Friday, June 29, 2007
~ First Timer as a Surrogate Patient ~
10:27:00 pm
Believe it or not... It's been close to 30 hours since I've last laid my head on my pillow and drift off to slumberland... Yup, I've not slept for more than a day...
Just ended my night duty this morning... Only one word to sum up my night shift: Horrendous... Especially on my first two nights, I was preoccupied with my admissions and having patients who were ill... There were so many things to do and I was pacing up and down the ward almost throughout the whole shift... Last night was slightly better... At least I had time to sit down and rest for a while...
Headed back to my workplace again today around noon time... Well, not for work, of course... But as a surrogate patient for the candidates of the MRCP examination... MRCP examination is actually an exam for the medical officers (doctors) who are upgrading themselves to a Registrar level... And in order for the medical officers to be Registrars, they need to pass this examination...
I was being placed in Station 2 which was history-taking skills... Since this was my first time doing such a thing, I felt equally as nervous as the candidates... *Hehe*... One reason was because, I was afraid of misleading them to diagnose my case study to another diagnosis...
Together with me in the room were two Professors, one local (which I guess would be from NUS) and one foreigner from UK (since the MRCP is based in UK)... I was worried being in there with them since we would not have any common topic but they both turned out to be very friendly and warm people... And in fact, the Professor from UK is actually a Geriatrician so we actually managed to exchanged a few things regarding geriatric matters in our respective countries...
Knowing that this was my first time taking part in this MRCP, they gave me guides and tips on how to act like a 'real' patient... I was greatly nervous for the first candidate especially since he was such a soft-spoken medical officer... But soon, I began to get a hang of it... And what was nice about the two Professors were that each time after each candidate has left the room, they would tell me that I had done a great job and asked me about my opinion of each candidate (e.g. how impressive they were, were they precise and stuff)...
And what I enjoyed doing while being the surrogate patient was that I had forced the medical officers into revealing my diagnosis, so that I knew whether they had diagnosed me correctly... Lo and behold!! All of them had diagnosed my case study correctly!! *Clap clap*... Well, they had to, anyway... *Haha*...
At the end, I had enjoyed being a surrogate patient so much that one of the TTSH consultants involved had jokingly asked me to sign 'contract' to be a surrogate patient for the next 10 years... Very funny, HAHA!!
And the best part of all... $80 for being a surrogate patient for just 3-4 hours... I don't even earn this much on a weekend night shift!!
Labels: At Random
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Friday, June 22, 2007
~ On Hiatus ~
11:45:00 pm
I don't know why but I've lost all motivation to write in an entry in my blog... Each time I tried to write something, I would end up deleting it away... Even if there's something interesting that is going on, I still couldn't write it the way I want it to be... And I end up missing out on a lot of things...
Maybe I need sometime away...
Yeah, I need it...
Labels: At Random
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Monday, June 18, 2007
~ Beach Day ~
10:21:00 pm
What kind of organisation transfers his or her employees over to another department while he or she is on leave without his or her acknowledgement? That kind of organisation needs to be condemned!! I believe that such an organisation exist here...
Anyway, today was beach day... The weather was perfect, not too sunny, not too dark... Had a mini picnic session at Pasir Ris Park with my special someone... Enjoyed the sea breeze, watched the 'old-timer' catching crabs and fishes using netted-baskets, became a feeding frenzy for the mosquitoes (surprisingly, I was the one who got bitten despite him being shirtless... *No fair!!*)... Had some heart-to-heart talk with him too... Yeah, all we needed was some quite and peaceful moment together... Found out things about him that he didn't even knew about... *Haha*...
We then walked all the way down to Downtown East to get home... Let's just say that my feet were aching from all those walking... And I just got SOOO tired... Well, probably it was from yesterday's walking as well... And I got very moody!! *Hah*...
But well, I enjoyed today...
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Sunday, June 17, 2007
~ Achy Achy Feet ~
11:53:00 pm
Ouhhhhhh... My poor achy feet...
Well, all thanks to the non-stop 3 1/2 hours of walking around Vivocity... Yeah, you've heard me, Vivocity...
Where is there to walk around Vivocity? Well, there's of course a lot of places to go to when you're bringing someone who's never been there before...
We've covered all the way from the first to third level of the whole mall and we're already having aching soles... And we've yet to walk around the Basement 2 area... Yeah, I can't imagine that I can perform such a feat especially since I was from work...
But yeah, I don't mind a bit since I didn't have to fork out a single cent for my meals and treat... *Hehe*...
Just a pity that we didn't bring along the camera so, well, it's just photos from my sister's camera phone (since hers has a better resolution than mine)...
Enjoying my Ben & Jerry's treat... *Yum!*
Me and the first-timer of Vivocity, my sister... *Hehe*...
Contented me...
P.S. HAPPY FATHERS' DAY!!!
Labels: At Random
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Thursday, June 14, 2007
~ Updates ~
6:22:00 pm
So, examination results will only be released after 2nd of July... That is like SOOOO LOOONNGGGG... Well, I might as well enjoy now and worry later... *Hah*... I shall suffer the consequences later...
Anyway, this is the first AM shift that I'm doing after 2 solid weeks... No doubt, it's tiring but at least, I've managed to finish my work on time despite having 3 discharges... *Phew*...
One of my colleagues tried to offer me her round of night duty again... My honest response: I simply cannot
tahan anymore doing night shift consecutively... My back feels so tired, my shoulders and neck feels tensed after each round of night... Well, of course we would feel that way especially when we are expected to bathe and sponge each and every single patient...
Night shift in my ward is the most tiring... I just can't imagine myself doing permanent night duty in that kind of environment...
Even now, my back feels like breaking sometimes... I think I need a really good massage to pamper myself... *Heh*...
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
~ Shrek 3 ~
11:56:00 pm
Went to catch this movie with my special someone yesterday... Well, let's just say that it's not as great as what I had expected it to be...
Even so, Shrek 3 still had its fair share of funny moments... Although I wished Puss In Boots had more parts in the show... *Hehe*...
*Awwww*... Look at him... Ain't he cute!!
But I'd still prefer Shrek 2... Shrek 3 didn't really liven up to the expectations from the previous sequel...
Anyway, thanks to my special someone for the wonderful date... It's been awhile since we had a proper date... Everything feels so special... Maybe that's why I love him... *Hee*...
Falling in love makes me feel like a little kid again...
Labels: Reviews
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
Thursday, June 07, 2007
~ On Random ~
11:46:00 pm
You know what I hate most about public toilet bowls?
No, it's not about its cleanliness...
It's when the toilet bowl automatically flushes midway while you're doing your 'business'... Very irritating...
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
