Archive for April, 2010

30
Apr
10

Nursing Week Poster Entry

This is our group entry for the Nursing Week Poster Competition which will be held next month. I did most of the lay out and finished just in time for yesterday’s deadline. Please click the image to enlarge.

Nursing Week is celebrated across the world during the first to the second week of May. In the US, it is celebrated beginning May 6th and ending May 12th which is the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. In our hospital, a program will be held on the 12th and a nurses ball will be held on the 13th.

Cheers to all the nurses out there!

21
Apr
10

Online Party!

It’s an online party for BC Bloggers! It’s a great way to get to know each other in the cyberworld! I hope to be able to get to know everyone in the group. Thanks, Paula for organizing this party!

Cheers!

Now, let’s check out who’s attending…

Paula – A certified BC blogger – wife, mother, employee, blogger all rolled into one.

AC – A proud work-at-home mom and wife.

Bambie — Living a blissful and simple life in a fast paced city of tokyo with her Love and lil bundle of joy, Azumi. Loves anything kawaii and fabulous things.

Bambie/Sunshine – blogging to let you take a sneak peak into a world that is MINE. This is me, the real me. No hesitations, no presumptions, no holding back. I’m sharing my heart to you, no-holds barred.

Beng – A busy working mom of 2 handsome boys, Financial Analyst by profession.

Cacai M. – a Stay-At-Home-Wife and blogging is my passion. I am happy when people are happy. I view blogging as my open or public diary of random thoughts wherein I can express and share my views, reviews, thoughts, happiness, adventures, and experiences.” ~hugs&kisses~

Carmz – Newest Blogger on the Blogosphere! Workaholic, Fun and Crazy Girl of Makati District

Chin chin – Christian stay at home mom blogger blessed with 5 children – Thanks be to God’s grace and strength to live the everyday life.

Chris – A follower of Christ who loves being a wife and a stay at home mom.

debrajills diary – A Diary of a Mom and her Journal through Life as a wife, daughter and a mother.

eikcaj – God’s extra-ordinary girl….

Fedhz – I have a Kris Aquino mouth and a Judy Ann heart. Yes, I’m very sentimental and talkative and I guess that’s the very reason why I found myself blogging for more than 7 years now.

ferr’zWILL – I am just a simple jolly girl, sweet and heedful lady I love to depict unto others how I feel towards them.

Jade – A certified BC Blogger. Blogaholic, Workaholic but will soon be taking it slow…

KayeBlog designer extraordinaire. Not. Just blog designer. And writer, if you could consider my inane blog entries as “writing”. A WAHM from the beautiful city of Baguio, Philippines.

Inigo – Probably the youngest blogger at 21 months old. Posts were as early as fetal age.

Irish – A Christian family woman who’s trying to juggle her blogging duties, her full time work, taking care of a 2 year old daughter and being the best wife ever to her hubby.

Just Simple Thoughts – loving wife; loving daughter; loyal friend; wants everything to be fair and just…

Laane – Usually I describe myself as a mom of 6. The oldest 4 are boys, all with an autism spectrum disorder. The youngest is dealing with classic autism. The other 2 are girls. Twins. One is dyslectic, like one of the boys. I’m always busy arranging things for them, solving problems or guiding. Dealing with the problems other people caused is one of the main issues.

Liezl – the frustrated chemist but now a passionate blogger and an aspiring psychologist. Proud Batangeña living all alone in Manila, deeply in-love, spontaneous and witty. A good conversationalist, fearless enough to tackle love, sex and politics.

Lizeewong – I’m a girly girl, mommy and wife. My world is quite simple. It revolves around my babies who amuse me, my husband who completes me and my blog which pleasures me.

Mommy Bonz – Certified BC Blogger. A simple mom and wife with lots of hopes and dreams for her family. Finding time with everything, being a full time mom, wife and an employee and now a part-time blogger.

Mommy Rubz – a simple stay at home mom who takes care of three kids and 40 plus domains.

Nelson – A Surgical Nurse who blogs down his experiences, both clinical and personal. Happily married and now living in the UAE.

Niko – Happy Mom and Wife, Full time office slave and Part time BLOGGER :)

Nicquee – A corporate slave wanting to be WAHM for her kids and husband through blogging

Nuts – Blogging with my family as source of my inspiration..

Peachkins – babaeng bakla. foodie.mahilig magluto.coffee addict.froyo junkie. loves photos.dating call girl[call center agent].loves peanutbutter.NCIS LA & CSI fan. nanonood ng BITAG tuwing sabado ng gabi…..frustrated cop.

Pehpot – is a stay at home mom of four kids. A part time blogger of 8 blogs (and soon to be 10). A novice blogger who always share her new found tips and techniques (through NOOB) and your slave if the price is right.

Red is Marose – simple pero rock, a working mom, a wife, a daughter, a sister and a friend, hoping to be a work at home. A forum addict and now a trying hard blogger.

Ria – Wife, and a mother of one lovely daughter, likes to read books and collect just anything. A person of unpredictable characteristics, stubborn yet soft hearted, active yet demure.

Rossel – Maybe an addict blogger but very proud to say that she is a loving and caring queen of their home.

Rosette – Mysterious gal who finds happiness and contentment in her son and partner.

Sam – Adik na WAHMmy (Work At Home Mommy). Former call girl, este call center agent.

Sarah – A mother of two wonderful smart and active kids. A wife, enjoys singing, playing the piano, and a friend in need…

Shamrocks and Shenanigans – I’m a Wife, Mom, short order cook, driver, maid, gopher….My life is perfect. I am happily married…unless he takes the remote from me. I love food and I love to cook.

Sherry Rambling; Blogger: Live, Love, Laugh

Shydub – stay at home Mom, full time wife and started blogging since 2008 as pastime and moolah maker.

Tetcha – A WAHM chronicling her experience as a mother and wife and everything else in between.

Valerie/Surreal Princess – travel enthusiast, half –vampire, half-human, multi-tasking extraordinaire. Backpacker, Blogger, budding photographer, housewife and work at home
diva.

Verabear – I’ve been blogging here and there for about four or five years. I write for myself mainly, but I am happy whenever I get visits from both friends and strangers (*hint* I love getting comments!).

Vernz – A mother of three who loves free, budding potter, frustrated painter, trying hard blogger, dedicated teacher and a devoted mother.

Yami – Owns three blogs and work full time as work-at-home mom. I write just about anything that caught my interest and earn at the same time.

Yuuki – the drama queen, otaku, junkie collector, shopaholic, book worm, traveler, scientist, blogger, entrepreneur, lover, friend, fighter, survivor – complexity to the max!

Zoan – the single-mom blogger from Bukidnon.

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Late attendees, as of 23 Apr 2010

Kerslyn – A work-at-home wife, hubby’s cook, chef wannabe, and shutter button addict. Half Ilocana and half Bisaya with a Chinese taste buds.

Josie – Mother of three grown-ups, work at home mom, managing a home-based business,workaholic, busy as a bee but still trying my hand on blogging.

Gracia – A savvy chick with a big heart for fashion.

Kayce – I’m a stay at home mom, a businesswoman who manages our own business, an ebay seller, a singer-musician, a Christian and a servant of the Lord.

Charmie – I’m a frustrated career woman, a responsible, loving daughter and a sister.

ferry’zPROFESSION – A happy fulltime employee who loves to snip some of my time to blog, being a multi task is my game.

Mommy Liz – I am a wife and a mother to my 4 wonderful children and to 2 more, so we have 6 beautiful kids. I am a Stay at home mom and I am proud of it.

Maritz – A Civil Engineer by profession but work full time as a church admin officer. A fulfilled wife to a loving and God fearing husband and a mother of two wonderful children.

20
Apr
10

I Want to Listen

Yesterday’s shift was one of the best for me. Not only because I had less patient load, but also because I had more time for the patients under my care.

Usually I get 5-7 patients per shift. Depending on the cases, I sometimes feel that it is an overload because I don’t get to really give the best care that I want to give to my patients. When I get heavy patient loads, I just go to my patient rooms, greet them, give their medications, and leave. I would come back later on to assist them with morning care or if there will be procedures to be done for them. And if it’s really really busy, I would only be able to come back when they call using the buzzer system.

There was adequate staffing yesterday, and so I got a light patient load. I will not mention what kind of cases I had coz some might say it is still a heavy load. But I would just say that it is a light load in my opinion. And because of that, I was able to do something that I always want to do with my patients. And that is – TO LISTEN.

Having enough time to spend to each of my patients, I was able to sit down and converse with them. I mean, a really quality talk. Not just banging into their rooms with orders to do this and that because they need to go to a procedure. Not a hurried way of speaking having in mind that I have so many other things to do after talking to this patient.

While emptying Patient X’s drain bags yesterday, I got him into a conversation – about his family, his work and how he perceive his illness. He has cancer and his being able to openly share his feelings was a sign of acceptance about his condition. I was glad to be able to listen, because I know that helped him in some ways.

I took time giving a bed bath for patient Y, while his brother helped. Patient X had a head injury at work and is now bed ridden. He can’t even talk. His brother talked about the patient and how important he is to their family. My patient may not be able to speak, but I know he can hear. And if he fully understood what his brother was saying, I’m sure he’ll be proud of himself and will thank him for making him feel better.

Being into a busy surgical unit, it is sometimes impossible to be able to sit down and listen to each and every one under my care. My work ticks like a clock and most of the time I have to hurry things up because there are so many other activities to attend to. Sometimes I feel that there’s not much time to accomplish everything. 

But being able to talk and  listen to my patients are the things that make me feel more like a real nurse. I want my patients to be heard coz I know that it makes them feel that they are important. That they do exist. That they matter. That they are not just “one of the patients” in the hospital  that I need to attend to because I am being paid for my work.

There’s nothing worst than being a patient in a hospital where there is no one who would like to listen to your story. You are unheard. You feel that you are unimportant. I wish that none of my patients feel that way because of me.

18
Apr
10

BC Bloggers Party: Nurse Nelson Here

PhotobucketThe BC Bloggers group is coming up with an online party and part of this is posting a “getting to know me” post to get all the members acquainted with each other.

So as part of this group, I am posting this short description of myself. Pardon to some of the old-time readers here who may have known a lot already about me because I have posted a lot of things about myself here. But this will be for the sake of the new readers especially those from BC Bloggers.

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My Name is Nelson. I am from Bulacan but I got a place in Antipolo City also. I am at present in the UAE working for a huge hospital here. I am a registered nurse by profession and my specialty is Neurosurgery and General Surgery.

I am married to Didith, a civil engineer by profession, but now a full-time wife and mom to our little toddler Iñigo. Our son is  turning two years old this coming July. He has his own baby blog which I manage myself. Check that out HERE. I look foward to having another son or daughter but will probably have that in God’s perfect time.

I love to write, that’s why I put up this site. I usually write about my experiences in life – personal or at work. My world has become bigger because of the posts that I shared here, and because of the people who read them.

I like pastas – both eating and cooking. I also like Starbucks frapuccinos, Galaxy chocolates, Hardees burgers, McDonalds breakfasts, chocolate cakes, kakanins, adobos, tapsilog and most of all, my wife’s pork steak.

I like staying in toy shops even before I got married. Now,  my son benefits a lot from that. Our house is like a mini-toy kingdom now. There are toys everywhere.

So there goes a little something about myself. Nothing extraordinary. Just an ordinary nurse trying to make a difference, a simple man trying to live a happy and fruitful journey called life.

08
Apr
10

New Friends at BC Bloggers

My fellow blogger, Paula, made a brilliant idea of coming up of a way to make exchanging links easier. She was able to make a list of bloggers who are all interested in exchanging links and I was so glad that my blog got included in the list.

It was like gaining new blog friends in the cyber blog world. Here’s a list of blogs willing to exchange links with fellow bloggers. I hope to be able to check all of them in the coming days. Cheers!

Happy Thoughts
Handy Reviews
Mommy Diary
Paula’s Place
WAHM sa Pinas
Dadedidodu
Celebrity Diary
Healthy Fab Life!
Pink Spree
Crushed Pink
Dadtronic
Blog Fusion
Milestones
Worths Road
Simple Happy Life
Women Talk & Shopping
Sissy’s Pastime
In This Side of Town
Anything Davao
Some Things Are Free
Woman’s elan vital
Happy Home Working
Come Dine In
Cheeky Munchkins
Join My Stroll
Lizee’s Secret Garden
Surreal Princess
Attalife
oBizz
It’s Not Always About ME
Drama Queen
Scientific Blabber
Creative Thoughts
Family Memories to Treasure
Famous Circle
Happy Home and Family
Earthfriendly Momma
MommaWannabe
Diva Fabulosa
Life of Filipina Blogger
The Pinay Blogger @ Home
Health and Beauty Diva
Moms Write Stuff
Runaway Blogger
Best Vacation Places
Sissy’s Pastime
Zoie’s Mom Blogging
Little Zoie’s Steps
Cacai’s Steps and Journey
Cacai M.’s Place
Thoughts, Ideas and Resources
The Manic Mama
Various Words Mixed Thoughts
My Discoveries
Married and Happy About It
Pensive Thoughts
ferry’zWILL
Journey of Life and Profession
Debra Jill’s Diary
Topics on Earth
Mom’s Ups and Downs
Arts, Crafts and More
Kitchen Essentials
The Business Minded Mom
Lourdes’ Mia
Life and Scraps
Moolah Musings
I Luv Contests and More
The Ruby Posts
Reviewer’s Haven
Online Biz and Resources
A Woman’s Blog
Chika Buzz
Posh Thoughts
Ivory Tasks
The Digital Post
Rubz Online
Survivor Mom
Scoops 2 Buzz
Musings and Ramblings
The RICAFS Chronicles
The Pink Post
The Home Diva
All Things Kawaii
Best Pinay Mom
Mommy Rubz
Photo Memeries
Blogging Mama
Following Freedom
Friendship and Smiles
The Movie Mommy
The Business Minded Mom
Micah Izabel
Johann David
Bella Grace
DigitalCatharsis
InigoBoy
Chic & Fabulous
Nutrition & Healthcare Info
My Dream Destinations
Managing Finances
Fitness & Sports Info
Pets and More
MySmartHub
Live, Love, Laugh
Bloguardian Hellsite: Overcashed
Pinkville: Pink and Magic Convergence Zone
Spread the W.O.R.D!
The Sexy Techie Liz
Fortune Sharing
This is My life
Pinay Blogger sa America
My Home, My Kitchen and my Garden
Lucky Zoan
Shamrocks and Shenanigans
Sherry Rambling
Name Sherry
My Mom’s Best
Fab ♥ Momma
Azumi ★ My Kawaii Prinsesa’s Story
Beyond Feron
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