My last post was like almost... well... a year ago.. i was soooo busy with things; namely, my career. This day last year was like a vacation for me. I had no idea where i was going and what other things i will encounter. Last June 2009, i finally figure out my goals. I entered a Skills Enhancement training in a certain hospital... it went for about 4 months.
There were Three Hundred Nurses that showed up in our orientation. It was said to be the biggest number of trainees they had. So they decided to split us into two groups and let the second batch enter after 2 months have pass. The training has 2 parts, the first one is in the general ward, wherein patients are not that critical in this area we spend our 1st 2 months and the second part is spent in the Special areas wherein patients need more care and expertise.
So... as i've said, they grouped us into 2 and decided which of the groups would be the 1st batch... we'll the 19th batch to be exact. And i was with the 1st group... i was so relieved to hear my name being called.. i thought i would be spending another 2 months DOING NOTHING... i i hated that feeling.. its like you're not being productive with your life. So the story goes...
Before we were designated in our own respective areas, i have an inkling to where i would be assign.. and i know it involves CHILDREN... because i'm always surrounded by them.. not in a weird way.. like when i go to church or malls or anywhere.. there would be children around..(i know im kinda PARANOID.. but believe me.. ask my laopos.. they know what im taking about..) well, in all honesty i love children... they symbolize many things... innocence.. pure of heart... pure of mind.. very trusting?! maybe not all are trusting.. of course they're afraid of strangers..
As I was saying, before i blabber about WORLD PEACE... I had this idea in mind that i would be assigned to PEDIATRIC WARD.. So i was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited (take note of the '0' ) to wear white, i woke up at 4 am to bathe and be prepared to begin my duty.. I arrived at the hospital 30 minutes before the said time.. (how lame was i.. tsk tsk tsk..) well to make the story a little bit short.. the 'gathering' started at 10 am... can you believe that?! i was so excited i went there at 7:30am and they started almost 2 hours after the said time.. tsk tsk tsk.. its called "THE FILIPINO TIME"... i wouldn't want to say it but what the heck.. its true anyways... I remember in college when we call for meetings and such we would announce the time 1 hour early before the real meeting will proceed or else they would be super late.. heheheehhehehe... oopsss... im out of line again.. where was it? ohh... the time.. so there we were in a crowded room.. we're almost 120 nurses and there was no damn AC.. gosh.. we were grouped alphabetically... then... dan dan dan dan... the training officer was calling groups to be allocated?! to the areas.. whaaaa....
And our group was called... dan dan dan dan... we were assigned to the OB-GYNE Ward... tsk tsk tsk tsk... whaaaa... just kidding.. we actually got the PEDIATRIC ward.. Imagine?! Instincts bore true! yey! 
so we were 15 in our group etc. etc. here are some pix!!
so we were 15 in our group etc. etc. here are some pix!!
Whhhaaaa... so much memories down memory lane... we'll you may be wondering where we were "thrown" after the 2 months is up.. well we were all just getting to know one another(sobrang cheesy:D)... so were just doing that when 2 months is up.. we were all called in the auditorium for evaluation and to be re-assigned to the special areas... well we couldn't care less, we thought it would be the same groupings so we were so surprise to hear that we were to be split again and be regroup with others... well 10 of us were retained in the Pedia Ward because they were assigned in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit or PICU.. and the remaining 5 of us were at our new area... dan dan dan dan... the NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT... whhaaaaaa.... super small children.. I mean NEW BORNS.. whhaaaa... they're cute and everything but my first thought was they were fragile and i was not prepared... but after awhile.. like 3 hours later.. hehehehehe.. i was sort of accustomed to it.. really how fast was that.. the BABIES did it.. one look at their angelic faces i was drawn to them.. they are sooooo CUTE.... well just to prove it to you.. here are some of my hundreds of pix.. YES your heard it right.. i mean your eyes didn't deceive you.. i typed HUNDREDS... heheheehhe.. you could see 200 of them in my FACEBOOK ALBUM.. here's the link: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=1036292389#!/album.php?aid=2032317&id=1036292389
Well after my training, i applied in a program that our Congressman has.. its a Specialty Employment Program.. it has a stipend of 5k plus.. but as we were "hired", the Cong. got help from DOLE which is our Department of Labor and Employment with a budget of 2MIL.. So we were given a chance to experience an 8K stipend for 3 months.. I started in November of 2009 up until last month February of 2010... Do you know WHY???????? Weyo??
Well... this Program only allows nurses who passed the NCLEX or IELTS exams... well.. since i was training for those 2 months i wasn't able to take either one of them.. so I promised to do it this year to stay in the program... so i have to review.. and have a force leave this MARCH.. huhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhu... i was looking forward to work this March.. whhhhhhhaaaaaaa..... well.. what's done is done... And we've started our review Yesterday.. March 8, 2010... and I'm gonna be taking my NCLEX maybe by the end of May or 1st week of June.. Please pray for me Guys!!! THANK YOU!!
