Okayyyy,lets recap from January where my Intensive Nursing Practicum started.Basically,my year of clinical duty started with a lot of travelling(or shall we saying touring perhaps!). I had a duty in a health center,a school,community immersion part 2 and our hospital duty at Cavite.
For January,we had our individual duty scheds on different areas.Going
solo flight is very nerve wrecking at first---let alone,you need to prepare a health teaching and some other activities for your assigned area.Though one of the good perks there is that 1)there's no call time and 2)
NO CLINICAL INSTRUCTORS.hahaha! On the first two weeks,i was assigned at
Industrial Valley Health Center, Marikina City. Duties at the community are always lax;Yet,this one's even LAX-ER as it seems!As in,we spent most of the time there eating and looking over mild cases of patients.But the lax hours break down during Measles vaccination day.Pretty much,vaccining the kids for anti-measles has been the highlight of my stay there! :) Moving on,I was assigned at
St. Mary's College QC for school nursing on the last 2 weeks of the month.My duty there has been my most favorite duty experience since I adore interacting with kids :)It was nice getting to know the staff as well and even if there are physical exams everday,I still enjoyed it because that's the time where I get to talk with the students (mind you,they are friendly.haha!).Until now, i do miss addressing each and everyone as 'Madam' from that school.haha ;p
February 'til March has been a month of out-of-town duties.On the first week,we returned to Bagac,Bataan for our 2nd dose of community immersion.This time, we had a different set of foster families as we implement our program. We taught them how to have their own business such as making pastillas and manicure/pedicure. Of course, the home remedies for common illnesses are also taught to them.On our last day there, we conducted a medical/dental mission which was
chaotic.Let alone,almost all families lined in for a check-up!
The week after was the start of our intensive hospital nursing at
St. Paul Hospital Cavite.We stayed there for a month every 4 days a week!I had this homesick feeling at first but I get to recover it as thankfully,my crazy crew were my roommates!! ;D So it has always been fun bonding with them after duty. Well moving on,we had a 12-hr shift there as I got assigned from a semi-private ward,payward,OR and ER.As usual,the morning shift(6am-6pm) has always been the busiest especially in the wards.However, the wards are usually filled with mild cases only (unless if it's in the medical ward). And another thing that's mild and lax is about my duty at the OR on a graveyard shift!(6pm-6am)We never had a single major case for 4 days!!So it was not really our fault why we had time to
nap during the night shift.Though even if were lax,I still don't like that kind of shift;It makes me feel anxious having the thought of being alert and awake throughout the night.hashtag
damaged body clock.On the last week of duty,I was at the ER and likewise,it was pretty mild (again).Haha!Unlike other hospitals in the city,the ER used to be crowded but in here,it was so mild you could spend the whole duty packing some sponges instead!Hahaha :)) Yet I enjoyed my duty there since the staff taught us more about hands-on nursing procedures.
So there goes my last dose of duty-duties!!
THANKFULLY,I'M DONE WITH IT AFTER 3 YEARS!!! It's been an adventure as we head from north to south and to many other places in Manila.
'til then! I'll post the pics soon.Stay tuned for my college-ending entry! ;)
