About ME

- Cindy -
26, a Gemini
b'day on 29th May

My LOVEs

Sports
Cheese
Chocolate
Icecream
Mocha Frapp
BBQ Stingray
Baked Pasta
Bombay Sapphire

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Heart to heart talk

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

sunday.monday.tuesday!!!

wednesday PH!!!



sunday-28/9

went out to E!hub to eat dinner + watch movie (:

Dinner @ Nihon Mura!

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-Soft shell crab

-Tomato Bacon

-Asparagus Bacon

-Desert Waffle w chocolate icecream! OMG~



Watched DISASTER MOVIE (:

damn lame. haha!!!



monday-29/9

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PEI QI!~

morning shift and went for dinner @ Casuarina Curry w kevin ^^

saw Mediacorp celebrities leaving Casuarina Curry.

yummy pratas w teh chino ice. YUM!

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tuesday- 30/9



last day of the month of sept.
tml PH! Hari Raya Haji.
taking 2 cases was really stressed up...
I wondering if taking 6 cases... .... wAH!? even stressed ):

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Saturday, September 27, 2008

one week of GERON.
learnt quite alot of stuff.
thanks to CI Momo. she's cute :)

work in pair to do case study - done!
individual case study to be handed up on thurs - noted and in progress!
another individual work to be handed up in the 3rd wk - noted and not yet started (:

going to national lib later on + shopping!
wooHOO! need to relieve stress :D

tt's all for now. tc!~

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Monday, September 22, 2008

FINAL HOMERUN?
STRESSED AH!

Geron posting now...
need to take case, pass report.
need to do 2 case studies!!!

omg!! SERIOUS LOR! :x

strict CIs. ahhhhh!!!!!
competing with the Ngee Anns.
They're year2s somemore. Felt so inferior...
They know more than us la... TIAN AH!!!
they already started to take case.
WE NEED TO BUCK UP LA!
Seriously, we're so way back behind them.
They got so much of homework to do ):
See them made us stressed too ah.

week1 in geron: pair work to do case study + take 1 case.
week2: individual case study + take 2 cases.
week3: take 3 cases!!! *this is going to be crazy*
and then four wks hols.
PRCP... ...
jiayou is all i have to say :)

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Sunday, September 21, 2008

GERON posting!!! (:
starts tml! *three weeks*

saturday night went to eat dinner with huiying.
yummy western food.
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Fish coated with cheese and fish & prawns.
Both with garden salad + fried potato wedges! :D
and went to have apple carrot juice especially from yishun.
i miss it alot!

sunday late afternoon went to eat with kevin.
taiwan food @ E!hub.
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Went to catch a movie - Babylon A.D.
movie rating: okok only lor...
Loves chocolate :P
my fav:
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Saturday, September 20, 2008

It's SATURDAY!!!

but i have to update on my posting at A & E first(:
start with wed - 17Sept:
i'm at pac1 which is also called the Resus room.
Pretty hectic when patients coming in...
The staff nurses seemed to be very excited when there's collapsed case. *Hmph*
Collapsed cases, serious chest pain, uncontrolled abd pain, unconscious states.
Didn't get to do cpr but did get to do last office + remove ETT from the mouth.
Did Urine Catherisation... shucks where's the hole sia? haha!
did halfway, patient kept shouting in pain. staff nurse helped me in the end.
Prof was very funny. I prepared ETT intubation even before pt comes in.
Lubricating the ETT + introducer in progress...
Prof:"Are we going to charge for that?"
Me:"erm, no."
Staff nurse hold my hand and squeezed alot of lubricant.

Prof:"WOW, that's alot! That's for which hole?"
Staff nurse:"Depends on which hole we're looking at!"
And still, the conversation carried on.
omg... -Adult content- NO more! ^^
Nice staff nurses (:

thurs 18sept:
Morning shift!
we're like back in the ward in less than 12hrs la!
to be exact is 10 hrs only.
i'm @ Children Emergency.
Night shift nurses are super hyper while the morning nurses are still in their dreamland. haha!
They should look the other way round. Weird eh?
SN Nora is so cute... she's pregnant and she's super funny.
Came to know sth like tissue glue thing!
An amazing thing to stick yr wound nicely... u have a superficial cut and by using that, it can glued the skin back. COOL right? SUPER LA!

Also known as Dermaborn :)
Blue baby came in, two doctors & 2 staff nurses + one student nurse *me! helping out.
Suctioning, hypocount, blood tests, face mask, taking vital signs.
OMG! poor thing.
Asthma cases, injury cases, fits, etc.

Friday 19sept.
Last day in A&E.
Guess what? I'm finally at Triage station la! *super happy*
Mr Alan came in and asked millions of questions...
SHOOT SHOOT SHOOT...
and i answered very the NOT confident. haha! -so singlish-
he says," You're right but be more confident in yr answers la! "
okay...
Three pregnant nurses chatting together!
1 chinese, 1 malay and 1 indian... hey! RARE leh! hahaha!!!
Clinical instructor's feedback column is BLANK!
why is that so? miracle sia :x
Because he's the unique clinical instructor of all!!!
he says it doesn't make a difference if he comment or not.
-Tell me is there a difference between a book that is fully filled up and a book that is not fully filled.
Then, think again... You wrote so many stuff in the book but does that means u have learnt alot?
And does that means u know alot?
So i dont think that it makes a difference if i wrote any feedback anot.
What i have to say to you guys, i have said already.
So do u want to have that written in there?

-Speechless-
And i cant see why year 3 still in this state, going to staff nurses.
Please brush up and know the patho, mgt, treatment stuff well.

So here my weekend comes again!
super fast!! :D
early sat morning, kevin sent me back home
and then went eat breakfast with mummy.

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

STUDENT NURSE going to be a STAFF NURSE!
-after my prcp-

On the way to work w Sarifah + Yuan* saw Mr Alan (CI)
he chat with us for awhile then laugh (heheehe) then walked off -jus like that?!
-> what a weird person eh?
Today @ Pac2.
Saw JerryBoy!!! -my godbro, senior aka a paramedic ^^
miss him alot la. Didn't expect to see him. haha!
Bully girls as usual. :lol

A&E Sister is another stern looking person but she's very nice too.
Q & A session after work with her was critical. haha! *i have alr returned all my theories back to NYP lecturers. OH NO!

total of 10 student nurses : 5 in e morning, 5 in e afternoon.
five different areas. everyone is alone in their own stations.

Sister approached me and said,"You can consider having yr PRCP in A & E."
Oh... but i dont think i'm suitable to work in such area.
"You can try."
Hmm... i might consider. Medical or A & E.

Urine incident: Urine is needed for UPT and UC10.
But i collected the urine -less than 10mls and totally soaked with toilet paper.
TO WHAT I KNOW: not enough + UNABLE TO collect for UC10 and it's considered contaminated because of the toilet paper.
disappointment + frustration showed on the faces.
A.N. & Doc: Still can do...
"I have alr thrown it away... because... ...."
Haiz, it's urgent u know? .. ....
"... i'm really sorry."
Doc: What to do?! Student nurse only...
Well, what can i say? Yes, i'm only a student nurse.
Still learning :)
I'm enjoying myself as a student nurse as much as i can.
Learn from mistakes, point noted and next time i will not do it again.

Being a student nurse is hard too u know?
anything we're going to do to the patients, we need to ask, inform, confirm, double-check, blah blah... with the staff nurses in-charge, the sister or even the doctors.
We dont have e authority to do what i should do... even tho we know it's correct or e right thing to do. So @ that point of time, how i wish i'm a staff nurse.

BUT, already a staff nurse... heavy responsibility!
anything we have to answer for. Doctors, assistant nurses or even student nurses come asking you 5W's and 1H (everything about the patient)- u know what i'm refering to :)
ahhh... STRESSED eh?
As a staff nurse, you got to have everything at the fingertips. That sounds familiar right? Haha!

Alright... tml afternoon shift too.
Got to get update with the outside world. haha!
AHHH... my Hot shot ep 8 is alr out! -catching up! ^^v

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MOONcake FESTIVAL. on sunday :)

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at home with family + dine out.
played with my sis and bro along the corridor. haha!
then, went out to E-hub! with kevin to catch a movie called- BANGKOK DANGEROUS.
not bad not bad. thrilling!!! Can go catch it yourself! ^^
Saw yanyan -my sec sch fren again. haha!!

MONDAY- first day @ Emergency Department.

our CI is... Mr Alan. IQ + EQ super high man!! *he's TOO extroverted*- my opinion.
assigned worked at different days.
monday @ Consultant room + Observation bay.
only 1 staff nurse!!! OMG!~
she's stern looking, strict but she's quite nice :)
After work, went out with kevin to VIVO for dinner + shopping!
yeah, i really need that... thanks!

TUESDAY- second day *START TO GET BUSY!*
will be going to Pac2 - another area of ED.
details to be revealed after i went later on.
-heard that it's super busy there... -

AND... RESULTS r OUT!!!
omg!~ Last exam, last time taking results.
luckily, no subpaper to take. *phew!*

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Saturday, September 13, 2008

OT posting ended...
one week in OT not enough!!!

i-ENJOYED!
hee...
no photos to be uploaded. sorry :)
being a scrub nurse is so much fun!
haha!!!
but... i dont want to be a OT nurse. (might consider if i have the chance)
OT cold cold cold!!!
every 2 - 3 hrs feel hungry one. haha!
cases i saw in OT...
Ortho ( BONE surgery )
Open tracheostomy (operate at cricoid area for another airway)
Colorectomy ( Opening the abdomen + closing! COOL!)
Emergency cases (e.g. Jumpers: Suicide cases)
and so much more... *cant remind so many! :D

ToMORROW: Mooncake festival!!! (:

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Monday, September 08, 2008

FIRST day for OT attachment :)
only one week! make full use of it!

Been once before to see the Cesarean Section.
Today orientation + went to recovery room.
Meet four new friends- never had attachment with b4.
hee! So coincidental.... Met her and her sec sch frens are my pri sch frens. HAha!!!
her sec sch super near my hse la (:
Well, how i wish my attachment hosp is TTSH now... Oh~
why? cos near my HOUSE!
no la... well, i'm quite happy to work in NUH. haha!
i enjoyed my postings here.

on my way back home, met this guy friend from same lecture.
Gave directions to lead him back home from NUH.
haha! his 1st day to NUH. *never ask his name la*
dont misunderstand orh!! -he's a malay and i'm attached & not available alr! :D

-one day down, four days more in OT.
-one more week in Emergency Department.
-three weeks in Gerontology ward.
and... the most cant wait de 1month hols.
- THEN, PRCP liao!!! *3months straight*

(lovestotalk! haha)

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Friday, September 05, 2008

ATTACHMENTS R COMING (:

meaning no time to go shopping. haha!
meaning less time with family & dear.

next week attachments
first week - OT
second week - ED
third week (3weeks) - Geron
2 days going to Geylang Polyclinic *OMG!!~

then 1 month break...

PRCP is like nearing la! :x

- i'm super duper anxious - dontknowwhy.

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