MT: Only in Psychia

MT stands for Multiply Treasures. Bringing some of my posts from my Multiply site in here.

Jan 18, '09 9:10 PM

I dreaded school's come back. I have to drag myself to school after the Christmas vacation. "Got to face Psychia", I mumbled, rolled my eyes then sighed. During the circle, I faked my smile and enthusiasm. I don't want to put my groupmates into further anxiety and nervousness when they see my aura for that day.

Looking back now, the experience was unlike any other. Exhausting, yes. Financially draining, super yes! Rewarding, super super yes! I can say I was blessed by the experience. Being with the mentally ill patients are scary --I used to have that notion. But after the two-weeks exposure I realized it was fine. (Though I don't know if I will ever consider working as a psychiatric nurse. Hey! I'm just being honest, ok?)

I'll never forget the funny moments cause of their deviant thinking and reasoning. And the memories I had shared with my groupmates, my Migo (btw, we call them Migo or Miga, followed by their name), and the rest of the gang. Kung maraming nakakatawang moments, meron din namang mga nakakaantig ng puso scenes.

The two-weeks I once dreaded was finally over. However, the things I have learned...I have experienced...I have realized...will be with me. The exposure may have been merely just two weeks but that two weeks touched my heart and will make a difference in my nursing career like no other rotation can. Certainly.......................only in psychia.

MT: Ready?

MT stands for Multiply Treasures. Bringing some of my posts from my Multiply site in here.

Oct 31, '08 10:16 PM

--That's what's being asked when we're faced with some peculiar event or something of the like. I remember being asked by my CI, "you guys ready?". It was seconds before our return demonstration on administering medications and nervousness was all in our face that very moment. We were like looking at each others' faces and trying to laugh off every pound of our hearts.

I knew I studied much, I "internalized" the procedures, I "trained" my shaking hands to be not so overacting.. I prayed a lot too. But when we were asked if we were ready for the RD, I don't know what to say. Suddenly I don't know if I am that prepared at all.

The CI got the expression from our faces. She had also sensed the nervousness despite our laughs that we were uncertain if we were indeed ready. Then she said something that was engraved in my thoughts right then and there.... 

"We'll never know we're ready unless we're in it". When asked if were ready for anything, usually we are uncertain if we are. We would always think that the preparations we did or what we have in hand is/are not sufficient for us to get thru it. Man's instinct so we won't get hurt/frustrated, I guess? We always think we are not ready for things that are new to us. But when we look back, we've already leaped into what we felt we were unready for. Well, it may not be a success at once. It's not that we're free from getting our hearts broken by it. But the point is that whatever the result may be, we've certainly learned something from it. Reconstruction of strategies can be done... living the realizations out... and most of all, a sense of fulfillment that we can be able to say "I did it"... or a stronger ME by the end of it to say "I can do it again".
As for the troubled spirit, calm down by having a talk with Him. ;) Sure works!

Multiply Treasures

I had a lot of blogging sites. I used to have Wordpress but it's now gone, so as my past Blogger account. And I have Multiply, it's still available but it's not updated.

I remembered some of my posts so I signed in my Multiply account and found treasures.

I'll be bringing some of my posts there in here. :)