... I was doing junior role instead of the usual staff nurse role... And I've never had SO many ill patients before and there was 5-6 patients on hourly parameters... By the time I completed the hourly parameters for the last patient, I would have to retake again for the first patient... Just had no time at all to relax...
Remember about the flooding at Novena MRT Station? I was there when that event happened as I was on night duty... Apparently, I wanted to take the cab home cuz it was raining super heavily on that morning... Until a student came to work, informed that Novena MRT Station was 'flooded'... So the
kaypoh me went ahead to take the train home... Luckily I didn't slip in the MRT Station cuz the floor was really wet and slippery...
Finally I had a shopping spree 2 days back with my secondary school buddy... I was just in the mood for shopping that I ended up buying for myself a bottle of perfume (Gucci Envy Me 2), 5 tops and a skirt... And I've spent more than a hundred bucks... And I still wanna get the new CK Eternity Summer perfume... I'm in love with the smell!! *Hee*...
And oh... It's already 3 months on... I'm glad that we've got this far... =)
Final update... PORTUGAL IS INTO THE SEMI-FINAL OF THE WORLD CUP!!!!! YIPPEE!!!
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
