A Glimpse Of My Sister's Life
- Eudora Welty's "Why I Live At The P.O." - a mother and father and leading an idealistic life according to her. Often throughout her...
Submitted by FFE on 07/10/2008 11:53 PM
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A Glimpse Of My Sister's Life
When I came to UK to work, I was on a rollercoaster of emotions-- scared, excited, confident, insecure, homesick...
Scared of what I will be encountering—culture shock, different nursing style, language barrier (multiple accents), state-of-the-art equipment (touch screen monitors, arterial lines, swan ganz catheters, intra-aortic balloon pumps, ecmo- a lung bypass machine, nitric oxide, continuous veno-venous hemofiltration-a dialysis machine, cpap machine-continuous positive airway pressure).....so scared that I was having doubts whether I would be able to prove my nursing competence… So scared that I did not want to go on duty... so scared that I wanted to go home.
Excited to be independent and detached from the safe and secure bosom of my family... Excited to be free to do what I want as long as I am aware of my limitations... excited to learn new things.... excited to be working on a specialized unit.
Confident that I will be able to prove that I am a well-motivated and competent nurse.....confident to be recognized as an effective and efficient nurse....this so-called inspiration may be attributed to the presence of Filipinos in the cardiac unit who are doing very well. There was a tiny spark of hope that I will also make it.
Insecure because I came from a third world country with limited medical and technological experiences when it comes to equipment. And not to mention that I come from a private hospital in the province. This will indicate that I will have limited experiences when it comes to cardiac patients. As we all know, there are limited medical cardiac procedures done in the province...even almost nonexistent.
Homesick for my family's support and presence, encouraging words, sense of security, in spite of these bizarre emotions, I am proud to say that I can level with the British nurses. It took a lot of hard work on my part to achieve the status of where I am today. And I...
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