Wednesday, April 15, 2009

My Work Part 2

so sa morning shift, andyan ang mga relatives, ang infection control, ang pagreceive ng mga gamot mula sa pharmacist at ang rounds ng mga senior residents ng ccu. lahat nito, nakakadagdag sa pressure tsaka sa pagkawala mo ng control sa oras mo to finish your work. eto ang ayaw ko sa morning shift- ang mga asungot. pero once na natapos na ang mga asungot sa pang-aasar sayo, medyo light na ang shift unless you are really handling dying patients. at 7:00, you have to balance now the intake and output then finish your documentation.

ganito rin usually pag night shift kaso sa night, mas relaxed ka i guess kasi alang relatives, infection control and senior residents. though pag night, the work is harder kasi you have to extract samples for the routine laboratory tests, you have to do ecg and the morning care. physically taxing ang care especially if you are handling a patient who is 3 times your body weight. i guess dito ako pumapayat ng husto.

i can handle the work and the pressure but the thing is, nakakasuka ang mga katrabaho mong locals. alang professionalism and they are suckers for titles and seniority even if alam mong ala silang alam. they may have the skills but the knowledge and the care aren't there kaya narealize ko din how Filipinos work. we are really different.

admissions to the unit can be taxing din especially if critical talaga. meron kasing mga patients na na-admit samen na hindi naman talaga critical (e.g. chest pain). so pag may admission, andyan ang paginsert ng central venous line, arterial line, ryle, urinary cath at kung anu ano pa like measures how to keep the bp up and the oxygen saturation fine.

it will sometimes depend on the doctor on duty kung matotoxic ka. meron kasi dyan na napaka-aggressive na mapapagod ka talaga sa pagcarry out ng orders niya. sometimes ang work e fun but mostly not. now it makes me think why i decided to be a nurse.

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