Aaah..... work is really crazy. I mean, it's been very hectic nowadays at work where I've started as a RN Supervisor for the 3-11 shift. It was really really inevitable to get stressed out and loss your temper, which I could understand.
As a professional nurse for more than twenty years (24 years actually), I've seen a lot of those point blank. Personally, I got used to it and was not even affected by it anymore, but here's the story that I will share to you and I am hoping it will give you a huge impact on your professional journey.
In a four floor facility that I am working I worked side by side with another your male supervisor which was just probably started months ahead of me at the facility. I mean no harm about him. He was very smart, quick thinker, massive decision maker, and very very direct, and firm. I always salute those kind of professional aura. He was cool actually. But sometimes he can lose his temper and blow a corrugated horn (bad karma).
Anyways, one day during work there were like five admissions and I usually handled the IV medications for the whole building and was also helping him out for the admissions. His jobs was just admitting new patients and sometimes helped me with the IVs if he is not busy.
That day upon my arrival at work, which I came late because of the traffic from school, he requested me to help out Billy in fourth floor because Billy has to transfer a patient at the hospital. I was helping out a patient in one of the room priming up the TPN and intralipids when he paged me three times from the walkie-talkie. Apparently, the walkie-talkie was off because I was in the patient's room.
He went upstairs and screamed at me that he paged me three times and warned me that the patient in third floor will threaten to call Ombudsman because her morphine was not given to her. Then he left without even letting me explain what happened. Good thing there were no staff who had witnessed that outburst. That was the first time that I saw him blowing his corrugated horn.
That moment I felt so minute and that I cannot pick up my knees from the floor (just a metaphor) but my ego was been wrecked and I felt so humiliated. I was quiet the whole time and had never said any words the whole night which he had also noticed but did not apologized. Plus he made some side comments of my flaws in admitting and doing nursing care. And what of him..... a perfect nurse without, a minor or major, flaws?
I mean I have a lot of nursing experience and have seen much more than that. I know I have the patience and finesse to put a face on and pick up myself but the hurt was been there and could not just be erased there. Just like a glass that was broken and it will not go back to it's original appearance despite how many times you will fix it.
It was belittling and condescending but I won't stoop to that level and succumb to his unprofessionalism. In the end, I'm still more experienced than him, have been to a lot of nursing areas and fields (if I enumerate it here it will be a long list), been almost twenty-five years for this profession, and multi-trained in different areas of nursing.
I short, I just don't want to dwell on it because in reality work is work and whatever had happened at work it should be left and buried there anyway. I know for sure that he regretted what he have done but just don't have the courage to swallow his ego and apologize to me.
Heck no, I'm still here with my chin and head up... flagging myself that I'm still more professional and more experienced than him. Just can't get rid of the crack in my ego or feelings but all is well actually. God will save me all through this. Thank you Lord for everything that you have done to me. And my prayers to him as well to get enlightened of what he had done, losing his temper and crack on me point blank.
Friday, July 24, 2015
Dis-stressing A Gouty Dilemma
Well, just posting the dilemma that I have regarding my right arm, because everytime I woke up in the morning my right arm was so numb and tingly. It signaled me to get up from the bed and had made me alarmed that my right side was so numbed and slightly painful.
I felt that it was rheumatism but I just don't want to make so much trust on my assumptions because who knows it might be something. I mean I have an ongoing terminal disease which had really spooked me for years, plus I haven't had taken any medications for it for more than six months because it was costly and I have no insurance the previous months. It was so hard to really keep abreast of my help because I am locked out for financial support.
It was been a struggle but the reality really hurts you know. I hope everything will be fine. I'm just probably a little skeptical or maybe shall we say prophetically paranoid. It's just really hard if you know a lot about the medical field. You always misdiagnosed yourself with unrelated diagnosis, such hypochondriac. Ahem!
One of my best friend in college had hinted that it was probably a pre-symptom of gout. Maybe she was right about it. Actually, I'm on allopurinol already, so I immediately started taking them again after several months that I did not took it and then voila, the tingling and numbness was been lessened. Maybe she was right about it.
Plus, the previous months I succumbed myself eating foods that were rich in uric acids so maybe that had also triggered my current gouty signs and symptoms. I was really worried about it so now that I have an insurance I have to schedule myself to see my primary doctor.
I don't know if stress can also trigger the symptoms of gout, but when it comes to stress... aha, I have lots of those. Tell me someone who is not is distress right now. Almost everyone I think, whether how major or minor it was still it is stress.
Another thing that had come up to my mind is the Yoli BBS that I am taking for so many months (probably more than six months) because I felt that the Passion drink had dehydrated me so much because of my frequent bouts of diuresis. I was thinking that I might be hyponatremic, as evidenced by the tingling and numbing sensations. Which also make sense that my heart was rapid and palpitating. Just a though I guess. But still the benefits of Yoli for me was so enormous that I won't give it up. Oooops! The truth is I got hooked to it. Hehehe!
Maybe, this is a wake up call for me to exercise again. So I might take my time to do it despite of my very very hectic work skeds. Otherwise, I will still suffer the same dilemma. I think the decision is up to so, let me think for it many many times and will keep you abreast of what will happen. Thanks for the continued support. Ciao guys!
I felt that it was rheumatism but I just don't want to make so much trust on my assumptions because who knows it might be something. I mean I have an ongoing terminal disease which had really spooked me for years, plus I haven't had taken any medications for it for more than six months because it was costly and I have no insurance the previous months. It was so hard to really keep abreast of my help because I am locked out for financial support.
It was been a struggle but the reality really hurts you know. I hope everything will be fine. I'm just probably a little skeptical or maybe shall we say prophetically paranoid. It's just really hard if you know a lot about the medical field. You always misdiagnosed yourself with unrelated diagnosis, such hypochondriac. Ahem!
One of my best friend in college had hinted that it was probably a pre-symptom of gout. Maybe she was right about it. Actually, I'm on allopurinol already, so I immediately started taking them again after several months that I did not took it and then voila, the tingling and numbness was been lessened. Maybe she was right about it.
Plus, the previous months I succumbed myself eating foods that were rich in uric acids so maybe that had also triggered my current gouty signs and symptoms. I was really worried about it so now that I have an insurance I have to schedule myself to see my primary doctor.
I don't know if stress can also trigger the symptoms of gout, but when it comes to stress... aha, I have lots of those. Tell me someone who is not is distress right now. Almost everyone I think, whether how major or minor it was still it is stress.
Another thing that had come up to my mind is the Yoli BBS that I am taking for so many months (probably more than six months) because I felt that the Passion drink had dehydrated me so much because of my frequent bouts of diuresis. I was thinking that I might be hyponatremic, as evidenced by the tingling and numbing sensations. Which also make sense that my heart was rapid and palpitating. Just a though I guess. But still the benefits of Yoli for me was so enormous that I won't give it up. Oooops! The truth is I got hooked to it. Hehehe!
Maybe, this is a wake up call for me to exercise again. So I might take my time to do it despite of my very very hectic work skeds. Otherwise, I will still suffer the same dilemma. I think the decision is up to so, let me think for it many many times and will keep you abreast of what will happen. Thanks for the continued support. Ciao guys!
Smelling The Inevitable
Can't complain these days. Life is a ritual as it seems. Boring..... but full of work related issues. I felt nauseated already about it but what could I do... I have to do a living.
Anyways, it will be four more months and I'm gonna be spending a grand vacation in October. Hope this will work one time and I cannot wait for it to happen. I am like a little boy waiting for my momma's best baked cookies being done in the oven. I felt ecstatic and delighted at the same time. I can smell it already. It's at the tip of my nose.
Without a big fuss I just take all these hoopla about work, swallow my pride, save some green monies and take off to the vast spaces of Mexico and Philippines. It will be a blast and I am very very excited. Just like that reaction of a kid waiting for his mom's best baked yummy and chewy cookies. Delightful isn't it.
Yeah, I'll be gone for six weeks and I almost planned out what to do. That's why I couldn't not stop going back to this blog and just blog my thoughts away. Writing is my therapy and everything must be written so that I can just recount what I have been thinking. At least I have a testament that I actually did something to plan out my travels and that if some adjustments were needed to be done at least it was written down.
It is not just a piece of cake to take care of things that's supposed to be happening but it was really challenging and fun as well. At least I got to research all the places that I needed to go and also pre-selected the best local restaurants of the places that I needed to visit.
Reading all those massive information of those places were just a swift of fresh air because it actually brought my imagination to the place for me to feel how it really feels to be there. I also used the Earth Google application which really gave me the geographical representation of the place... which was really pretty handy.
I am glad I am living in the modern world full of wonderful applications that really had laid out everything, every ideas, every physicality of the place, the gastronomic atmosphere of the place, the economic and political situations, as well as the safety of roaming the place for the travelers.
It just doesn't save time but also money as well. Life is very convenient indeed nowadays. I still wish I could live in the primitive times. Hehehe.... don't mind me, that was just a metaphor.
Anyways, it will be four more months and I'm gonna be spending a grand vacation in October. Hope this will work one time and I cannot wait for it to happen. I am like a little boy waiting for my momma's best baked cookies being done in the oven. I felt ecstatic and delighted at the same time. I can smell it already. It's at the tip of my nose.
Without a big fuss I just take all these hoopla about work, swallow my pride, save some green monies and take off to the vast spaces of Mexico and Philippines. It will be a blast and I am very very excited. Just like that reaction of a kid waiting for his mom's best baked yummy and chewy cookies. Delightful isn't it.
Yeah, I'll be gone for six weeks and I almost planned out what to do. That's why I couldn't not stop going back to this blog and just blog my thoughts away. Writing is my therapy and everything must be written so that I can just recount what I have been thinking. At least I have a testament that I actually did something to plan out my travels and that if some adjustments were needed to be done at least it was written down.
It is not just a piece of cake to take care of things that's supposed to be happening but it was really challenging and fun as well. At least I got to research all the places that I needed to go and also pre-selected the best local restaurants of the places that I needed to visit.
Reading all those massive information of those places were just a swift of fresh air because it actually brought my imagination to the place for me to feel how it really feels to be there. I also used the Earth Google application which really gave me the geographical representation of the place... which was really pretty handy.
I am glad I am living in the modern world full of wonderful applications that really had laid out everything, every ideas, every physicality of the place, the gastronomic atmosphere of the place, the economic and political situations, as well as the safety of roaming the place for the travelers.
It just doesn't save time but also money as well. Life is very convenient indeed nowadays. I still wish I could live in the primitive times. Hehehe.... don't mind me, that was just a metaphor.
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Planning Phase
I didn't realized that planning a trip was really hard and taxing. I have been to several getaways and taking those vacations was been fun and enjoyable but I just tend to brush off the rigors of planning them because it was really very draining to the mind.
Whew... I have a dose of it right now and believe me it's not a good idea to have done it. Albeit, I have to do it because of course I have to have a getaway away from job. Anyway, planning is paramount in every endeavor to make it more essential and successful. Despite the setbacks of being time consuming yet the promise of a very enjoyable getaway is apparent.
First off, I have to schedule my twelve days getaway to Mexico. Can wait to get back to those places that I have been and also make some plans to places that I have not been yet. Can't really wait for this because this will be the boiling point of my vacation.
I guess twelve days is not enough to roam around Mexico but I have some beautiful and stunning places plotted already. First off, I'll be arriving in Guadalajara and will be planning to go to Puerto Vallarta, Irapuato, Morelia, then take a bus and go to the central part like Toluca, Leon, Guanajuato, and San Miguel de Allende. Then from there I will stay over in Mexico Distrito Federal and stay a night at Cuernavaca before I head to Oaxaca.
The main reason I wanted to go back to Mexico is that I needed to continue some unfinished business from the last trip I've had in Oaxaca. I promised myself before to go back and see the ruins of the Aztecs in Monte Alban and the gold altar of the Santo Domingo Church in the Jesuit convent at the outskirts of Oaxaca.
Then my last nights will be partying in Zona Rosa in Distrito Federal and of course I needed to go back to Tom's Leather Bar and enjoy a night away with gorgeous Mexican boys.
Then when I come back to Los Angeles, I have only two days of rest then I am going to the Philippines to also settle some unfinished business regarding my condominium in Cubao. Hopefully, this will be the last time to have it processed and all my headaches will be put to rest. So help me God!
Whew... I have a dose of it right now and believe me it's not a good idea to have done it. Albeit, I have to do it because of course I have to have a getaway away from job. Anyway, planning is paramount in every endeavor to make it more essential and successful. Despite the setbacks of being time consuming yet the promise of a very enjoyable getaway is apparent.
First off, I have to schedule my twelve days getaway to Mexico. Can wait to get back to those places that I have been and also make some plans to places that I have not been yet. Can't really wait for this because this will be the boiling point of my vacation.
I guess twelve days is not enough to roam around Mexico but I have some beautiful and stunning places plotted already. First off, I'll be arriving in Guadalajara and will be planning to go to Puerto Vallarta, Irapuato, Morelia, then take a bus and go to the central part like Toluca, Leon, Guanajuato, and San Miguel de Allende. Then from there I will stay over in Mexico Distrito Federal and stay a night at Cuernavaca before I head to Oaxaca.
The main reason I wanted to go back to Mexico is that I needed to continue some unfinished business from the last trip I've had in Oaxaca. I promised myself before to go back and see the ruins of the Aztecs in Monte Alban and the gold altar of the Santo Domingo Church in the Jesuit convent at the outskirts of Oaxaca.
Then my last nights will be partying in Zona Rosa in Distrito Federal and of course I needed to go back to Tom's Leather Bar and enjoy a night away with gorgeous Mexican boys.
Then when I come back to Los Angeles, I have only two days of rest then I am going to the Philippines to also settle some unfinished business regarding my condominium in Cubao. Hopefully, this will be the last time to have it processed and all my headaches will be put to rest. So help me God!
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