Today's first day on the ward for this placement. Paediatrics is something really different. I'm in cardiology/renal ward, but coincidently all my preceptor's patient are not under cardio/renal unit. Had a quiet afternoon, our patients' all good, so for first half of the shift we've been helping out other nurses.

So, my first exposure of paeds:
- Had a 5-hour-old new born baby girl admitted into the ward for congenital heart defect. Definitely my youngest patient so far!
- Played with 5-month-old baby girl who was admitted under General Medicine. Active, cute smiling baby. Got a chance to feed her milk too. =)
- 2-year-old boy woke up from nap and realised his mummy was not there. No one managed to coax him, and I had to phone his mum to come back to ward.
- Had 2 patients from Oncology. They are the older children (7 and 10 years old), so pretty easy to take care of.

That's all I can think of now. Quite tired despite having an easy shift. Lots of new terms to remember. And I have to try to get used to the shift work again. Can't wait for more challenges!

Time to sleep... Ciao~!

Kinda abandoned this blog for awhile. >.< Life was so busy last semester that I didn't really blog anything about it. Time to re-cap!


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Last semester:


Placement at Neuroscience department was great. Interesting patient, hectic workload, great learning experience. Did alright in the subjects. Not extremely happy about my results, but I think I should feel contented.

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Semester break:

Went down to Canberra. Passport was done. =)
Meiyin was here for holiday. EAT and EAT was the agenda. :P Suffering from the aftermath now. >.<
Kenny got offered scholarship in UNSW and hence moved out. No more "*knock knock* Irene you want tong shui?" from Kenny. =(
Esther moved in and become my housemate! :D

And then... start of uni... >.<

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This semester:

FINAL semester!!! I think it would be even busier than last semester. 4 subjects and no final exams mean lots of assignments due date throughout the semester. Having a study group for a separate exam preparation as well. Consistent studying and working on assignment will be the best way for this semester.

Having placement at cardiology/renal ward of the Children's. Today is the first day of placement. Spent most of the morning having ward orientation. Most of the patients in the ward are less than 2 years old. Seeing sick little children, with tubes going in and out of their bodies makes my heart flinch. Maybe I should think it from another perspective, that it will be nice seeing them getting better and able to live a healthy normal life.

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I guess that's all for now. My brain is kinda messed up with congenital heart defects terminology and issues of management of aboriginal health at the same time. Can't think. >.<