Tuesday, August 29, 2006
~ So What If We Are Different Professionals? ~
11:22:00 pm
For once in my nursing life, I felt that there was no barriers between us... Despite each of us coming from different professional background, we all spoke the same 'language'... Our very topic was, of course, none other than
WORK and
BOSSES...
It all started when I was following Dr Angela's rounds during my PM shift today... Since the Dr Selva, the main MO covering the female GRM C class patients, was on post-call, Dr Angela took over his duty and went for the afternoon rounds in the ward... She is one of the nice doctors that I could start a conversation with and hence, we were discussing regarding one of the patients...
Then, came along the dietician and since I had a patient to be referred to her, I called her over to hand over her the casenotes... And then, the whole conversation starts...
There we were, bitching about work, about 'bosses', etc... Never in my life, would I ever imagined laughing so hard in front of the doctors and other allied health care workers... Although all of us were on duty, we cast our difference aside and pretty much enjoyed a conversation...
And they were even 'psycho'-ing me into telling me that I shouldn't be doing nursing in the first place!! And probably go into modelling or something.. *Haha*... Naughty, naughty...
But hey, I still love my job!!
But then again, this was just the post-lunch effect as told by Dr Angela... When you're full, you get sleepy and you'll start crapping nonsense... *Hahaha*...
I guess, this is one of the best days at work... *Hehe*...
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Monday, August 28, 2006
~ All About Work ~
12:24:00 am
This happened not once, not twice, but umpteen times... Countless, in fact...
I'll always have both patients and relatives asking me,
"Are you Chinese or Filipino?"... And my answer will of course be,
"No, I'm a Malay."... And they'll be telling or asking me things like
"Oh, you're so fair!", "Are you mixed?" and yadda yadda...
And that's what that makes me wonder...
Which part of me looks Chinese? My eyes? Can't be cuz I have huge eyes... In fact, I've ever 'shocked' someone with my big, huge eyes... *Hehe*... My features? Well, maybe it could just be my complexion...
Which part of me looks Filipino? Well, probably on the whole cuz after all, some Filipinos DO look like Malays...
But no one have ever asked me whether I'm a Malay... Not even once, to what I can recall of... Even the Malay patients & relatives often mistook me either for a Chinese or a Filipino... Even my own colleagues thought that I was mixed or something...
Weird...
Anyway, work for the past 2 days was pretty eventful... I was doing junior with a Staff Nurse who is, well I wouldn't say new since she's my batch girl, not yet a confirmed staff... My experience? It just spells for disaster...
Yesterday, we had 4 empty beds upon taking over shift... Well, there were no Nurse-In-Charge since we only had 6 staffs on duty... In the end, we had 2 admissions and 1 transfer-in patient... I did helped quite a lot especially in the Nursing Assessment Record, Discharge Planning, etc... But guess what? Upon passing over shift, she had not done any single changes... And since I took pity on her, I took the trouble to stay behind to help her with the changes that needed to be done stat... I even had to go through the trouble to inform the doctor that the transferred in patient had an extremely low blood pressure...
And today... Practically, almost all of her changes, discharges and admissions was done by the NIC... And she didn't even complete her reports upon passing over shift... And worse still, one of the patients had actually absconded... And it was both me and the NIC who did the trouble to search for the patient, called the patient's home, informed the police and security...
I could have almost gone bonkers, man... I really didn't know what was going on with her... I could have been a b**** and left her struggling on her own but I didn't want to do that cuz I knew how it felt to be struggling alone... But hey, when most of the changes was done by the NIC and in fact, she didn't even helped during the turning rounds, so why didn't she just complete her work?
Even the simplest things like weaning of the oxygen and putting up of the intake & output chart, she couldn't tell me about it... I ended up getting 'scolded' by the PM shift junior but it wasn't my fault cuz she didn't even tell me in the first place!!
Thinking about this just irritates me... *Urrgghh*
On another hand, some of my elderly patients are really cute... There's this old lady who could only speak Cantonese and I practically know nuts about the Cantonese dialect... Well, I can still manage a few words and phrases of Hokkien but nil on Cantonese...
So, the way we were talking to each other was really like a 'chicken-and-duck' talk... *Haha*... And I'll be like
"Mmmm, yeah, yeah," each time she talks cuz I just couldn't understand any single word that she says... Well, probably words like
'orh-liu' and
'sek-yok' only...
But I've learnt that's one universal thing that is really powerful... Even to people whom you have language barrier with... Even to strangers... And that's the power of smile... *Hee*...
So moral of the story... Fione, I think you need to teach me how to speak Cantonese... *Haha*... And of course, smile always... Cuz you'll never know who's falling for your smile... But again, smile appropriately... *Hehe!*
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Friday, August 25, 2006
~ Welcome to the World, Little One!! ~
8:26:00 pm
It's gonna be a very happy entry!!
Introducing... Little Baby
Haris!! Okay, I'm not sure if this is the correct spelling but I will check with the Mummy in time... *Hehe*...
Anyway, Baby Haris was born on 24/8/2006 @ 1256 hrs... Was really happy and excited when I received the phone call from the babe's Mummy about 1 hour after the delivery to announce his birth...
Couldn't contain my excitement that I visited both baby and mummy on the day itself, right after my AM shift, even though I had arranged to meet my special someone... Well, not that I 'pushed' him away but in fact, I actually brought him along to see the little babe...
My first instant reaction upon seeing Baby Haris was that, he was SO TINY!! Especially when he only weighs at 2.75kg... But then I guess, all newborns are tiny...
Baby Haris just looked SO angelic and really adorable... Wanted to carry him but seeing him being so fragile and all, (he was only about 4 hours old when we visited them), I kept refusing to carry Baby Haris due to the fear that I would injure him or something... Not that I have never carried a newborn infant before but it had been a really long time since I last carried one, which during my last O&G posting which was way back in January 2004!!
But after much persuasion and coaxing from Baby Haris' Mummy and my special someone, I finally carried him... And at the same instant, I 'fell' in love with the little one... Even told his Mummy that I wanted to take him home... *Haha*... And I really liked the feeling of carrying Baby Haris... So much so that I am still having that nice feeling until now... Well, just don't ask me why...
The funny but memorable part about Baby Haris is that when someone touches his head, he would bring his head closer to his neck, just like when someone touches your neck and you feel ticklish about it... Yup, that kind of reaction... Happened a few times when his Mummy and my special someone touches him on the head... Very cute!!
And he just refuses to open his eyes no matter how I coaxed him to... *Hehe*...
Anyway, his poor Mummy Nadhrah, who is my friend, my so-called 'sister' (due to our similar names) and closest colleague in the ward, had to endure a 12-hour labour... And she told me that the nurses in the delivery suite actually mistook Baby Haris for a girl!! *Poor Haris*... So much so that they wrapped him up in a pink blanket only to be realised by Baby Haris' Daddy on why he is in pink when Baby Haris is actually a boy... *Haha*...
And oh! Guess what?? Both me and my special someone was Baby Haris' very first visitors... *Haha*... One fact that I will not forget!!
Anyway, I was so excited about seeing Baby Haris that I went around in the ward, showing everyone his pictures in my handphone... *Hehe*...
Can't wait to see Baby Haris again!! Well, most probably next week but this time round, with my other colleagues as well...
Baby Haris in my arms... Such an adorable baby...
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
~ Thing about Singapore Idol ~
10:01:00 pm
Actually I'm just here to copy something from my template...
And since I'm already here, let me just write a thing or two about well, the Singapore Idol...
Ever since the Singapore Idol started, I have NEVER EVER written an entry or anything about it... That's cuz I find that Singapore Idol is turning more into a Teenage Idol... And the finalist are all so under par... Well, maybe only one or two like Hady and Jonathan are deserving...
I do watch the Spectacular Shows each week... But only if I have the time like I'm on day off or AM shift... But after each week, I feel very very very disappointed... It's like most of them shouldn't even be there in the first place...
And one more thing... Singapore Idol is now, more like Popularity Idol or Looks Contest... The cute but horrible singers stays while the not-so-cute but great singers packs home... Why? That's cuz people are voting more on looks... It's true that the looks DOES include in the 'package' as well... But so what if you look cute but you sing horribly with the monotonous and flat tone? Do people care?
Well I do... Cuz it's gonna be a waste of my 60 cents... 60 cents can buy me a cup of Coke from the vending machine outside my ward and help my quench my thirst when my throat is dry...
So people, think wisely before you vote... Don't waste your money on people who don't deserve to stay...
Anyway, before people start bombarding me and saying, "
As if you can sing any better!"... I know I can't sing so you will never see my face in any singing competition... The only place I will sing, the karaoke room and toilet... *Haha*... And so, since I can't sing, I comment...
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
~ Just Another Entry ~
7:09:00 pm
Okay... So here I am, wanting to blog an entry but not knowing where to start... Hmm... Let's see...
Alright...
I've already changed the song on my blog to one that is more....... well, mellow? *Hehe*... Apparently, someone found that the starting of the previous song a tad too loud and ended up shocking her... Thank God, she didn't go into cardiac arrest... *Hehehe*... Okay lah, sorry Fione!
'More Than Words'... Another meaningful song... That's why they always say, "
Action speaks louder than words"...
And I'll move on now to work... Nothing special going on... Still the same old thing...
But you know what? I enjoy work... I really do... Especially when I'm troubled about life or anything, work is one way where I can escape from my troubles and worries... Well, no doubt sometimes you will have to work with those whom you may not like, but seeing my patients gives me the motivation and strength to work...
But of course, I'll try not to make mistakes at work so that at least, it would 'haunt' me when I'm away from work...
And the nicest part is of course, when your old patients remember you... And yes, I really like that feeling... Makes you feel happy and proud...
Okay...
It's really a small world, isn't it? Out of thousands of army personnel, it just had to be a coincidence... Apparently, I have a friend who's doing National Service in the army and guess who is his platoon sergeant? He's none other than.................. My OWN BROTHER!!
A really small world indeed...
Just received a call from someone... Kinda happy to receive it... Didn't really expect it especially when I only registered for fun... So that shows that I'm quite worthy of it eh? *Haha*... Anyway, don't think I'll be able to participate in the event since I will have to work on that day... *Grrr*...
And yes...
I'm missing YOU badly... *Sigh*... 2 weeks without seeing you is such a torture and pain to my heart...
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Sunday, August 20, 2006
~ Night Duty ~
10:46:00 pm
And so... I've ended another round of night shift...
If you've noticed, I would always blog each time I finished a round of night duty... Well, what can I say? Surviving through night duty is a great
'achievement' for me... *Haha*...
Anyway, my night shift this time is rather relaxing... Despite having an admission on my second night, I still managed to finish my work on time... All thanks to my great juniors... Although we only had 4 staff on duty, but hey! We've all survived the night!
Okay... Enough about work for now... I will have to work for 9 days straight from Tuesday onwards after which I will have my day off on the following Thursday, only to go on night shift again after that... *Arrgghh*...
Anyway, the pain on my jaw have all subsided, although I still feel funny, missing a tooth kinda feeling... *Haha*... But this is the first time ever, I find chewing such a hassle... I feel exhausted cuz I have to keep chewing on my left side since I'm not allowed to chew on the right side for 2 weeks...
*Sigh*... Can't wait for the gap to close up...
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Thursday, August 17, 2006
~ Just Blogging ~
1:57:00 am
Here I am... Blogging at 2am in the morning...
Can't sleep... Cuz I've slept too much in the day time...
The gum area where I had my extraction done, as well as the tooth next to it, is aching like hell... So bad that it's causing me to suffer a bad headache... And I had to forgo a date with my special someone... *Arrgghh*...
I've already popped in 4 pills of panadol... Think I will need to pop in another 2 more...
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Monday, August 14, 2006
~ Wisdom Tooth Extraction & The Wedding ~
12:28:00 pm
I really feel emptiness... I just feel lost... I can literally feel the gap between it... That's because...
I've just got my wisdom tooth extracted!!*Hehe*... Were you thinking about something else?
Yeah, I've got my right upper wisdom tooth extracted just 2 hours ago... And yes, I'm on MC today... My first ever MC for work... Hey, I'm a very 'good' worker you know... *Hehe*...
Anyway, the procedure went over pretty fast... The dentist injected the anaesthesia to numb the area... And within minutes, my wisdom tooth came off... Of course, not without much force and pressure... But thank God it wasn't as painful as I expected it to be... Probably cuz I have a high-threshold of pain tolerance... *Hehe*... But now, I can start to feel the aching feeling again due to the wearing off effect of the analgesic...
And yeah, I got to keep the tooth as a souvenier... *Hehe*...
Actually the reason why I had my tooth removed was because of an aching jaw... I could only open my mouth halfway and it was really hard for me to chew on my food... And so, I went to the dentist and she told me that I had an ulcer very close to my wisdom tooth... But the tooth was the root cause of the ulcer since it was growing sideways and causing it to pierce through the flesh... And hence, the ulcer...
Yesterday... My cousin's wedding...
It was a very simple affair... No wedding dais and all... Just a pity that I couldn't attend for the solemnization or
akad nikah...
Anyway, I'm still glad for my cousin... Congratulations to the newlyweds...
The newlyweds
Newlyweds with my family (without me)
Family portrait
Anyway, I have another good news in hand... But I can only say it out when plans are more concrete...
InsyaAllah... Can't wait!!
And also... For the first time ever... I overslept for work yesterday... Thank goodness, I wasn't late... *Hehe*... Supposed to get up at 4.40am but I woke up 5 minutes to 6am...
And I think I've just made the taxi-drivers richer... $12 from home to work, $12 from work to home & $12 from home to the wedding... In total, $36... *Tsk tsk*... And I'm already broke enough... =(
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Saturday, August 12, 2006
~ Getting Sick ~
11:04:00 pm
Oh great... I think I'm getting sick... My throat is damn itchy and I've been coughing non-stop since morning... And it's been irritating me the whole day...
Anyway, tomorrow's the day where my cousin is getting married... The first wedding on my mum's side... Anyway, preparations are ready... The
akad nikah will be tomorrow morning... Just a pity I can't make it since I'll be on AM shift... =(
But never mind... At least, I still can attend for the function!! *Hehe*...
The berkats, gubahan & people behind the scenes
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE!! ~
11:25:00 pm
HAPPY 41ST BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE!!!
Anyway, pitiful me had to spend the National Day at the hospital, working PM shift... But then, I got to see the fireworks again!! And it's much, much clearer this time cuz there wasn't any high-rise building blocking our view and hence, the beautiful lighted-up dark sky... Tried to capture the fireworks via my camera phone but heck, the quality sucks... So no pics from today's fireworks... *Haha*...
Anyway, went to the Fireworks Festival yesterday with my special someone... And I can't believe thousands of people were willing to wait for hours for just a-15 mins fireworks display... Well, what can I say... I was one of the thousands of people who were stupid enough to brave the sea of humans... Next time, no more...
The fireworks, well, was okay lah... Nothing THAT special... And the worse part was, the fireworks display was blocked by a stupid tree... At the moment in time, I really felt like chopping of the big tree... But then, we were there late so of course, we couldn't get the best viewing place...
Did manage to capture part of the fireworks display on video but I'll only fix that up later... For now, only this picture will do...
The lighted-up sky... *Stupid tree!!*Labels: Birthdays
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Sunday, August 06, 2006
~ Updates... ~
9:36:00 pm
I think the nicest part of being a nurse is when your patients or relatives remembers you as the nurse who took care of them during their stay at the hospital... And even when they see you outside on the streets without your uniform on, they would still recognise you and approach you to say 'HI' or just a simple smile to acknowledge you...
That's just the best feeling of all... To know that they still remember you... And it just makes your day...
Anyway, I SAW FIREWORKS YESTERDAY!!! Actually, I saw it from my workplace since I was on PM shift... *Haha*... Apparently, I heard some 'POM-POM-POM' sound... Initially, I thought that it was just some thunder sounds... But then, thunder sounds wouldn't be continuous for as long as 30 mins... So, to my utmost surprise, I saw the beautiful fireworks lighting up the dark sky... Although the view was pretty far, but at least, the sight was just beautiful...
And today... Went to Ikea after work with my mum, sis, uncle, aunt & cousin... Went to get "berkat" or 'door gift' for my cousin's wedding on next Sunday... And so, I was helping to push the trolley full of the candle holder... A lot, A LOT of people were looking into the trolley and then, they looked at me... And what did I do? Just smile, of course... *Haha*... One couple was even cuter... The lady saw the trolley with her husband and she just went, "WAH!!"... She looked at me, smiled and said, "For wedding??"... I replied with a smile, "Yeah"... And she asked if it was for my wedding... *Haha*... I WISHED!!
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Friday, August 04, 2006
~ A Moment By The Beach ~
11:18:00 pm
Spent the day at the beach, watching the sunset with my special someone... Well, it's been awhile since I last went to the beach... You know, I really, really love the beach cuz that's one of the places where it will just make you feel so calm and relaxed...
Thanks for the wonderful day, dear... I really enjoyed the little talk that we had and the time spent between us... Thanks sweetheart... =)
Sunset at the beach... (Poor picture quality)
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And oh!! Now that I'm SO into Grey's Anatomy, I finally pre-ordered the DVD for
Grey's Anatomy - Season 2 on Amazon.com...
Can't wait for it to arrive... Apparently, only somewhere in early October cuz the DVD is only released in mid-September... *Hah*... Oh well...
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
~ Happy Nurses' Day!! ~
10:25:00 am
Yesterday marks a very special day for a very special group of profession... People whom they call
"Angels in White"... Yup, that's right... Yesterday was Nurses' Day!!
So, to all my fellow nurses...
Happy Nurses' Day!!
Be it a trainee or a full-fledged nurse, this day is specially for us... Our dedication in helping the sick, nursing them to back to health, brings joy to each and every work we do... No doubt we've come across fussy patients, irritating relatives, horrible doctors, tiring working schedule and many, many more, but at the end, we will feel the satisfaction when we see the outcome of our work...And yes... I'm proud to be a nurse... =)
Enough about praising nurses and nursing...
Let's talk about the bad side of nursing... Well... Or rather, the working condition in my ward...
Just ended my round of night duty this morning... All I can say is, this is one of my horrible round of night...
First night was alright... We were running on 5 staffs so everything was rather stable... Second night was the worse among all... We were running on only 4 staffs and I had 3 admissions and 1 death... Had to take care of 20 patients instead of the normal 18... In the end, I only managed to leave work at 9.15am... Third night wasn't very bad but still bad... Again, we were running with 4 staffs with me in-charge of 20 patients... But apparently, since there were 3 staff nurses on duty, my colleague who was doing junior, had to be deployed up to Level 12 since they had only 1 staff nurse... Ended up having a Health Care Assistant deployed from CDC2 to our ward as my junior... Since the HCA is not orientated to our ward, things went rather slow... Well, I'm not complaining cuz I'm thankful that at least I have a junior rather than I have none... At least, I finished my work earlier than the day before...
And so, that sums up the round of night shift... I've survived and still surviving although there are times when I think that I can just go crazy with all the work that I have in hand... And yes, being a staff nurse at night is not easy...
Anyway, it's usually a culture for us to have 5 staffs instead of 4 during night duty... But apparently, due to the very bad MC rate in our ward, they had to pull the 5th staff to do day shifts instead... But looking at the workload that we have during our night duty, it's almost impossible to have only 4 staffs on duty at night... It's just really bad cuz we have the most number of staffs in all wards of TTSH...
Can't believe I'm already crapping about work so early in the morning but sometimes, it's just so frustrating... Okay, gonna eat my breakfast and hit the sack after that... Adios!
And oh... Special number '4'...
I'm just glad that we've got this far... Although we do have our ups and downs, I'm glad it's still going on strong... And I'm hoping to spending more with you....................
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
