LIFE CYCLE:
3-8 y/o
..paramihan ng toys
9-18
..pataasan ng grades
19-25
..padamihan ng syota
26-35
..pagandahan ng asawa
36-45
..palakihan ng sweldo
46-55
padamihan ng kabit
56-70
..padamihan ng sakit
70 and above
..pabonggahan ng libing. ~.~
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I am sure every one of my batch mates would agree to me if I say we are…
Why?
In Rizal’s class, we were asked to create a dramatic play of the characters in Noli Me Tangere or El Filibusterismo as our Final Exam… (how demanding right?)
I played Maria Clara
In Speech’s class, we were asked to formulate our own product and advertise it to the whole class as for our Midterm Exam. This Finals, we were asked to act dramatic speech for our Final exam and a news reporting for our Finals Recitation grade. Whew!
Sorry for the rough shot...
I feel the need to prioritize them for they entail much time for practicing. But that’s not the case right? I should be focusing more on my NCM 103-B subject because it is a 16-unit subject and definitely on great weight with my future career.
You could just imagine how much students would do just for grades, you will see them doing crazy stuffs just for a 3 or 4-unit subjects. Meeen! That’s rough. If you just watched our performances with each class… Some of them are in my YouTube account. It’s fun but if you would look at it closely, it’s not of great weigh with our course.
My Classmate, Jojo (selling deodorant)
Mon as Maria Clara and Jo as Tiya Isabel
Good thing I finished the Rizal’s play and the Speech’s product endorsement.
Good luck to all of us…
Honestly, when I learned that our clinical exposure for our communicable disease is at Quezon Institute, I was dismayed for I really wanted to rotate at San Lazaro Hospital, where there are grave cases of different communicable diseases. However, I knew that Quezon Institute is also a tertiary hospital, which caters not only Tuberculosis, one of the most common communicable disease but also other respiratory diseases. In that case, I can appreciate my communicable disease concept.
Before entering the ward, I envisioned of the normal room setting and everything for a tertiary hospital. My expectation was right. The beds where side by side with each other with enough space for each client and a window. This is not to belittle the hospital because honestly, I really want to be exposed to the real scenario of hospital setting in the Philippines. Quezon Institute, at least though, in just a small span of time opened my eyes to what at real hospital set-up is.
Compared to my previous clinical exposures, the difference of Quezon Institute is the personal protection equipments that are being used by the care providers. This fact, in my own point of view, is a hindrance for building rapport with the client and providing the proper nursing management for them. If only I would not put myself at risk for acquiring the disease, I would not wear those. It is also true with the stigma attached to the tuberculosis patients, which made them receive less nursing interaction and management because of fear and disgust— for some.
Honestly, I am not afraid of the TB patients because I believe I have the knowledge as my tool in proper approach and management for them. I was just not at ease with the PPEs we wore. Good thing, my clinical instructor really assured us that we are safe. She really assisted us with everything that we do for our patients. That, made me confident enough for I can see her handling patients with just a mask as her protection. I admire her for that (not to be a teacher’s pet or what so ever…).
When it comes to the care I gave with my patient, my assessment skills was improved though there are some observations that I wasn’t sure of. I proved that with the proper knowledge, you can never go wrong. I also learned that, nursing profession is really a risky job. Nursing is not just a job and you don’t do it just for financial purposes. As from what I can see, it is like a vocation, which entails passion and dedication. You have to take care of your patients but not compromising yourself.
In Quezon Institute, my learning is pure realizations, which I know, will never be placed into my unconscious mind…=)
Dahil wala pa akong OR case, at panay circulating nurse ang drama ko, napagod ako sa kakatayo at kakaikot sa kalawakan ng operating room sa Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center (sa totoo lang, nakakahiyang maupo sa OR na iyan o dahil wala rin talagang upuan hehehe), inaya ko ang isa kong ka-grupo upang maupo, kumaen at magkwentuhan sa OR lounge.
Nang may isang mamang may tungkod ang biglang nagtanong saamin, “Nursing student ba kayo? o Student Nurse?” Napatingin ako sa kanya dahil akala ko kung sinong tauhan lamang sa ospital na iyon. Napangiti ako at sinagot ko sa kanya na may kawirdohan na tono, “Opo, parehas lang po iyon…” Lingid sa kaalaman ko na isa pala siyang doktor sa buto (napaka-ironic hindi ba? dahil mayroon siyang kapansanan sa paa…) tinawag siya ng isang nars at doon lang namin nalaman na, “ay doktor pala siya…”. Sinabi niya saamin na mayroong pagkakaiba ang dalawang tanong niya saamin at sabihin ko daw sa kanya ang sagot pagkabalik niya…
Nag-isip kaming mabuti ng aking kagrupo habang nagtatawanan. Naisip namin na ang “NURSING STUDENT ay ang isang estudyante na nag-aaral ng nursing sa loob ng apat na poste ng silid-aralan samantalang ang STUDENT NURSE ay isang estudyante na ginagamit sa ospital ang kanyang napag-aralan sa apat na poste ng silid-aralan”. May sense hindi ba? Sabay apir naming dalawa.
Nang bumalik si doc, tuwang-tuwa kaming sabihin sa kanya an gaming naisip. Pinakinggan niya kami ngunit mali daw ang aming sagot. Kinulit namin siya para sa sagot dahil tiyak hindi kami makakatulog pag nagkataon.
Ang sabi niya…
“Kapag STUDENT NURSE, yaan yung mga estudyanteng nag-aaral ng kursong nursing talaga. Yung mga NURSING STUDENT, yoon yung mga estudyanteng may mga anak na…”
Hindi namin alam ng aking kagrupo kung tatawa kami o ngingiwi na lang, pero dahil bumenta naman ang akala nami’y seryosong sagot, natawa kami (kamuntik pa nga na umappear kami sa doktor, feeling close naman diba? hehe).
Pahabol pa ni doc, “Kasi diba yung mga nanay na nagpapasuso at nag-aalaga ng mga anak, ang tawag doon NURSING diba?”
May point si Doc… Mas maganda nga naman pakinggan ang STUDENT NURSE. Kaya, binawi ko ang aking sagot. “AKO AY ISANG STUDENT NURSE.”
E kayo? NURSING STUDENT ba kayo o STUDENT NURSE?
Coronary Angioplasty or the Percutaneous Coronary Intervention is an invasive procedure that uses a balloon tipped catheter to dilate a stenotic area of a blood vessel. It can improve the blood flow to the heart.
This procedure is done to manage arteriosclerosis, a common disease of the arteries in which the lining of the small arteries are being thickened and atherosclerosis, also a disease of the arteries which affects the medium and large sized arteries caused by accumulation of fats, calcium, blood components, carbohydrates and fibrous tissues referred to as plaques.
It is also done to reduce the damage to the heart muscles caused by heart attack and improve symptoms of coronary artery disease such as angina and shortness of breath.
Most angioplasty is a success but this is not a permanent intervention. Plaques may reoccur months after the operation when doctor’s orders and
other lifestyle modification interventions are not followed.
One famous artist who had undergone angioplasty for the third time (I think) is Ely Buendia, the former vocalist of the band Eraserheads who just recently suffered from a heart attack last August 30, 2008.
This is lifted from Medical Surgical Nursing 10th edition by Brunner and Suddarth
For more information on Coronary Angioplasty click here.
*photos are from here and here
