About Me.
*~Rosaline Tan~*
19+ years old
NP Health Sciences (Nursing)
COS(BT), Youth Impact
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Thursday, September 04, 2008
A meaningful day at attachment Ward 54
12:04 am
It's not a usual routine for me to post about my day, but somehow, i just feel like doing so tonight at 12.04am.
Attachment at NUH has been rather laid back last week.
But TODAY, it was really tiring. I got a few patients today that really needed extra grace from people. They can be really unpleasant, frustrating and irritating at times, but they can make your day wonderful too.
But today was probably my happiest day. Because i feel a sense of achievement by caring for these patients that really tried to drain all my patience. In fact, I'm surprised I laughed and smiled so much today. It was the busiest day of all, yet it was my happiest day so far in this attachment. I guess that's why I'm a nurse. I'm happy when I'm doing things for patients, and not when I got nothing to do. But of course, i appreciate days in which i dont have to do much. heh. There's a time for everything. I wonder what challenges i will face with those patients tomorrow...
The Nanyang Poly Year 1 nurses happen to be posted together with us in this ward this time round. I'll name those whom i've worked with here in case i forget. Thurga, Cindy, Aisyah, Azura. I really enjoyed time spent working with them. They're all really teachable and pleasant people. And i made a new friend too, from NP, she's called Charmaine and she's in the same cubicle as me, just different shifts. Really thank God for her. She's one of the people i look forward to meeting everytime i go into the ward. Simply because she's probably the only NP colleage that i can talk to comfortably. My other friends are posted in the cubicles far from me. And the NP colleages that are posted to the cubicles beside me are...well...bitchy. I just find them so unpleasant to be with. I shant say why or i'll be the one bitching. Anyway, we only talk to each other if there's a need to. Otherwise we're just transparent to each other.
They said that as a nurse, you've got to draw a line between your work and your personal life. But sometimes, some patients just get you thinking about them even when you've left the hospital...like you wish there was something more that you can do for them. Sigh... I've got 2 patients with neuro cases... one who is almost brain dead and unconscious, and the other who is disillusioned and hallucinating due to schizophrenia... Will praying really help these people? It's so hard not to doubt that prayer won't get them anywhere, you know? They can't even hear the gospel...
