It is not a joke being a nursing professional. Each day, there will be a stressful situation that can crop up. It is no wonder that people tend to see the nursing professionals as grumpy and irritable. Aside from that it can really make the nurses lean on negative thinking than positive ones. This results [...]
Reality sucks…… big time! After graduating from college, I ended up as a classroom instructor of the University I graduated from, and a trainer of caregiver students from other institutions which the other one requires me to follow up students in their on the job training. For a freshly graduated student who just got her [...]
On the night of the 30th, I was already anticipating the many tasks that I will be doing that following morning, March 31, the last day of the month, which also falls on a Saturday, the first weekday here in Saudi. Aside from the possibly few usual booking appointments for consultation at Al Hada, the [...]
As I spend days and nights away from my family.. working.. adjusting.. and doing everything to be able to survive in this new environment I’m living in..there comes a time that I would ask myself.. Why am I here?? Why did i took up nursing?? I should have taken another job or course.. I would [...]
Note: This is the author’s response for the article entitled “OMG! Some Hospitals (in the Philippines) Will Kill You!” published in Filipino Nurses Blog last March 24,2012 The thoughts of the article are somehow true pero hindi naman totally. Based on the given description sa tingin ko, it happened in a public hospital (buying stuffs- only [...]
Hospitals will keep you alive… until they can bill you. After you’ve (hopefully) paid, they’ll toss you out in the street like garbage. And move on to the next victim… err… I mean, patient. It was around 9 at night. I was peppering myself to sleep, enjoying my month-long vacation in the Philippines (finally!). Then [...]