Haiz...
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I am currently studyin nursin course in the poly... Now jus reach 2nd yr... Nursin have always been my childhood dream... It is also my ambition to be a nurse lor... I lik not interested in any other courses, except nursin... I studied quite hard for my O level for the sake of gettin a gd cert only la... Coz nursin the requirement quite lenient lor... I did ok for my Os lor... And all my teachers advice me gainst takin nursin lor... But i was quite adamant on it... My re for L1R4 is 16pts...
Now i m feelin tat i am beginnin to kinda of regret takin tis course... I now already cannot tak it... Can bear wif it, but jus kinda of unhappy to quite an extent, tat i dunno how i will be able to tak it if i gra n pass out as a nurse... I really wonder to myself, is tis wat i really wants? Sometimes the ans is yes, sometimes the ans is no...
I know tat no job is easy... Tat everyone suffers from unhappiness in work life... But then... I dunno. Very scared tat my dream is shattered lik tat, tat my only interest turns out otherwise...
I was attached to Mt Alvernia n TTSH thru out my attachment durin the yr... Lucky for me, my dad drives me there... Coz i start work around 7a.m i gonna be there n we ends at 3p.m...
Then whenever my dad drives me to the hosp... Say Mt A... Then each time when we nearin the hosp, there is tis really bright red sign of Mt A... My whole heart would then sink... Coz tat means i m reachin there soon... I hop tat the ride never end, or tat i will nev reach that destination... If TTSH, then i see the sign Balestier, then Moulmein road... I be lik... Oh... Whole heart will sink down, become very unhappy... Sullen n down... Terrible of me hor!
I heard from a lect of mine sayin tat there was tis student who told our lect... Each time she go Mt A... There is this kinda of slope thingy u need to walk up to get to the hosp lor... The gal says each time she climbs up the stairs, her tears will drip drip drip...
There was tis time i was in TTSH... I really went home tat time, break down n cry... Of coz my parents didn't know anythin... It was jus because i am overly stress tat i couldn't tak it... I have 12 patients, tog wif another student nurse lor... Then every hours, u got to tak the bld pressure of the pt... We got about 8 pts tat every hour, u got to check on them... And all the timin are different!!!
Is lik u jus finish one round, u got to start on the 2nd round, and so n so forth... The whole day we stuck within our cubicle... For about a wk we did tat... So much so i can't tak it lor... Cry it out, n try to be cheerful... Haha, but end up also do until half dead lik tat...
Wat we usually do"
Bathe the patients in the toliet... Coz some of them unable to bath themselves... Requires some assistance...
Sponge the pts in bed, esp those who cannot get out of bed, stroke...
Takin the blood pressure, temp of all 18pts once per shift... MOre if got hourly to do...
Servin of bed pans, urinal for whoever who asks for it, then clear it up... Or bring them to the toliet in the chair...
Changin of pampers...
Changin of bed linens... -
tehan first lor..when u post is higher then u do less Shit job right?
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AHKICO GAMBATTE!!!
Nurse job is simply angelic......even sai-garng -
I like nurses
because they are kind.
because they are gentle.
because they help me recover.
because they make the operation seem easier.
because they change my bedsheets.
because they wheel me to bath.
because they patient.
REALLY LAH...nurses are angels...and even angels go thru a period of training..
Maybe its not the job that troubles u...its the timing, the tot of working, the tot of waking up early, the tot of doing routines...that scares u? Find out more first why u so like tat? hehehehe....
Dun say u girl...I guy also cry. One time while I was walking to MRT station to a certain bank to work...I suddenly break down while i walk....at the crowded MRT stn...I just cannot stand waking up so early to go to a boring place with boring colleagues hahaha..
Now i am happy in my job, ask me wake up early i also dun mind
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nursing is a calling.. not just a job...
you must need to be veyr honest with yourself.. if this is what you would like to do.. if this is what you feel you must do with your life...
strangely, this is one profession where if you do not feel, you are not suited for it... yet, when you feel, you will be emotionally drained...
the sacrifices are great
but so are the rewards...
nursing is one of the most noble of professions... but do not let that cloud your decision... do not let people's words and all that cloud your own decision either... the decision must come from yourself.. if you really want to do this... if you need to do this...
i wish you well... -
haha... sorry... double thread... dunno how tis got posted... surely some prob wif the comp... send the actual one again...
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I am currently studyin nursin course in the poly... Now jus reach 2nd yr... Nursin have always been my childhood dream... It is also my ambition to be a nurse lor... I lik not interested in any other courses, except nursin... I studied quite hard for my O level for the sake of gettin a gd cert only la... Coz nursin the requirement quite lenient lor... I did ok for my Os lor... And all my teachers advice me gainst takin nursin lor... But i was quite adamant on it... My re for L1R4 is 16pts...
Now i m feelin tat i am beginnin to kinda of regret takin tis course... I now already cannot tak it... Can bear wif it, but jus kinda of unhappy to quite an extent, tat i dunno how i will be able to tak it if i gra n pass out as a nurse... I really wonder to myself, is tis wat i really wants? Sometimes the ans is yes, sometimes the ans is no...
I know tat no job is easy... Tat everyone suffers from unhappiness in work life... But then... I dunno. Very scared tat my dream is shattered lik tat, tat my only interest turns out otherwise...
I was attached to Mt Alvernia n TTSH thru out my attachment durin the yr... Lucky for me, my dad drives me there... Coz i start work around 7a.m i gonna be there n we ends at 3p.m...
Then whenever my dad drives me to the hosp... Say Mt A... Then each time when we nearin the hosp, there is tis really bright red sign of Mt A... My whole heart would then sink... Coz tat means i m reachin there soon... I hop tat the ride never end, or tat i will nev reach that destination... If TTSH, then i see the sign Balestier, then Moulmein road... I be lik... Oh... Whole heart will sink down, become very unhappy... Sullen n down... Terrible of me hor!
I heard from a lect of mine sayin tat there was tis student who told our lect... Each time she go Mt A... There is this kinda of slope thingy u need to walk up to get to the hosp lor... The gal says each time she climbs up the stairs, her tears will drip drip drip...
There was tis time i was in TTSH... I really went home tat time, break down n cry... Of coz my parents didn't know anythin... It was jus because i am overly stress tat i couldn't tak it... I have 12 patients, tog wif another student nurse lor... And then we got to tak their bld pressure ever hour for about 8 pts... N they all different timin!!! Is lik u finish taking the first round, u start takin the 2nd round... U can nev seems to get out of the cubicle... Tat time i was extremely to tis extend... At nite, i dream of call bells ringing... My mother was sleepin in wif me one of the days when i suddenly woke up... I didn't realise wat i was tryin to do till i was a bit more alert! I wanted to wak my mother up!!! My hand almost reach out for her to say... Sorry, excuse me, i need to tak ur bld pressure! In 3a.m in the mornin... N coz my mother is very light sleeper... N very hard for her to fall asleep... Lucky i suddenly remembered n didn't wak her up...
Wat do we usually do?
Bathe for the pts, for those who requires assistance or weak n may fall easily...
Sponge them in bed for those who cannot get out of bed, for those stroke pts...
Takin the bld pressure once a shift, more if got every hour monitorin to do... for 18 pts... N lucky is use machine de, but is so slow... u spend at least more than 1 hour...
Servin of bed pans, urinals, or bring them to toliet... clear up...
Changin pampers...
Feedin the pts...
Each day i m in the ward... I m jus lookin forward to break... Then home... Each mornin i wake up, i dread it coz i need to go to the hosp... I slp at nite n sigh, coz the next day i need to go... in the beginnin... I cannot get to slp at nite, despite a long day, n i wak up at 5.30a.m... Then go attachment... At nite cannot slp... To the extend i will on the lights, so tat the glare on my eyes forced me to close it, n go to slp... Now ok la... Dead beat till 10p.m or 10.30 drop dead liao...
Wat i dun lik is tat... We don have such fast adaptin abilites! In school, very easy life... Jus study study, sit in lect whole day... U come out attachment, every day u work n work lik hell... There isn't really time for rest... U r on ur feet 7hrs a day... Once we get used to it... KInda of adapt to tis kind of lifestyle... Then u r back to school... Haiz.
Is tis wat i really want? I so dunno... Coz we see all the staff... Some busy till they don go eat... Or they go half hour only... Haha... I really dun see how am i able to do all tis!
I feel tat myself very bad... I dun lik people around me to be lik moody moody depressed depressed de... Coz i myself is the kind, happy go lucky de... V carefree... End up each time i attachment, in the hosp n at home surely moody lor... Don feel lik smilin!
There is tis pt... Actually she not really demandin... Coz each mornin... She ask u to wash her face towel, then give her to wipe, then rinse it for her then hang it on the bedside... But then she always ask for the bedpan many times a days... N then sometimes she wants her bed high abit, sometimes low abit... It gets abit on my nerves...
I feel tat i v fake... Coz i lik irriated wif her... Yet, still smile smile... Yes, no pro... Yes... sure... Lik tat lor... Feel very bad. I also dunno why... Not tat i cannot stand doin all tis... I dun mind doin it... Jus tat i dunno why or wat makes me feel pek chek till lik tis...
The worst i ever met was tis aunty... She very very the demandin lor... In TTSH... She got 3 tooth brush... She will give u 2, then another one to wash... Then give u her stratchin stick ask u to wash... Got to wipe for her the table, dry it... Rinse her face towel... Do alot of things for her lor... Got one time brought her to the toliet... i washed my hands liao... Then nothin to do, so play about wif the door knob... Told off by her... Don touch me... ur hands r dirty, u touch the door, People do their business touch the door, then is dirty. Wash ur hands again... etc... Alot of demands from her so... Talk on the phone, hosp line, not the private line, eg, each pt side got a phone tat kind no lor... She will hog it for 30 mins lik tat, n u got to hold it for her... So far, haven't met her match yet! N of coz don hop to...
Tat why lor... I dunno why tis aunty i met jus abit demandin... Not so much as tis aunty... But i very pek chek liao...
Of coz, we do get very happy when u see the patients well enough to go back... They always say thank u... u very gd, etc... they v warm... Which makes me very warm n touch... all if u see their conditions gettin better, u so very happy...
If now attachment only cannot stand, i dunno how can i stand it if i am workin!!! I lik my job, yet at the same time i hate it...
I very worry... I am of coz bent on completin my course... But bent on workin in tis line? I dunno... Kinda of put off... Yet actually lookin forward to it... Haha... I crazy rite? But i am unhappy, yet still want tis job... Dunno wat's wrong wif me also...
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All the shifts the same... 3 shifts a day... mornin, noon or nite...Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):tehan first lor..when u post is higher then u do less Shit job right?
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the same things i wrote still stand...
take some time to think about what you would like to do and if nursing is something you really really want to do.. almost a need.. if not already a need...
i wish you well
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not the shifts lah... as in if u in a higher post like supervisor or something. then u have to do less dirty things right maybe?? then maybe u can enjoy what u do more...Originally posted by ahkico:All the shifts the same... 3 shifts a day... mornin, noon or nite... -
Thanks...Originally posted by the Bear:the same things i wrote still stand...
take some time to think about what you would like to do and if nursing is something you really really want to do.. almost a need.. if not already a need...
i wish you well
I think i jus love my job... Jus tat sometimes it really gets too tough to bear... The stress factor n all... Jus hop to find a way to cope wif all tis... Coz i couldn't bear myself for havin tis kind of moody feelin... Feelin irrated, yet hide it lik very fake... But no choice of coz to hide it...
Jus hop tat i can balance it out, coz i really dun want to be irrated coz of such a small matter... I feel is lik not fair when i can treat other pts beyond my line of duty... whereas to some... I jus do wat i need to do...
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Ha ha... True so... But the higher u get, the more stress u get... Act when we gra out, tis is not really so much part of ur job... N don really mind all tis lor... It comes wif the job n is expected rite from the beginnin... May the stress sometimes make us so pek chek ba...Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):not the shifts lah... as in if u in a higher post like supervisor or something. then u have to do less dirty things right maybe?? then maybe u can enjoy what u do more...
Haha... Thanks for sharin ur experience in the previous post! -
ahkico JIA YOU BA!!!
Dun give up! You can do it de. know u so long le never seen you given up so dun do it. xiao qiang here help jia you.
The Only Easy Day...... Was Yesterday. -
u r not the only one counting time till break .. then home! everyone also the same!
but 1st u have to think about why u decide on nursing in the 1st place. maybe u have seen those tv dramas about nurses, wah patient so nice, fellow nurse so handsome. can get romantic with handsome doctors! those are far and few lor. the good side...
Now u experiencing the darker side. bad patients, stress, no rest etc. its of course different from study, thats why its called attachment. its a taste of what is to come when u become a nurse. now u understudy nurse and u feel stress, imagine the stress when u become a qualified nurse. do all the shit, endure all the tantrums by the patients and still have to smile when u feeling miserable. thats why nursing also a pretty highly paid job. it really needs one to be totally committed and self sacrificing to be a good nurse.
Not to scare u. I got a friend whose wife is a nurse. she always busy with her work and tired, especially during the sars scare time while he work shift and got more spare time. slowly they drifted apart. when they divorce, the guy had a baby by another woman
All in all, its really up to u to decide if really want to be a nurse. u have to be mentally prepared if u wanna be a good one lor. -
Feel irritated cos of the patients? will it make u feel better if u know the patients throw tantrums becos they feel miserable and not on purpose?Originally posted by ahkico:Thanks...
I think i jus love my job... Jus tat sometimes it really gets too tough to bear... The stress factor n all... Jus hop to find a way to cope wif all tis... Coz i couldn't bear myself for havin tis kind of moody feelin... Feelin irrated, yet hide it lik very fake... But no choice of coz to hide it...
Jus hop tat i can balance it out, coz i really dun want to be irrated coz of such a small matter... I feel is lik not fair when i can treat other pts beyond my line of duty... whereas to some... I jus do wat i need to do...
tell u what i do when i feel miserable. i make myself busy so i got no time to feel miserable. and when i finish all the job, its already home time so happy , another day has passed.]
maybe is u change of environment not adjusted yet so make u more irritable.
another thing that will help is having a bf. then u got someone to fa all ur lau sao on -
Hi,
Take each situation as a lesson to be learn.
Lessons are not only learn in classrooms. That's what attachments are for.
Take it as it comes.
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My dip is in accountancy. One of my friends join the big four after we graduated. The work there was super duper stressful and she was so stress that she would cry herself to sleep at night. I advise her to quit and find another job which she did and she was much happier after that.
A dip in nursing will help you open doors in future,but you need not be a nurse but can do other nursing related jobs as well. I feel that it is a pity for you to give up now, as it would be one year wasted.
Hope you are able to endure and grad with dip in nursing.
Good Luck ! -
maybe you'll feel happy when u see a sick patient wheel into the hospital and later walk out a healthy person.
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Nursing is really an angelic profession and u haf my full respect! [chest-bang]
Think abt the rewards tt u will be recieving at the end of the day......eg patients recovering etc.
For my recently completed attachment, i work under the Sun from 8am to 7pm Mondays to Saturdays for 8 wks.
U have chosen nursing as ur road.....i'm sure tt's ur interest. Stick to it and u will see the fruits -
Yup... get extremely happy when u see them improvin or when they r well and able to go home... Mayb is tis tat keeps me goin thru... Thanks!Originally posted by whohuh:maybe you'll feel happy when u see a sick patient wheel into the hospital and later walk out a healthy person. -
I agree with this...U can do related jobs...maybe...paramedic with SCDF?ur job ends when the patient reaches the hospital...so no "maintanance" of the patient but then there is always the bad part of the job...like...lots of blood and some of the accident patients dont look very nice when they lie in the ambulance...etc..(I am not a paramedic by the way.)Originally posted by tspg:My dip is in accountancy. One of my friends join the big four after we graduated. The work there was super duper stressful and she was so stress that she would cry herself to sleep at night. I advise her to quit and find another job which she did and she was much happier after that.
A dip in nursing will help you open doors in future,but you need not be a nurse but can do other nursing related jobs as well. I feel that it is a pity for you to give up now, as it would be one year wasted.
Hope you are able to endure and grad with dip in nursing.
Good Luck !
should U decide to give up and change course...I dont feel its a pity...because its important that U enjoy what U learn/do...at least for me 
...I made changes to my education path and still think it is in my best interest... -
Thanks for all the replies! U all have been really encouragin...
Very touch liao...
Think i really lov my job v much coz it is really my dream... Jus tat mayb the goin too tough... very hard to tak it... so mayb fa fa lao sau... Really think i mus learn to control my behaviour n emotions n keep in under wraps!
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Originally posted by ahkico:Thanks for all the replies! U all have been really encouragin...
Very touch liao...
Think i really lov my job v much coz it is really my dream... Jus tat mayb the goin too tough... very hard to tak it... so mayb fa fa lao sau... Really think i mus learn to control my behaviour n emotions n keep in under wraps!
Thanks every one! 
Where ya working at now? Still a student 
Well.. Being a nurse is very much about LOVE... Of course, there'll be some who just DO THEIR JOB and get home...
And it's really not a job about RECOGNITION... Cause everybody's basically doing the SAME sh|t... Yeah... Can be REALLY DEMORALISING ESPECIALLY when you're having other 'complications' or problems which you'll need to handle in other aspects of your life... And when your family, friends or even bf can't be understanding enough to the working hours and tasks you're going through...
Not easy... So ORDINARY.. Yet not just anybody's cup of tea...?