.Friday, February 1, 2008 ' 12:50 PM Y
TRINITY MEGAN
Yup. It is indeed a joy to be in one. The idea of doing a newly learnt procedure on a fellow friend sounds kinda scary. But, we don't have a choice. We have to do it in order to really learn and master the skill of how to do the procedure.
Today, my partner and I took each other's blood. As we are in Semester 6 (the last semester of my 3 years course) and we learn the subject on Emergency and Disaster Nursing, we have to learn how to take blood and insert a cannula (that's the thingy that is inserted into someone's vein to give fluids and you will see either a drip going into someone's body or the needle will just be there for treatment purposes). Erm, hope I am not making you feel like you wanna sleep with those medical jargons. Anyway, so we pricked each other. And I succeeded!!! I manage to obtain my partner's blood. Of course you feel the excitement for the success but the moment you yourself kena poked, it is not a laughing matter. For the faint-hearted and cannot tahan a little pain kinda person, this will be the scary part as you have to endure the pain of a needle going into you. I consider myself as quite strong and not that pain-fear kinda person but I tell you, I really pray to God when the needle goes into me and told myself to stay strong and this is just part and parcel of learning. I poke you, you poke me. Fair right?
not for the faint-hearted...
I still remember during my first year when we learnt how to do bed bath or more commonly known as "sponging" for medical personnels. My teacher wanted a real model to be naked for the procedure!!! Luckily enough, she relented and approved of a girl wearing a swimsuit for the procedure to be done on her. My thought at that time was, what if there is a lesbian among the 59 of us gals. Won't she be very "untung"? My goodness, I can't imagine what is one that lesbian's mind when we are doing the demo on my poor swimsuit-clad friend. LOL! Apparently, I know of one gal who is a bi in my group. Yes, it is true. She admitted it herself.
Moving on to something straight (pun intended), I feel it's a fun experience so far and I enjoy my life as a student nurse here. Even when not everyday is a bed of roses and rainy days fall on me, but I still cross my fingers and hope for the best. I believe determination will get me through the next 5 months. Counting down....