Saudi Arabia
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EMPLOYMENT, Nurse-Patient Relationships, Nursing in a Different Land, Working Conditions
First Time? (How to Survive in the Middle East)
Middle East. For many years now, Filipino nurses decide to work in the Middle East for various reasons. One of which is it is easier to penetrate than other countries Meaning, less requirements such as exams, less expenses with the processing of documents ans everything and the whole duration of the processing is faster. Most of [...]
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EMPLOYMENT, Humor, Nursing in a Different Land, Personal Stories
10 Things I Like About Being A Night Shift Nurse
NIGHT SHIFT. Whoever hears this would eventually think, “Here comes another night without sleep“. Well, indeed. This is quite true. It is not really advisable to sleep while on duty. And that’s the main glitch working on night shifts, some people just can’t avoid being sleepy. And no one can blame them, right? Night time [...]
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A Day in the Life of a Nurse, Health, Personal Stories, STORIES
Confessions of a Nurse and an Insominac
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock. Every tick of the clock means another second spent WIDE AWAKE. Without me noticing, the SUN’S UP! Here I am, UNABLE TO SLEEP. Another night, another day. THANKS TO INSOMNIA. But what is INSOMNIA? It is the difficulty of initiating and/or maintaining sleep, or nonrestorative sleep, associated with impairments [...]
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A Day in the Life of a Nurse, EMPLOYMENT, MISCELLANEOUS, Nursing in a Different Land, Personal Stories, Working Conditions
Oops! May Sakit Ang Nurse
Isa sa definitions ng salitang ‘NURSING‘ ay “It is a HOLISTIC approach of nurturing a sick individual back to health.”. TUMPAK! ‘Di ba yan naman ang ginagawa nating mga nurse sa ating mga pasyente? As much as possible eh gusto natin silang gumaling. Bawat aspeto ay pinagtutuunan natin ng pansin para mapabilis ang kanilang paggaling. [...]
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A Day in the Life of a Nurse, MISCELLANEOUS, Nursing in a Different Land, Personal Stories, STORIES
Nurse’s Cap
Dear Cap, Since I left the Phillippines, and flew to K.S.A. for my career growth, everything had changed. All is different – my environment, my working area, people around me and especially my headdress. You are so white and firm. And whenever I am with you, I feel so proud, determined and enthusiastic. Without you, [...]
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A Day in the Life of a Nurse, MISCELLANEOUS, Nursing in a Different Land, Personal Stories, STORIES
“House Arrest”
It was a lazy monday morning in ER. I was not supposed to be in the morning shift but asked to do so since we have 3 staffs scheduled for ACLS training. I don’t have routine checking assignment since I’m not included in the original list of staffs on duty. For this reason, I voluntarily [...]
