.Sunday, August 5, 2007 ' 4:43 PM Y
TRINITY MEGAN
I'm a girl who is studying to be a nurse, currently in second year, which means I have less than a year to graduate, as it is a 3 years course. Life as a student nurse here really changed my whole perspective on what a nurse is really like. Before I came here, I have never given nursing as a profession much thought at all. I mean, who would have thought that nursing is not only about cleaning the humble faecal matter of other human beings and jabbing people in the butts every chance we have or even be in touch with blood every milisecond of our life? Certainly not what I intend to do for the whole of my life. But that changed as I grow every minute I am here like seeds carefully sown hoping that one day, it will be a beautiful, strong tree and able to withstand harsh weather for survival. I am indeed glad to be here and has since not look back on my life thinking "Maybe I really should not be here and chosen another path. This is so not me."
When my application for this course was successful and I was about to come here soon, my mother who hoped for me to be a teacher like her said to me, "Are you sure you really want to be a nurse? You have to clean people's backside and be on night duty. Are you sure you can take it?" My reply was I am good about it and really do not mind to take up a journey where I am about to discover another side of me unraveled. I am a girl who has always given myself surprises and like challenges as I think life is about getting up from a fall and showing to myself and others at how much I can achieve through effort and faith.
What is life without determination? It means nothing and all you get is just a futile life, waiting for God-knows-what to fall on you. I believe in choosing a journey where I may not know the outcome and consequences as to what will befall me but i trod on. I feel life is more meaningful and the joy i get for serving and nursing patients, making them feel better and more comfortable. Sickness and old age is inevitable. It is up to the individual and loved ones surrounding us to overcome the harsh facts of life and move on.
So what I have been doing as a routine in the wards where i went for training every now and then may bore normal people but i enjoy every moment of it though not always. Who haven't? Life is certainly looking bright and the learning journey is endless. All I can say is nursing changed me and I hope it changed yours too.