Sunday, 29 November 2009

IV Therapy Training and Completion

The IV Therapy didactic training and return demo were finally over. The same goes with my scheduled completion in VLGH. But my partner and me decided to still try it out, extend one more day that is. We're still one Blood Transfusion down to have our cases complete.

Those 2-day stay in VLGH as IV Therapy interns were fun, especially the second day. I do want to stay longer so I can perform, and master, what an IV Therapist does. But, I don't have any intention to use the patients as dummies or practice objects. I don't do that.

Amongst the functions of an IV Therapist, I'd say the one I am most confident to do is Blood Transfusion. I've only done it once, but I've done it as if I were a staff nurse of VLGH. Of course, there was supervision from the NCOD.

I may be able to get home early on my first day of completion, but the second day, which was just yesterday, had made me stay longer than expected. I spent 14 hours in the hospital. Of course, I was not alone. My "one-on-one" partner was with me too. Although we got home late, it was worth it because both of us were able to have one BT case each.

14 hours straight. Such stay tortured my feet. They were hurting so bad that when I raised them as I got home, it was like I could feel the venous return. Thank God my feet, and legs, no longer hurt this morning.

 

 

Shameless plugging:
Room C
The V. Luna GH Stay

 

Music:
The Cranberries - Promises

 

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Thursday, 22 October 2009

Forensic Nurse

 

I've been writing a lot about Baseball lately. I'd like to do it again, but my brain and mind are too tired. Thank God one can't sue oneself. I'll write about something else here. I'll write about what I reckon. Seems like I still have the urge to write. Haha!

It all started with a novel, Every Move She Makes, by Robin Burcell. I've always been fond of puzzles and crimes for me are like puzzles. I was still in college, freshmen or sophomore days, when I read that novel so I was trying to relate forensics with Nursing. I was hoping I'd have a taste of forensics, with my (future) job description.

I've always thought that I was just making up a dream. Imagine, a forensic nurse. But when I was in junior or senior college, I just found out that there is indeed such thing as a forensic nurse. God, I want to pursue that!

As I've just passed the Nursing Licensure Exam and have my professional ID, I am wondering how to start pursuing my dream. I have a lot of things to reckon, but as for now I stick with things that might help me in the future.

I want to be a Forensic Nurse. O God, please allow me to become one. As part of my preparation, I've been reading the RA 9173 (Nursing Act of the Philippines of 2002) and some RAs that might be of concern with patients' rights and any law that has to do with people. I even bothered to read the October 2009 Bar Exam! Well, that was just for fun. And I did have fun. Too bad, I could not give the rationale to those I've answered False.


Music:
Paramore - Pressure

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