"Nurse, Pakuha naman ng BP, oh?"
At 7:36 PM on
Friday, July 28, 2006
Just this July 26 and yesterday, we had our first “real duty” in the Tondo Medical Center. The very first time I stepped into the area of this hospital, my first impression was that it would be a “messy duty”. Just the smell of the place made me feel challenged of the different aroma of the crowd. The place is near Smokey Mountain and fish port. Now imagine all the mixture of smell you could think of that could be carried by your olfactory nerves.
It was all so sudden, then finally I find myself standing at the crowd, some patients looking at me. STI nursing students were with us at that moment. They seemed to know everything that they were doing for the fact that they are already 4th year students. It was really scary to think that they could be judging us the way we act, so I should pretend that I really know what I was really doing. Six people landed on my hands to take their vital signs, and when I was about to report to our Clinical Instructor, she was not contented and she was sort of angry with me(good for me!!hehehehe). Incomplete vitals signs and nursing history. “Sinayang ko lang pala yung laway ko kanina.” So nice to hear from my CI! I was really depressed. I don’t know if I really belong to this crowd, if I really deserve to be relied to by the patients. It really shook the nerve of responsibility I need to conquest.
The next day, when I was about to give up, I was really challenged when an old woman approached me an dasked me, “Nurse, pakuha naman ng BP, oh?”.
Totoo ba yun? Tinawag niya akong nurse! Ang sarap! Felt good to hear. And I’m loving the way the sweet old woman approached me. From then on, I felt different. I was challenged.
“This is for real!” I told myself.
I did complete vital sings for the first time with my patients and my pregnant client. It felt like a real nurse to ask the health concerns. Health. Vital signs here. Vital signs there. Nursing history here. Nursing history there.
As we left the hospital(since we only have two days to visit it), I smiled. I had the feeling of contentment.
“Five and a half more semester to go…”
And one thing was really sure at that moment.
100% sure…
I want to become…
A nurse.
Love,
bEbAng
