I've finally been told what my ward assignment is - I'm going to the Neurology/Neurosurgery ward. IOW: BRAAAAAAAAAINSSSS, everyone. (Probably means I should cut down on the Zombie Farm/Zombie Cafe/Zombie Lane games)
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In general, most of the young patients that get admitted to my ward are usually because of road traffic accidents. In this case, her brother had been driving an MPV with the entire family for an outing in Johor Bahru, when a motorcyclist swerved into their lane. Her brother swerved frantically, and the girl who had been in the seat at the back was ( Read more... )

Have officially started PRCP: Pre-Registration Conversion Programme, whereby we lowly nursing students are expected to metamorphose to a newbie registered nurse at the end of three months. One of the suggestions was to keep a diary, which would probably be helpful later when submitting reflections, as well as tracking what we did when. So likely ( Read more... )

I too can be passive aggressive bitch! This insight was brought to you by non-contributing group mate for our weekly presentation. In any case, presentation is done done done, to be submitted minus his name. If you didn't submit because you thought you are already failing this module, well, then you don't mind in the slightest that we are honoring ( Read more... )

Wow. It's hard to believe it, but I'm finishing the third semester in two to three months. That means my course is nearly 3/4 over. Man. If I had some regrets about the accelerated course, it would probably be that it really does feel like its too fast. But it's the way the world is now, faster and faster; it's funny to think that we live longer ( Read more... )

I've been telling people that my Psychology and Mental Health lecturers have interesting stories, or at least stories that don't require a medical context to make sense. Today, our nursing lecturer ponied up some tales of her own. Her specialty is in OT (Operating Theatre), and she was even involved in designing an OT for her hospital ( Read more... )

I realise that despite promising to do so, I have not really blogged about the nursing course. Most of it is AAAAHH NO TIME, assignments and exams and so on, but here are some of the things I learnt in my nursing course ( Read more... )

My nursing reflection for the day: Even if you can speak the guy's language, there is no way to adequately prepare him for getting a suppository up the ass. (Before you ask, no, I didn't do it, I was merely an observer). And I passed another classmate who was carrying an enema bottle ( Read more... )

I'm now taking a nursing diploma course, and will hopefully graduate as a RN (registered nurse) at the end of it. Unfortunately, everytime I turn around, assignments and tests start looming up in the immediate future ( Read more... )