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Qualifications: Nursing student Male/Female Will take the NLE on June 2008 Studious (and determined to pass) Can study in a group (advantage) Can live without television Can share on a 4-6 person capacity Condo unit located along U-belt Not a party person If you meet the following requirements, please mail me at: ajsanpedro[at]gmail[dot]com Thanks. **Roommate is needed from April-May. Just an update: I'm enjoying my life. I'm happy and contented (though still aiming and working for the best).

Kulang dalawang buwan na lang, maabot ko na ang pinapangarap ng lahat ng isang estudyante. Ang makaakyat sa entablado para makuha ang pinakamimithing diploma na sumasagisang ng isang pagiging ganap na propesyunal. Pero para sa akin, higit pa doon ang ligaya na alam kong mararamdaman ko sa oras na mangyari yun. Hindi lahat nagkaroon ng lakas ng loob o nabigyan ng karapatan para makuha ang kursong gusto nila. Noon, nakaramdam ako ng paanyaya mula sa itaas para pumasok sa seminaryo upang gampanan ang isang tungkulin. Tinanggihan ko sapagkat hindi pa ako handa ng mga panahon na yun. Tinalikuran ko ito para sa isang mas magandang pangarap, ang maging isang tagapangalaga, o isang nars. Doktor talaga ang gusto ko noon pa man ngunit dahil hindi kayang suportahan ang aking nais, nilapit ko kahit papaano para sakaling palarin man ako sa propesyon na kuhanin ko, maipagpapatuloy ko. Walang nasayang. Sobra sobra pa nga eh. Natuto akong mangarap hindi lamang para sa sarili ko kundi para na rin sa ib...

This is our first day of clinical duty at EENT department. I am excited as curiosity pours my mind about what is done in this department for I haven’t been in exposed in areas like Out-Patient Department nor to a JICA unit. As we are new to the area, our instructor oriented us in the different parts of OPD Department. Unfortunately, I was not assigned at the ophthalmology care unit because only two students were to be designated to take the area. Instead, I was assigned at the Acute Psychiatric Unit together with my 2 classmates. We were laughing because we were titled “BS Nursing major in Vital Signs”. To make the task easy for the three of us, we worked as a team and not as individual nurses handling one client each. Nerie was assigned in taking client’s respiratory rate as she document the vital signs taken. Noel was assigned to take the blood pressure of the client as he waits for the thermometer to take effect to get the client’s temperature. Lastly, I was assigned to take the cli...

i felt a bittersweet feeling na naman when we went to Phil Gen (Philippine General Hospital) last March 23. bumalik na naman lahat ng alaala. haha. but anyways, i am happy where i am now. Let me tell you one's own feeling to the largest hospital in the Philippines - the Philippine General Hospital. actually, to be a nurse, working in Phil Gen is a fulfillment to everyone. it's a different feeling working there. It is not common to everyone that working there isn't really easy. since it is a service to humanity and it is no question that 60-75% of the total population of the Philippines is beyond poverty line, money is a big issue. Phil Gen has 5000 bed capacity and most who are admitted are from poor families. most really doesn't have money to even buy a urine or suction catheter. and instead of renting a mechanical ventilator, may just use a human humidifier - a manual ambubagging to support breathing. and so as a nurse, you have to be resourceful and smart to think of...