Iceman, Flash, superman and nightingale.

    It always starts with a simple greeting. Like"look up in the sky, its a bird, its a plane, no its...."

 Good day. Good this and good that. With a little courtesy make a sweet smile to her, to the Dr.  Smiled to him, to the colleagues with sharp eyes.  If I get a response he is kind if not a snobbish person as he is. Aren't we all like that? 

    From the 30 minutes commute from the house. Why not take a comfortable seat with an electric fan blowing up to the head. Then still trying to listen to the endorsement of supplies that are lacking and needs refilling. 

     Then conserve energy and while waiting for something to happen or someone to appear. It’s inevitable. There are some days that are even harder than the others. After all this is the busiest, fast paced and most stressful environment. 

      Because when they come rushing. Keep a cool head like iceman, gather up all the strength like superman, quick thinking like flash and using knowledge like nightingale to aid in performing the necessary intervention while seeing everyone in the room works as a team and together we are delivering the best care we can to save the patient’s life . No need nor the time to be spaced-out. Because every second makes a difference between life and death. 

       Because this is what everyday living are for ER nurses like me. ^^ 

This Kids

While waiting for the scheduled released of my license to heal. ^^, I decided to volunteer in our provincial hospital. To kill time and a training ground, kumbaga. I brought myself with my prerequisites and submitted to the chief nurse. lub dub lub dub.

And she said, "Ok, you're in. Sa pedia ka na lang. When will you start? " 
And I replied with, "Thank you ma'am. Pwede po next week na lang kasi mag oa-oath taking pa po ako." She said, "Sure" 


And I worried for nothing. Aheh heh. I was about to leave the premises when I bumped in to my sister's friend.

She said, Kafatid, Nu gawa mo dito?
Me: Mag vovolunteer po. (smiles)
She: San ka na assign? 
Me: Sa Pedia ward po.
She: Hala ka, magreview ka na ng computations, dosages lahat. Hah hah hah hah
Me: Aw, Sige po. Thanks Ate. ( Ate na rin tawag ko sa kanya. Respect sa nakatatanda. ^^)

She is currently a trainee in here. In case my item na sa kanya na mapupunta. Dynasty much. Haizt. Pinas talaga. Pero, thanks sa kanya at napagtanto ko na mga bata nga naman ang patiente ko. And durung my college days walan kaming exposure sa pedaitric ward in any of our affiliating hospitals. lub dub lub dub. Sige challenge toh. Kaya yun review, review, review, kain, tulog, internet... hanggang sa kain tulog at net na lang. Ahah hah hah.

Start ng first day, magsisimula na ang buhay unemployed. Konting tiyaga at tiis sa pagbibigay serbisyo na walang hinihintay na anuman kapalit. At pagdating ko, Dang! WALANG ORIENTATION. wtf. Buti na lang di pala ako nag iisa. Tatlo pala kaming naka assign sa pedia. And they already had it goin' on kasi ung iba were DoLE nurses assigned in this ward last year pa. So they we're like the senpai(seniors) for me and tango ng tango naman na parang Big head dog toy ng jeep si ako. Yes ng yes. Second day, I was already getting the hang of it. As I keep saying to myself na challenge toh. Preparing/calculating the medications with a helping hand.

The following days, ay dun ko narealize na may I deserve to be here. Pediatric nursing is an excellent career para sa mga nurse tulad ko na mahilig sa bata. Ako mahilig ako sa mga bata, lalo na kung lolicon.

It has nicer ring to it than *pedophile. ^^

Ang mga pasyenteng ito needs a special care because dealing with kids ay hindi basta basta. Kinakailangan na   pasyensyosong tao ka at understanding na mahirap din kung minsan. Kasi ng batang ito ay hindi cooperative. siyempre they are not in their comfortable zone. They are in a place, we're other kids are in bed sick or injured. They tend to be often scared, iyakin, irritable, nangangalmot, easily upsets, naninigaw, naninipa, nangangagat, minsan nga there was this patient 3-4 years old na nag mumura na. And I said to myself bad parenting or bad environment. Very bad. Tsk tsk. How disappointing. Ako nga ng bata ako, pag may nagmumura its either self pitik sa sariling bunganga or pipitikin ako ng nakatatanda sa akin. Kasi nga walang magandang idudulot ang pagmura. Kaya ngayon matanda na. pwede na. pwede na ba?! Moderately siguro like F*ck.Sh*T,A*Hole. Heh heh.  Kung kayat bilang isang nars kinakailangan maging kind, gentle and caring. Gumamit ng encouraging words para maintindihan ng mga bata ang kanilang kalagayan para maconduct ang tests or procedures smoothly. At sa sobrang dedicated sa profession ko I even made this kids a balloon dog.

Paper dog vs. Balloon Dog. Kanino ka pupusta?

It was my first time making it kaya ung ibang nauna kinulang ng tenga or buntot. hehe. Pero kahit anung pagod ng pag gawa neto, lahat nabura with a simple "THANK YOU/ THANK YOU kuya nurse". Naks. It was really flattering and touching. How the kids and even parents appreciated it. Napakalaking bagay na nun para sa akin kahit na medyo toxic. Guess this is one of the rewards I get. ^^

At hindi ka lang dapat pasensyoso sa mga bata dapat may patience ka rin para mga bantay or parents na nag aasal mga bata. Maybe kung gaano ka stress ang mga bata di hamak na stressful nga naman sa mga magulang, seeing their little ones suffer from any sicknesses, Di po ba? So while keeping my emotions in check. I provide them necessary information, tamang saktong sagot sa kanilang tanong. Ika nga ni Confucious, "Ang Sobra Ay Lason."Answer their questions on their patients condition and  treatment options and comfort them by supporting them mentally and emotionally for their patients.

Still another challenge I encounter in this type of nursing is the heartbreaking cases kapag critically ill na ang pasyente. Ay naku. Sobrang saklap. There was this one time ng na admit ang patient and its only 30 mins less nag cardiac arrest na ang bata. Dehydration with parasitism. Ung bulate nasa kumalat na sa buong katawan at nasa daanan na paghinga. Tsk. Darn it. . Ok lang kahit nakakapagod mag resuscitate pero nagpronounce na si Dr. Tsk.  And di ko talga minsan maiwasang malungkot at mapaluha. :'( Tama siguro si erpats talagang PuSoNg MaMoN aketch.

But Giving my best to play the role in making this kids better is very satisfying and rewarding sa kabila ng mga pagsubok. Makita kong papauwiin na ang pasyente with a smile on their faces na ung tipong na admit dito butot balat tapos na discharge na patabaing baboy este bata pala. Heh heh. Wow parang achievement na rin. And with that Im happy that I cared, nursed and loved this kids. Because I know I did my part to be God's angel of the sickroom. So Thank You and To God be the Glory. ^^  And thanks for reading my entry as well.