Buhay NARS

Chapter 3 First Year

My first year in nursing is actually very stressful but at the same it's a struggle when it comes to establishing friendship and rapport. Uy! Take note ka-nars establishing rapport is very important when dealing with your patients, therapeutically. Maririnig mo palagi ang mga ito sa first year mo lalo na sa lectures and return demonstrations niyo. 1. Introduce yourself. Identify yourself. Ganito yan, "Hi ma'am/sir! I am Dyosa, I am your student nurse for today. Kumusta po kayo?" Parang ganyan. Kagaya nalang sa unang araw ng klase mahirap makipagkaibigan pero ito isipin niyo hindi lang naman kayo ang bago sa time na yan. Most of you must be strangers, hindi mo nga alam kung sa susunod na pasukan kaklase mo pa sila eh, so kapalan mo na ang mukha mo teh! Talk to someone even if it's just a simple "hi, anong pangalan?" Ganyan kasi dude! Hindi mo alam naghihintay din siya ng makakausap kaya be brave enough. Kailangan mo ng kaibigan na makokopyahan pag nagkagipitan. Oh di ba! Aminin...yung iba diyan tinitignan na kung sino ang mukhang matalino para kaibiganin kaya mag-ingat ang mga nakaglasses jan. (Like huwat? Stereotyping nanaman kayo. Hayy!) Akala niyo lang basta nakaglasses matalino sila. Excuse me lang ha, nakaglasses naman ako pero bakit di ako ganon katalino? Hahaha. Ang hirap kasi sa inyo ang dali nating manghusga ng kapwa, hindi natin alam na yung taong hinuhusgahan pala natin yun pala ang taong makakatulong at makakapagpasaya sa atin sa huli.

So ayun nga ang dami ko ng sinasatsat sa inyo kung ano ano wala pa akong nasasabi tungkol sa pagiging first year nursing student so heto na...

1. Math. Yes you read it right. Ngayon napa-HUH ka. Sasabihin niyo na 'kaya nga ako nag-nursing kasi walang math', well duh! Ngayon palang sinasabi ko na nagkakamali ka, may math po sa nursing. Kasi paano mo malalaman ang right dosage ng gamot na ibibigay mo sa patient mo kung di ka marunong magkwenta diba? Hindi kagaya ng ex mo na wala namang kwenta kaya mo nga naging ex di ba? Kasi nga hindi lang siya naga-ADD ng mga babae niya nagmu-multiply pa. Aba malupet! Buti nalang ex mo na, wag mo ng habulin pa. Because you're worth of a man/a woman who knows your worth.

2. Minor subjects. Sawang sawa ka na ba sa mga subjects niyo nung highschool kayo? Guess what? Hindi pa dito natatapos ang kalbaryo niyo dahil may English, P.E, Filipino at Theology pa kayo sa first year niyo. Magtiis na lang kayo kahit feel niyo expert na kayo sa larangang ito. Pero in all fairness naman easy lang ang mga subjects na ito. Pwedeng pwede niyo nga lang tulugan at laruin eh. Yun ay kung gusto niyo lang naman. Pero wag naman sa isang relasyon. Kapag sawa na kayo wag niyo namang tulugan at paglaruan mas mabuting ihinto niyo nalang kaysa patuloy lang kayong magkakasakitan.

3. Nursing Fundamentals and theories. Siyempre nursing kinuha mo malamang yan ang title. Pero hindi lang naman sa nursing to eh, correct me if I'm wrong pero syempre unang ituturo sayo (maliban nalang kung may ibang kalokohan pa kayong naiisip diyan. Evil grin.) ay ang mga basics, fundamentals and theories about sa course na kinuha mo. Kasi naman di ba pano ka magiging nurse, engineer, architect, pharmacist etc kung wala kang foundation?! Foundation of what you will become or what you've become. Hindi yung foundation na ginagamit ng mga diyosa para mas lalong gumanda. Gets? Kailangan kang dumaan muna sa mga boring lectures about those theories and those people who contributed to the existence of your course. Inhale, exhale. Straight english yun ah. Dito niyo mamimeet si Nightingale, si Orem, si Henderson at madami pang iba. At alam kung nagmi-mention pa kayo diyan ng iba o kaya naman iniisip kung sino na nga ulit ang contributor ng ganito ganyan. Pero sa mga hindi nursing ang kurso jan ito sasabihin ko sa inyo. Ang daming chicks sa nursing noh? kaya naman maghanap kayo ng nurse, sarili nga nila naalagan nila, mga may sakit nga inaalagan nila, ikaw pa kaya? Oh eh di eng swerte mo, may gf/bf ka na may nurse ka pa.

4. Anatomy and Physiology. Ok, so alam ko naman na hinihintay niyo itong part na ito eh...kaya naman sa next chapter ko nalang itutuloy para naman makapaghanda yang mga bunganga niyo sa kakangisi at para hindi naman kawawa ang puso niyo sa kakarelate sa mga sasabihin ko....

A letter to my colleagues,
I wanna say GOOD WORK guys! And hey, we know how hard it is to be a nurse, we were belittled, saying that we don't need a BSN course, that we just WANT to be a "room nurse", not appreciated, under paid (and yet they want us to attend seminars that has a very expensive registration fees but only offers a small unit, why don't they just create a seminar for the goodness of everyone without asking for a fee since it is for the GOODNESS and BETTERMENT of nurse), over worked were we only have 3 healthcare workers (or less) for the entire department with a number of patients of what? More than 30? and we were even given a false hope that the system regarding our profession will become much better but up until now nothing happened. We are nurses but we are human too, just like the rest of you, we will get sick, we also feel pain, we also feel tired, physically, emotionally and psychologically. We also have families to go back to, imagine caring for other people at the hospital and when you get home you still have to take care of your family? Tiring, i know, but that's just what and who we are, so a simple 'THANK YOU' is sometimes better than none at all. Sadly, the world is suffering, people are suffering because of the CORONA VIRUS, and people are now starting to see our importance, how we sacrifice our selves for them. So, THANK YOU NURSES, for not giving up on the world full of unknown and known diseases, if you feel like no one appreciates you, then let me tell you again, I DO, I APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, YOUR LOVE FOR YOUR PROFESSION AND FOR YOUR PATIENTS. So, hang in there, we can do this! Fighting!

To all of you who are fighting and giving their all, to the doctors, interns and clerks, nursing aides, janitors and waste management team, medical technologists, pharmacists, researchers, and to police and military force and to all our front liners, THANK YOU! And FIGHTING! We can all do this. Together. =)