the incident from the nightingle nh created a stir in my workplace. the nurses were obviously very wrong. they should never do that. it's not about the role being a nurse, being compassionate or whatsover. it's an inhumane doing. anyone should not do that! hence, i was quite irritated upon reading comments on the nurses being incompassionate and not doing their jobs well blah blah. i can say that the children did not do their job well by placing their assisted 1 mother in a nh for 4 years. there must be reason(s) why they placed their mum in nh and there are also reason(s) why the nurses treated their mum such way. whatever it is, this incident put more pressure on the nurses. seriously. and esp the foreign ones. i've been asked a lot of times if i'm a local or not. and only after i answer i'm a local did i see a smile in their face. when my filipino colleagues chatted in tagalog, the patients' relatives seemed to stare at them with this 'not happy' impression. there was once when i screened the curtain to transfer the newly admitted patient from the ed trolley to the bed, the son wanted to see how we transferred. i seeked for his trust, trying to convince him. he said that he's worried for his mother. i got to gain his trust but i know this won't be the last time i'll face this kind of situation. being a nurse is not easy. i really believe that we must have passion being one or else we'll never love our job. it's not the jobscope. doing rounds with the drs, carrying out the changes ordered by the drs, administering meds, feeding and cleaning the patients are actually not hard to do. but to handle the antics of the patients and relatives. and sometimes the drs, but luckily, i can somehow get along with most of them, so it's not a big problem. heh. but seriously, i can almost breakdown tolerating the demands of the patients and relatives. they can be really too much. at times, i feel they're like bullying us, or maybe taking advantage of us. i know the relatives are concerned but they should learn that we can't always do eveything for the patients. why can't you feed your own mother? she doesn't have any swallowing impairment, she can consume normal diet consistency, but she prefers to be fed, so why can't you feed her? it's just weird ok? i don't like that feeling of feeding my patient and her children are looking at me with their folded arms. haa. i think the patient would prefer her own daughter feeding her to a stranger. i recalled this patient who verbalized that even her own children never feed her, instead they hired a maid to do so. i tried to reason out thay they maybe busy but she asked but why it's so difficult to feed her at least once. haiz... come on, we even have a campaign on filial piety. how pathetic can singaporeans be? well, both parties play a part in handling the patients. those nh nurses must be punished, their behaviours are completely intolerable! on the other hand, i also seek understanding and trust from the patients and relatives..

well, all i know is i do have passion in being a nurse, even though it's not easy to maintain that passion. haha. InsyaAllah, i'll carry out my responsibility being a nurse with amanah:)

btw, thankfully gongcha pearls are tested safe! i can drink my favourite drink: pearly ice milk tea in peace. hehe.