10 to 18(th)

Hi all! It's been a long holiday (insert Green Day's Holiday in the background), and for some of us, it's going to be an even longer holiday. The rest of us, the S/G/H ones at least, will be returning to the slaughter house really soon. 18 June (insert funeral song).

The highlight of my break is... that i've gained weight! Yeah i know, so what? People gain weight. But some people gain more weight than others, like me. And some others are turning into Kate Moss, like Zulhilmi. And yay for me, my uniform is not made of spandex or latex or lycra or anything of the stretchable type. So the only thing that's gonna stretch is my layers of fat beneath the stifling hot hot hot green uniform.

Whoa did you guys realise that we're finally gonna get our diplomas? 3 years ago i couldn't figure out what the hell i was doing when i wrote Nursing as my first choice of post-secondary course. 3 years later, i'm still clueless. But i'm going to get a diploma anyway! And so will you! So yay you! I know! I've overused the exclamation marks.

Okay it's 3:22 AM. Bedtime for me. Chicken (Suli) normally sends me text messages around this time. Usually about something that irks her (read: anything to do with N/Y/P). I don't know why she thinks i'm most alive at this time (considering that the majority of the population is asleep at this time) but i reply to her anyway since i'm still awake. Otherwise, i'd just reply to her like 3 days later. HAHA! Okay i'm going to bed now. Need to wake up early for work. Eh what work? I'm still on holiday, nyahaha!

hello ppl.
how's holiday ?

i received a call from TTSH last friday,
telling me that i'll be going back to my PRCP ward, which is an orthopaedics cum surgical ward.
well, at least orthopaedics is a discipline of my interest.
so not tt bad afterall.
bt the only thing,
B1 ward lah, cold....
(not trying to show off eh. =P )

am starting work on the 2nd july.
am im rotting to death at hm alr...

update me with ur lives pls.
(:

ok here goes my experience at NUH.

Im running late now, so i'll just post what i can remember. Hehe.

Placement at NUH was fun!! The flipside though, I could not spend those precious six weeks with my attachment jie-meis! (xuanie, jil) So near, yet so far. Haiz.

But, I made new friends. Those people whom I spent six weeks with. It was much better having them around. Being posted to CCU (ala critical care), was a a refreshing experience for me. It was intimidating, initially. It makes you wonder what is it you've been learning these past 3 years because you just don't seem to know anything. For the lack of a better word, I felt stupid in there. And at times, I do feel as though I'm more of a hindrance than of a help.

Fortunately though, the nurse clinicians were amazing. They were fantastic facilitators, making sure we achieve our learning objectives as well as expose us to more acutely ill patients.

And yeah, being in CCU can be heart-breaking. I remember feeding this patient a watermelon one day, and the next, she was intubated. (p.s: it is not due to my watermelon hor!!) Her condition deteriorated further and alas, she passed away. It was sad. Life is so fragile and i feel for her family. And being in CCU requires you have fantastic PR, because the families are anxious ++++.

Oh yeah, i see ECGs until my head spins. Cant really read them thoroughly. At the very least, I'll know if my patient is having an infarct and where is the infarct.

That's all folks. See ya all at graduation.