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everything had to stop for me because i have to take care of my sick brother. he’s in the hospital now and is being observed because the doctors can’t rule out anything yet. anyway, i have been spending a lot of my time in the hospital and i got tired of Dr. House. I had to date Chuck and Sarah Walker (of the tv series Chuck) and Clark Kent and Lana Lang (Smallville) to get me out of boredom.

anyway, going back to the hospital brings back that sort of spark whenever i like something. as you all know i’m a nurse. when we brought my brother to the ER, i can feel the excitement of having to be there. i like ER duties. i like giving care to those who needed it instantly. blood, needles, wounds don’t scare me easily now. i like the idea that i get to ambubag a patient while trying to figure out what to do next. the adrenaline rush… i can’t explain it really… having to apply pressure to a wound… having to insert an IV… to inject medicines… it’s like i’m having my own world when i’m in the emergency room.

what’s more exciting is having to fetch a patient or bring a patient by ambulance. it feels like i’m invincible. now i remember my experience when we were trying to fetch a very toxic patient from another hospital and they didn’t endorse that we need to bring a suction machine because the patient’s secretion had to be suctioned. the doctor who came with us decided to bring the patient even without it. you know what happened? the ambulance stopped in the middle of the road. something was wrong with it and we were stuck with a patient who was really in danger in drowning in her own secretions! and do you know what’s worse? it was raining! even the orderly didn’t understand how i was able to get out of the ambulance holding 2 IVs while ambubaging the patient. that was really an experience!

there’s one thing i hate about hospital duties though. there are really persons who are very hard to get along with. it’s like their favorite past time is to torture other people by saying things that are not supposed to be said. nurses and doctors should be empathic but sometimes they(we) are the one who speaks out of the line. that’s why you get to see patient’s loved ones making a scene because nurses and doctors are not therapeutic in dealing with people.

of course, there is always gossips anywhere and that does not exclude hospitals. and yes, hospitals have its own version of scandals too. it’s between a male doctor and a female nurse or an intern and with a nurse or a doctor… it’s all messed up.

despite of those things, i really like taking care of sick people and even sick, arrogant ones. the sick patients are not really the hardest people to deal with. it’s their loved ones. but then it goes with package. they are affected too and sometimes they don’t know how to deal with the situation. patience and understanding have to be stretched to avoid confrontations.

so there. i’ve blab again without knowing as to where this topic is going. i have to go now to catch up with the attending physician because i was questionning the intern’s prescription. i’m no doctor but i do understand some stuff too.

have a great day everyone while i get myself stuck with Clark Kent and Lana Lang to finish the 7 seasons of smallville. yep, dibidi marathon….