OPERATING ROOM (May 19- July 20, 2008)
It took me a lot of time and encouragement, and ‘courage’ in order to decide as to where should I avail the Basic Skills Enhancement Training Program- to BMC, or to a Private hospital. It was a soft time, when just everything happens as it happen, I enrolled in BMC. FOUR MONTHS later, I found myself thankful of that four months I spent at the hospital that I LEARNED TO LOVE.
The anxiety in having been assigned directly at a special area was immense; it’s like, starting from a scratch. But it was a fresh start, it wasn’t as difficult as it looked. Wasn’t as complicated as a surgical operation seems to be. I started from the basic skills and have progressed to more advanced procedures, from OR NOTES CHARTING to NEWBORN CARE to being the CIRCULATING and SCRUB NURSE. I seldom made mistakes, because I really try to provide quality nursing care, “the first time, every time” I have my senior nurses and supervising nurse to correct me every time I commit mistakes. Such correction from them meant a lot, And such unavoidable mistakes really made me learn, so much as to not repeat those mistakes twice. I learned to cope with my colleagues, how to manage their weakness, and try to correct them politely of that undesirable trait. I learned to deal with death, and dying, as I encounter several life threatening emergencies, and deal with the joy and the pain in reviving, or not reviving a patient’s life. The OR TECHNIQUE was really practiced, even at the gravest possibility- the shortage of surgical gloves and stuffs. I learned to love the OR NURSE job, I really can say being an OR NURSE is my destiny….
ORTHO/ ENT/ OPTHA WARD (July 21- August 31, 2008)
From a special area to a ward, it wasn’t easy adapting the new environment, but we learned to adjust. I practiced very well the administration of medicines, NPI, and most of the nursing procedures including, IV insertion, BT, etc. I had an opportunity to share with the student nurses my own learning by providing every learning opportunity to the student nurses that is in the ward. The satisfaction I get from doing the job that is far more expected to a nurse fellow is more than any paycheck I can get. The smiles from the patients, the students whom I know I have made a mark in their lives, my colleagues who appreciated my warm presence, Is just of some things to mention I my stay at BMC.
RECOMMENDATION/ SUGGESTIONS:
Be firm in schedules and adhere to it consistently. Further encourage trainees to voice out whatever their concerns at the nursing training office. Have more time for socializations… nurses need breaks =) more stress management updates
