Move over JUSTICE LEAGUE!

It was only yesterday that i realized the full extent of the consequences of becoming a nurse here in the Philippines. I only hear of anecdotes of some sort on how government nurses go beyond capacity in order to attend to their patients. Fortunate I consider myself because the hospital where I am working now is limited in terms of it's capacity and capability. Our hospital is categorized as Primary, meaning it can only accommodate simple medical, OB-GYN and emergency cases. I do not intend diminish the said hospital but as I mentioned it is categorically "PRIMARY". I just cannot relate this nominal category of the hospital to the functionality the NURSING SERVICE assumes. Where in the world can you see a hospital having nurses assuming the jobs of the pharmacist, cashier, IW's, security personnel and even at times that of the doctor? Move over super friends! talk about multi-tasking! Oh for the love of NIGHTINGALE, these added functions are surmountable. What really pisses me the most are the inconsiderate significant others and even patients that demand a lot. It is quite understandable that they are ill and that they need care yet, they also have to realize that we are individuals, humans just like them. We become tired, hungry and impatient. It is never the fault of nurses when they retaliate back given the above circumstance. How can I become therapeutic if I am all alone to carry out the many functions in the hospital? In my duties I am responsible to man the ward, the out patient department, the emergency room and the delivery room all at the same time (not to forget the above extra functions we get to do in some occasions).This is reality for us...We do not have supernatural powers...and still we deliver!

Of recantations, of taking back

As I have read the many articles that I have written here, it made me realize how frustrated I was with the profession I have chosen to live. And yet, ironic as it may be, destiny has its way of putting things in its right perspective. Yes. I am a practicing nurse now. A government nurse to be exact. It just up to now can not sink into me that after all of the many sacrifices, the free labor, the indulgences to many a gimmick and the eventual frustration, I end up where I am suppose to be, a registered nurse, assuming a PAID JOB in a health care facility. I guess it's just a matter of time that I will be able to have a share in the spot light. It is really indeed dignifying to have remuneration to the services one has rendered. This new development will always remain one major milestone in my career. The task ahead is daunting, it is even frightening, yet I must face it all...Everything is bound to be in its place...just keep the faith...