Another Yummy Dockie

Speaking of yummy doctors, I hereby present one of my crushes. Let's just call him Doc PJ.

Good news: He's 32 and single...

Maraming Nurses Walang Trabaho

True! I saw this news on 24 oras.

Sa katunayan, gumawa ako ng application letter para kahit maging casual nurse lang.

Okies ba?

Dear Florence Nightingale,

the founder of nursing

Ever since I was a kid, I never dreamt of becoming a nurse. When I was in elementary, I ambitioned to become either a businessman, a doctor, or a scientist. When I was in high school, I wanted to become a priests but my sexuality issue prevented me from pursuing that vocation. When I graduated from highschool, I passed the UPCAT and was eligible to take up MassComm. I could have been a reporter or a part of a TV show now have I not decline such wasted opportunity.

Greed. It was all about selfishness and how to make money. During those days, nursing was one of the "in" courses to take. It's because of the so-called global nursing shortage. Plus, my friends were also into it.

I regret it. Seriously. The more I hang on to this course (for me it's curse), the more I realize that I was never meant to become a nurse. But now, here I am suffering the consequences- a registered yet unemployed nurse. At present, I'm doing a volunteer (meaning zero salary) to a nearest hospital in my place.

Another reason why I dread nursing is due to several mistakes I have made while I am now in the hospital:

1) I'm careless. I gave the wrong medicine to a patient. Instead of giving an anti-ulcer drug, I injected an antibitotic. I never told anybody about that.

2) I'm bad in observation. I was not able to notice a lethargic patient. I was the last nurse who handled the medicine to the parents of the sick child. Hours later, he died.

3) I'm guilty of thinking lustfully with a hunk resident doctor. (will make a separate post on this)

I don't know what to do with myself. I'm broke.


Ming Meows, RN

Mama Knows Best

Matagal nang nirereklamo ni lolo ang pagkakaroon ng panuhot dakô na sa Tagalog ay malaking kabag. Nagkakaroon sya ng malamig na pawis. Paano nga naman e lagi syang naka-jacket. Ewan ko ba, siguro sa katandaan nya.(Syanga pala, kaarawan niya mamaya.) Tinangka namin na ipatingin sya sa doctor ngunit ayaw niya dahil baka naman hindi maniwala ang mga doctor sa mga panuhot.
Kaya nagpa-bisaya (albularyo) na lang sya.

Naalala ni Mama tuloy noong nagkasakit ang aking kapatid. Pinagpawisan din sya ng malamig. Sumasakit ang tyan nya. Bumibilis ang tibok ng puso nya. Nang nagpadoctor sya, ulcer ang findings.

Kaya ng inusisa ni mama kung sumasakit ang tyan ni lolo. Sumasakit naman daw. Lalong luminaw ang kanyang hinala na maaaring may ulcer din si lolo.

Ang galing! Hindi ko naisip iyon.

Tusok

Palibhasa bakla, im on the look-out for "prospective" patients. You know, yung mga cute. Pero sa lugar namin bihira lang makakita ng ganun. Im living kasi in a small city so no high expectations.

Moving on, i saw this chubby or rather stocky guy in his late 20's. Plain looking pero pwede narin. Sabagay hindi naman mataas ang standards ko. Although hindi naman ako nakatoka sa pag-insert ng IV or in layman's term yung pagtusok ng dextrose, nakinuod ako for the reason na alam nyo na.

I was not expecting for him to look coward or go crazy coz he looks buffy and straight naman.

So when my nurse-friend is dealing with her "kurog-kurog" (shaky hands)while doing the insertion, I suddenly heard a magical word.

Hindi sya pasigaw...medyo pabulong but strong enough to hear.

At iyon ay isang makabagdamdaming salitang - OUCH.

The moment I heard that, may biglang bumatingting sa tenga ko.

Right after, bumulong ako kay another nurse-friend --- "sosyal!"

A few minutes later, pinag-tsismisan namin yung incident. Some of my friends say he might be a call center agent. Others naman tingin nila bading.

Anuman ang opinyon nila, isa lang ang masasabi ko. Nakaka-gulat sya.

The next day, nagtanong ako sa mga friends ko --- "Nasaan na si Ouch?"