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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
This week
This week just started for me today. Worked on Sunday, off yesterday and gng to be working all through to sat morning since I'm on the graveyard shift this week. The doc is also on night call quite often this week, which works out well I guess. Can't wait for wed to come too cos we have a swimming and dinner date with the other lee family! They always bring a smile to my face those little lees... :) but for now got to figure out about work to be done in the wound project I'm involved in. I'mearningnew things every day be it in the ward or in this project. It's good cos I like learning new things. But the process of learning can sometimes be difficult.
Yep, that is my week ahead. Time really flies.. It's already march. Wow
With love
Saturday, March 13, 2010
A weekend
On my day off today, and having a cup of latte at east coast park macs along with the hoards of people here while waiting for e doc to come back from hob nobbin' with his friends who are mending the medical section of the biathlon today.
With love
With love
Friday, March 12, 2010
Life as a nurse in Singapore
As all of you know, I'm a qualified nurse working in Singapore. Many of you would be familiar with the role of a staff nurse. Basically we care for the patients well being in a holistic manner taking into consideration all aspects of their health.
It's not easy being a nurse in sinapore. As a staff nurse in my B2 ward, I'm expected to care for 12 patients with the help of 1/2 other collegues. While u serve medication and look into the orders that have been ordered, your juniors will help u with the more hands on parts of nursing care. They help with feeding, hygiene, and taking parameters. Depending on the rank of ure collegues, they would be able to help you more if they are staff nurses.
This style of working in Singapore is team nursing. In comparison to Melbourne where u are responsible for all aspects of care for your 4 patients. The pace of work is also so much faster in Singapore. Initially I couldn't get used to it but after 1 yr things are a lot easier.
Do I regret working in Singapore?
No. Yes, it's crazy here. Nurses bare the most of all mistakes made. There is still this doctors are so much superior mentality amongst the nurses and the community we deal with. However, this comes with the fact that as nurses, we do not pull our own weight and do not take the extra effort to constantly improve our knowledge and care. Doctors also need to learn to treat us with respect and as their colleagues and not their hand maidens.
It's not easy being a nurse in sinapore. As a staff nurse in my B2 ward, I'm expected to care for 12 patients with the help of 1/2 other collegues. While u serve medication and look into the orders that have been ordered, your juniors will help u with the more hands on parts of nursing care. They help with feeding, hygiene, and taking parameters. Depending on the rank of ure collegues, they would be able to help you more if they are staff nurses.
This style of working in Singapore is team nursing. In comparison to Melbourne where u are responsible for all aspects of care for your 4 patients. The pace of work is also so much faster in Singapore. Initially I couldn't get used to it but after 1 yr things are a lot easier.
Do I regret working in Singapore?
No. Yes, it's crazy here. Nurses bare the most of all mistakes made. There is still this doctors are so much superior mentality amongst the nurses and the community we deal with. However, this comes with the fact that as nurses, we do not pull our own weight and do not take the extra effort to constantly improve our knowledge and care. Doctors also need to learn to treat us with respect and as their colleagues and not their hand maidens.
Friday, March 05, 2010
Trying out my new app
This photo was taken with my iPhone and subseuently edited with the app called Lomos, which gives the photo a polorized look.
:)
Love the iPhone apps!
With love
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Rest days
Rest days or day offs as we nurses call them are well deserved breaks that we get any day of the week depending on ure assignment for the week. With our current 5-6 day week (I.e. 3 day offs in 2 weeks or a 5 & 1/2 work week) day offs so come often even; though it does feel forever before the next off day. For me, I had the opportunity to do research 2 days a week. What do I do? Read literature articles, appraise it and etc.
Anyway back to e rest day. Since my sis was off too today we decided to hang out together. Met at somerset at 10am to have brunch at this bakery along kiliney rd called simply bread I think by le bijoux. Shared a brunch set and each had our own coffee. Total cost = $15. Not bad... Had a lesuirely lunch and subsequently bought some breads for our dinner cookout later.
Next it was off to visit someone in hospital and following that Tangs to check out some retro fridge that they were thinking of buying for the new apartment. Bought a chopper (haha... Which e doc said after, 'who u want to chop?') and found e fridge which was really tiny and expensive! Immediately the thought of such a cool fittting in e house was scraped... Just not worth it.
Next stop, Taka. It was really quite the tai tai life. Moving from one shopping centre to e other. Jie casually mentioned that there was a Kate Spade shop in taka and I started getting excited! We went to have a look as usual With no intention to buy since e prices were well out of my budget though I always dreamt of getting one. I suddenly remembered that I had a taka voucher given to me for my birthday. Quite a sizable amount too so I casually asked whether one could use taka vouchers at the store and the answer was Yes! And the rest I'm sure u can guess. Checked out the bag I've been eyeing, recheckee the cash value of my vouchers, got encouraged by the sister to buy and presto! I'm the proud owner of my first branded bag! :)
With love
Anyway back to e rest day. Since my sis was off too today we decided to hang out together. Met at somerset at 10am to have brunch at this bakery along kiliney rd called simply bread I think by le bijoux. Shared a brunch set and each had our own coffee. Total cost = $15. Not bad... Had a lesuirely lunch and subsequently bought some breads for our dinner cookout later.
Next it was off to visit someone in hospital and following that Tangs to check out some retro fridge that they were thinking of buying for the new apartment. Bought a chopper (haha... Which e doc said after, 'who u want to chop?') and found e fridge which was really tiny and expensive! Immediately the thought of such a cool fittting in e house was scraped... Just not worth it.
Next stop, Taka. It was really quite the tai tai life. Moving from one shopping centre to e other. Jie casually mentioned that there was a Kate Spade shop in taka and I started getting excited! We went to have a look as usual With no intention to buy since e prices were well out of my budget though I always dreamt of getting one. I suddenly remembered that I had a taka voucher given to me for my birthday. Quite a sizable amount too so I casually asked whether one could use taka vouchers at the store and the answer was Yes! And the rest I'm sure u can guess. Checked out the bag I've been eyeing, recheckee the cash value of my vouchers, got encouraged by the sister to buy and presto! I'm the proud owner of my first branded bag! :)
With love
Saturday, February 27, 2010
A long time
It's been a while since I've blogged. Life as a nurse in the Singapore acute hospital is hectic and tiring. There is so much to know and u can never stop learning and re-learn.I guess I could also blame it on my brain which is like a sift. Knowledge are constantly being lost to replace new ones. Need God to really help me retain all the info in my brain!
Life as a married has also been quite challenging in terms of more housework, juggling of time to accomplish all that needs to be done. Feel like I have changed too. Whether it's for the better or worse, I dunno. Maybe worse maybe better. Anyway, this is my attempt to start blogging again. Hope it works!
With love
Life as a married has also been quite challenging in terms of more housework, juggling of time to accomplish all that needs to be done. Feel like I have changed too. Whether it's for the better or worse, I dunno. Maybe worse maybe better. Anyway, this is my attempt to start blogging again. Hope it works!
With love
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