Who could have thought that it was a year ago when i started working in Urdaneta General Hospital. It was a year indeed, and i felt it was just yesterday when i bumped in and talked to the chief nurse about my application. It felt like it was just yesterday when i asked a schedule for IVT from the nurse supervisor. Well, it was a year already. and i still have the enthusiasm :)
Before i graduated college, i already envision myself working in this hospital. for the first reason that i am urdanetarian and the hospital is a few blocks away from home. and second, when i felt that this is a good working experience for me.. a good place to practice my profession. It was the hospital where i have completed my cases. Thanks to my Mami Franz, my second Mom, who have helped me from then on.
It was after the board exam when i applied in the hospital. I haven't even known the result then, but i was really eager to work there, kahit N.A lang muna (although i am confident i will pass the board wink*wink*). The Chief Nurse told me that time wait for the result first. But i still pursued, and made an appointment with Dr. Banta for an Interview. He told me that they will call me.. July 2009 when the result of the exam released, No calls yet. I've done my BLS and SFAT, still no calls. IVT done. No Calls. That's when i found out that We need to follow up. Stupid ey? haha How did i found out??? when i went with Hazel on her application. Ma'am Mariel told me "bakit hindi ka nag follow up. October ka dapat eh. sa January na uli ang next na pag pasok ng mga volunteers". Oh crap.. so i thought i will be tambay for the end of the year then.
Nov. 9, 2009- It was the first day of My IVT completion of cases in the hospital. I was with Hazel then. It was my official first day as a Nurse. No C.Is to help.. It was envious seeing the other volunteers being good at inserting already, as this was my first. That day was also Ms. JUVY ROSE ROSARIO's first day as a volunteer (happy anniversary tol!!). Hazel and I went for duty everyday and other staff said "kayo lang ang IVT na everyday pumapasok". I thought they were joking. but seeing the IVT's now, i told myself "oo nga no? 2 weeks kami nag ivt.." So while waiting for Blood Transfusion cases, Hazel and i practiced our insertion, and doing some volunteer works. On November 16, 2009, The Nurse Supervisor talked to us and let us signed the volunteer contract of work. I was very delighted because i really wanted to be a volunteer, i couldn't wait for January then.
I loved working in the hospital, i love the working relationship with the staffs and my co-volunteers. With No hypocrisy,I wished, then, to get hired. So my game plan was to impress all of them. As i push myself in impressing them, i realized im pushing myself to impress ME. I took all the chances to learn, i took risk, i learned to love my work and as the days go by, i realize i still go to work on weekends and holidays. When my batch mate Juvy was hired on January 2010, the other old volunteers were jealous.. they started talking about how she was hired so soon etc. Me? i was happy for her. She became an Inspiration to me. That it doesnt need to have volunteered for a long time to be hired, it's the passion and the kind of work their giving. So excuse me for bragging, but i guess both Juvy and I is deserving to what we have right now.
I learned to become patient. When i wasn't a nurse, if people will shout at me i will say "Bring it on!". But when i started to work on the hospital, I can't even answer those patients who shouted, insulted, slaved me. It was a part of my job so i kept myself sophisticated. I really enjoyed the work. The sad part is when the other volunteers is, one by one, saying goodbye. I established Friendship indeed that's why it was hard saying goodbye to them. The staffs were really appreciative, one of the reason why i continued the work. They make me feel that i am a great help to them and that they feel very relaxed when they're with me. And Personally, i was longing for appreciation, and they've fulfill it. I was very delighted.
On June 2010, i was about to go on leave for vacation to figure things out when the chief nurse told me "galingan mo kasi very recomended ka" . I can't forget those words cause i've longing to here that from the chief nurse herself. so abroad plans- cancelled! i was hired on July 2010. It was really nerve racking because seeing them, it was easy, but the actual work is sssooo hard.. even harder than my history exams in highschool (hehe)., seriously, our work is not easy. We are caring lives that is why we should not commit any errors for there are no second chances.. if people asks "contractuals lang kayo dito?" i answered them "contractual kami dito!" no lang. My senior helped me a lot. I've adjusted very soon. and i can say i can rock this thing!! the salary?? never mind.. it's the thought that counts :)
What i learned from my staff then, i shared it with the other volunteers. I let them feel that they are volunteers in the hospital, not volunteers lang in the hospital. Hazel was hired as contractual too but for two weeks only for the reason that i really dont want to talk about cause its hurting me. Million times that it hurts Hazel. But she didn't let that surpass her character and her work. She is still doing a great job, and she is Priceless :) It was a wonderful year indeed. Full of surprises, Full of Love. They are things that rocks me a little bit, there are people who's not good to me, but i still handle it professionally, and as long as the hospital, the management and the patients love me, There is no way reason for me to leave..
Live.Love. Work
