I Want to Thank My Sponsors

I should be paid for the Ads. Hahaha. You owe me!

Who would you thank after all these years?

1. E-jim

 
Open 24 hours to serve our printing needs. The place always stinks like feet but I tell you, at the crack of dawn, students from different universities would line up to have their documents printed. Thanks E-jim, without you, a freakin’ case study would cease to exist.

2. Mama mia

How-ley-mama-mia! They serve varieties of food every day. I can personally say that I love the taste of food at mama mia, they’re brilliant! I live just one storey above from big mama mia for at least 3 years. I actually felt sad when we gave up our space. No more coming down in puruntong shorts and jacket to buy food.

A Grand Case Presentation

As I have written in my multiply account about our first ever Grand Case Presentation:

"February 4, 2009. An Orthopedic Case from Philippine General Hospital. Diagnosis: Multiple Lower Extremity Fracture secondary to Motor Vehicular Accident

Sorry. I didn't take much pictures because I am having a serious, colosal rush of Adrenaline. It is only after we were fried that I was able to touch my camera again.

It has been a long time since I faced a crowd and when I did, dammit, I almost fainted. Our efforts were all worth it. 87 is a reasonable high grade. My sister said that Ms olivar rarely gives a grade above 85, we must have done something that made her super happy. yahoo.

i dug a grave the night before, i thought i was going to die from hemorrhage where blood is oozing continuously from all the orifice of my body. it was not that bad after all!!!!!

congratz 3A!!!"

The Nurse Diaspora and the Unemployed Pool

There are more than 200,000 thousand unemployed nurses in the country. Last February 19, 2011, another 30 thousand nurses have passed the National Licensure Exam for Nurses. Some passers might probably find a job, go abroad or remain in the country and be unemployed. Nursing profession is said to be a noble profession. The core of Nursing care is rooted from the works of Florence Nightingale, who selflessly cared for wounded soldiers during a war. It is said to be a promising profession too. Caring for sick people gives a feeling of worth to people who are incapacitated by sickness and disease. In terms of financial compensation, a nurse abroad can earn sixty to a hundred thousand dollars per year.

During the previous decades, nurses have been in demand and due to a high salary overseas, aspiring nurses have flocked nursing schools with hopes of finding a greener pasture and providing their families with financial stability. After graduation, applying for a working VISA and getting it approved is always a trend. Flying to USA is real easy during those times.  However, the demands for nurses have been barred due to the downturn of the United State’s economy. The country is now prioritizing their own nursing graduates, thus the nurse diaspora in the Philippines was turned to a sudden halt. Immigration offices in most of foreign countries that are in need of nurses have now stricter policies and requirements for those who are applying abroad. As for now, the nurses bound for overseas have stayed in the country to work as they wait for their chance to enter a foreign country.

Duty Bag

Reblogging is love. Imagine answering your thoughts that you have before.


Originally posted last November 8, 2008, 9:24 PM
At Multiply, for cha's contacts


Before having our laptop reformatted, i scanned my files so that i can salvage some important things that i can use in the future. I found an unpublished blog entry that i wrote a year ago. I was in second year, first sem. It was about the duty bag. During that time, nursing paraphernalia were being distributed to us, that is when i received my duty bag. Also, during that time, i was not able to pass any quiz and I'm failing my exams. I wrote:

Wahhh! Nakuha na namin ung duty bag namin!  Nafeel ko tuloy na nursing student ako. Huhuhu.

Natuwa nga ako nung nakuha ko un kase nafeefeel ko na talaga ang narsing….. pucha! Dis is it! Hahaha!

Sa sobrang tuwa, panandalian kong nakalimutan na wala pa pala akong quiz na naipapasa sa RLE. Naisip ko na ang mga magiging escapades ko sa mga ospital na pagdudutyhan ko: PTB patients, DOTS, code blue, hot doctors, hot doctors, hot doctors, mga inang nanganganak, psych patients, babies, vagina squad, IV, medications, charting, amoy pekpek na OB ward, graveyard shifts, am duty, pm duty, toxic na pasyente/kamag-anak/doctor/nurse/kapwa student nurse/CI, ATBP….

Ok na sana ang pagdedaydream ko kaso bigla kong naalala ang malagim na katotohanan… 50/50 ang status ko sa RLE… wala pa kong pinapasang quiz dun. Khit na quiz lang un, malaking bagay na un pra samin. Sheyt! Indi ko sure kung ano ang grade ko sa recitation pro sana ayos naman.

Ewan ko kung ano ang kahihinatnan ng buhay ko bilang student nurse. Minsan, naiisip ko:

Magamit ko pa kaya ang duty bag ko???

(end of original message) .......................................................................................................................


Response before:

well guess what?

• I'm now a 3rd year student and now suffering on 2nd sem
• I'm using my duty bag
• I'm now regularly attending duties
• my duty bag is badly injured from continued use
• i have been passing SOME quizzes
• i have been passing SOME exams
• but right now, the only question is: How long can I hold on?

Comments:







Response now:

• I have graduated, passed the board exams and took my oath. Now all i have to do now is register myself and get that plastic card that we call license
• During my nursing years, I was able to use 2 duty bags. The first one was the one pictured above. I buried it because it died on me. The 2nd one was my sister's, it didn't die. It is now in the corner of our room garnering roaches and dust bunnies.
• I was able to hold on long enough to graduate and take my oath. You're right (people who supported me/us).
• Is now a proud member of the Hey-guys-we-are RN's-holy-shit!-Now-what?!-club
• I have a blog now that screams: I am done and in your face! Just something to make my response longer. hahaha

-Cha

My Sacrifice

I am sorry if I have to talk about passing the NLE. I do feel that this is the most triumphant day of my life. Four years of my hard work, I won’t let it flush down the toilet. I know that I have to work hard so I gave up most of the things that I know would affect me. Things that can hinder me from passing. I do believe that little sacrifices can yield great rewards, it did for me.


What do you have to give up?

My diet
I have been fat since day one but if you have seen me during review, I look like the abominable snowwoman. I shed a bit pounds now so somehow you’ll find me quite smaller now.



Writing Blogs
Writing blogs require a lot of thinking so is our review. Priority, priority, priority? Septe! No, actually it’s passing the board exam.



Taking pictures
I really love taking pictures but I figured that if I take pictures most of the day, I would be distracted. I know it’s silly but what do I have to lose? It’s just 3-4 months, I can do it.


 

Time out with family and friends
Ever since review started, I never get to come out of the house and let Laguna sun shine on me. When my dad arrived from Africa, they would usually go out somewhere and I am always left at school with tons of hand outs and burned eye brows.




Reading books (non nursing)
I promised myself to read the books at our house but I couldn’t. All I have in my arms were reviewers and books. I can’t even touch Bob Ong, Gabriel García Márquez and Jessica Zafra, forgive me book friends…. Priority, priority, priority? Septe!




Internet
Ho, ho! For me, internet comes with blogging. Less internet means less blogging. Less blogging means no staying up late until 3am.

Watching TV
I am not really fond of watching TV but I watch it anyways. However, I have quite a few favorite shows that I missed and that sucks. Well hey! I’m a board passer and I can now use the net in wee hours of the night and down load the full season! Ha!

Cutting class
It may seem that my ass is fucking "righteous" (as most shit heads refers to it) but I do bad stuff too, but I keep it clean so that no one will ever know.
 
Sometimes, it bores me when while reviewing. I have quite a few friends who cut class to go somewhere. As much as I want to, I can’t because it is my S-A-C-R-I-F-I-C-E. It is all worth it anywayz that’s why there are no regrets that I ever felt.





In my lifetime, this is the big sacrifice that my eyes cried blood but nevertheless, it was all sweet in the end.

The root of education is bitter, but the fruit of education is sweet. –Sir bereber, HS Chem teacher

->Cha

95% screams: IN YOUR FACE!

August 27 2010, marks the day when we made history that screams… IN YOUR FACE!!!

 

At this moment, you are probably thinking that I am cocky and a low-down-son-of-a-biatch… hell yeah! I am! Please note at the fact that I am not mad… I am getting even!

Four years of torment is not a joke. Four years of bad mouthing sucks. Four years with foul assholes pricking at your back is not easy. I have always waited for this day, that I, Cha C. can say, in my loudest, in my cockiest and whole heartedly: IN YOUR FACE BITCHES! I loved looking at your faces when we had our Thanksgiving mass and I would definitely love to look at the faces of the pseudo-smart-ass-crusade who pulled us down before.

This is why I love blogging. You can really pour your heart in this. While writing this, I feel like shouting at the top of my lungs but my blog shouted for me. Whoever reads this would feel it. Anyway, I can’t say anything more because if I write everything, I would probably get in trouble: as always. Haha.

Oh yeah, I feel like flying!

-Cha

Extreme State of Euphoria

Have you ever felt so happy in your life that you were not able to think right?

I did.

Last August 27, 2010, 91,008 (times 3, for the parents and loved ones) hearts beat so fast at the same time as they wait for the NLE July 2010 results. 36,679 came jumping, crying, shouting and doing things that signifies triumph and happiness while the rest of the number almost committed suicide.

I did not expect that the feeling would be like this. The victory poison’s effect is abrupt. The first stage is critical, it can kill. You jump, you cry, you hyperventilate, you shout. Jumping may cause head trauma. Crying can irritate your eyes especially if you accidentally scratch or injure your eyes. Tsk, scleral damage. Hyperventilation expels CO2 which causes respiratory alkalosis. Shouting will cause you to injure your vocal chords. Be careful now, I would like to see us alive and attend our oath taking.

Second stage is severe happiness like being high from intake of illegal drugs. Name the type and you will manifest it depending on your body’s response.

Hours after passing the board exam

Me: Momi, luwas kau?

Momi: Oo, pasado ka na eh!

After 5 minutes……

Me: Momi, luwas kau?

Momi: Oo nga! Natanong mo na yan kanina eh.

2 Days after the NLE results came out

Mom: how do you feel anak?

Me: I feel goooood, I feel like I’m flying (imagine me, imitating a big, fat bird who has just been stoned by narcotics)

4 days after results came out:

Momi: Yung bedsheet palitan mo na. Pero wag sabay sabay kase baka maubusan ng sampayan sa labas. Unti untiin mo lang ha. Tapos ung halaman ilabas mo na din para maarawan. (Countless series of commands being given by mother dear)

Me: (stares dumbly) ha?

Momi: (Explains again…… Ashowa, showa, showa, blah)

Me: Ulit po.

Momi: (Explains again but this time with her forehead crinkled)

Me: Ano po? Di ko ma-gets?

Momi: Anak, you’re so high. Anyway…. (Explains again and laughs)

At school canteen

Me: Just!!! (Does the flying kiss motion)

Justzam: Oi! Congrats! Yung grupor, 100%!!!!!!

Me: Oh sige!!!!! (big smiles. Realized after 10 minutes that I gave an inappropriate answer)

Third stage: Recovery. Everything is back to normal: normal physical and mental functioning. I am at this stage now, Glory be to our Lord!

-Cha