“DOH orders termination of Nurse Volunteer Programs.”
- when I heard this news, I felt a bit worried since I have high hopes and dreams for my nursing career, and if volunteer programs will be terminated… I don’t know if these dreams would still come to life considering the tough competition for the employment where the supply exceeds demands. On the sunnier point, I was thinking that maybe, this could be the ‘sign’ I’ve been asking for - whether to follow my parent’s advice to change my career path and continue with my almost suppressed dream.
Nursing was not my first course of choice, it was Journalism. But considering the high demands for Nurses back then, I opted to take up Nursing, which I eventually learned to love.
Nursing isn’t like any other job. As what they would always say, it is more of a vocation. In this profession, human lives are literally put in your hands – there is no room for errors because any mistake would mean fatal consequences.
As a nurse, one has to learn to effectively manage time since one has to juggle with different activities – from the giving of medications, doing bed side care, attending to patient’s needs, carrying out doctor’s orders and documenting anything significant that transpired during the whole shift. But I guess, it is very important that every nurse should have conscientious: Doing the right thing even if no one is around.
As a nurse, one has to learn to effectively manage time since one has to juggle with different activities – from the giving of medications, doing bed side care, attending to patient’s needs, carrying out doctor’s orders and documenting anything significant that transpired during the whole shift. But I guess, it is very important that every nurse should have conscientious: Doing the right thing even if no one is around.
I am lucky that the school where I graduated from has taught me well the essential principles for effective and safe practice of the profession. During my student days, our clinical instructor would usually assign me to critically ill patients (usually post-ICU and CVAs). But instead of complaining, I would take it as a learning opportunity to enhance my knowledge and at the same time, my skills.
At this point, I cannot finally bid my nursing career good-bye because my future is still uncertain; there is only one thing that I am sure of: this time, I will take risk. Simply because: I want to aspire for something better. And the 50-50 percent chance of either making it or breaking it is a gamble that I am willing to take.
And today, I have made my decision, final and official…
Exactly one month from now, I will again be going back to my bum state. But this time, I am a complete different person. Gone are the days wherein everything was a routine. This time, I will relax and take things one step at a time.
I am overflowing with ideas of what I will do for the next few months: continue my MA degree (but not as a full time student anymore), read more intellectual books, have a make-over, blog often, take up photography class, learn how to cook, eat more nutritious foods, meet my true love, fall in love, travel, worry less, procrastinate less, limit my sugar intake. Ah... The list seems endless!
I have finally gained the courage to pursue my dream. It was a fantasy, and hopefully would soon become a reality.
I have 2 more months to prepare. Wish me luck!:)
Xoxo,
Joie
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