The lady who wanted to fool me…
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
January 11, 2016 7:26am CST
Before I go to bed, I would like to share you something that I experienced when I had my duty at the Obstetrics-Gynecology ward with level 2 nursing learners this morning.
I always uphold the policies of the school; I come on time and my students should never be late (punctuality is a virtue, I always tell them this!), I have my complete paraphernalia (my pencil case hanging on my neck has the 3 ball pens (red, blue, and black), a pencil, a pair of bandage scissors, and a penlight. I have my notebook, ruler, stethoscope, and other items in my big bag.
I wear my complete uniform with a watch with a second-hand, wear pink lipstick, and tie my hair up in a bun. I therefore expect my students to do the same thing; I check their paraphernalia before they have their duty (1 missing item- deduction of 1 from the ceiling grade of 85).
There was a female patient whose intravenous fluid was infiltrated. I checked the patient’s chart and when I noted that the IVF should be terminated, I asked the student assigned to remove the IVF, under my supervision. “Check the time you remove the IV fluid; that should appear on your sample (nurse’s) charting!”
Alas! When I checked the student’s watch, it was 3:45. Our duty is 7AM-3PM, and it was only 10:20AM when she removed the IVF. I asked her if her watch’s battery is drained. She sheepishly replied, “Ma’am, it is just my props. The watch is not functioning; the battery is dead”. I told her to buy a new watch for tomorrow, or else, I will give her a failing grade on ‘personal and professional development’ level of competency.
Sometimes, people try to con others. I try not to be deceived. How about you, have you been tricked my others?
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13 responses
@LadyDuck (502653)
• Italy
12 Jan 16
@ridingbet She is not only a cheater, she is a silly girl.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
12 Jan 16
no, she told me pointblank that the watch was not working when she used it yesterday.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
12 Jan 16
another female student also did not wear watch today, and she was aware that she gets a demerit from me.She forgot it, she claimed.
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@mom210 (9170)
• United States
12 Jan 16
@ridingbet You would think they woudl take it more seriously. What a shame.
@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
14 Jan 16
@ridingbet sad to say but we filipinos made lots of excuses at work.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
12 Jan 16
i checked her wrist watch this morning; it was moving now. She borrowed the watch of her father. Yes, that was exactly what she told me in our Iloco dialect, "Wen, Ma'am, props laeng daytoy".
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
14 Jan 16
@Letranknight2015 but we can still help them achieve their goals. there should be no room for discouragement.
@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
14 Jan 16
And this student wants to go abroad one day? is she serious?!! there's just too many nurses and very few who are really gifted for the profession. most of those people are in it. what she did was no excuse, maybe she was scared and all but she works on a field with has something to do with the life of the patient. she did wrong!
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
16 Jan 16
@ridingbet you know i remember one time a nursing student said something about serving clients not patients answer when interviewed and asked why he wants to be in nursing. for me, that's a total bull.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
14 Jan 16
the students almost always ask from the previous group if the clinical instructor is strict and stingy. I was also always thought of to be the strict "old instructor" only to find out I am a lenient teacher. I hope she will be able to accept her fault and do the right and proper way to attend to patients under her care
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
17 Jan 16
@Letranknight2015 the word patient is somewhat depressing and degrading. CLIENT is the latest word we use to call the sick people who need care and attention. if you also read closely on some of my posts here, and even on Bubblews, I call the patients as CLIENTS. but if you call it bull, then I have nothing more to say to you, but I hope you don't generalize all nurses, because they may just be a handful of the millions taking care of the sick. I call my patients as clients.
@brokenbee (11937)
• Philippines
14 Jan 16
Watch as props? Whoa! I remember someone who wears her watch even if it was not working because she said she felt incomplete without it. Hmmmm
But I know if you are a nursing student, especially when on duty, you really need a watch that is working and has to be with a second hand, I remember that.
Tricked by others? I think many times before. I used to trust others easily.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
14 Jan 16
you are a very trusting lady hija. so how about becoming a lady who should check the personality of somebody before you put all your trust in this person.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
15 Jan 16
@brokenbee hmmm too! don't tell me you had an unpleasant experience with one of your friends again? I am just a phone and a text away, my hija.
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@brokenbee (11937)
• Philippines
14 Jan 16
@ridingbet yes I have to be more careful now Ate but I think I always expect people to be good until... hmmmmmm!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
12 Jan 16
I am a nurse by profession. I was the head nurse of a secondary hospital for 8 years, and I shifted to the academe in 2004. I handle nursing students in OB and medical areas.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
12 Jan 16
well, they should not do that especially if they know that I am their CI, because I always follow the school's policy. it is for their own good, not mine.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
12 Jan 16
yes, and that is what I always tell my students: since they want to be nurses, they should start right.
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@antonbunot (11146)
• Calgary, Alberta
12 Jan 16
Hehehehe! You cannot be fooled, kabsat. But if we may have met earlier (in our teens), I may have fooled you without noticing it. No, no, not what is in your mind! I may have borrowed money from you and forgot about it . . . 
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
13 Jan 16
hmm, maybe if it is April fool's day, kabsat, that you can fool me with borrowing money then totally forgetting t. if that happens on April 1st, that is excusable.
@Marilynda1225 (91127)
• United States
12 Jan 16
I would think a working watch would be something of importance in patient care
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
13 Jan 16
true. All health care providers should have wrist watches at all times
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
14 Jan 16
no, I don't "kick my students out of the room". I just call their attention in the friendliest way but with glaring eyes. hahaha!
@shshiju (10342)
• Cochin, India
14 Jan 16
@ridingbet that is interesting . Did she changed her tendency now?
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
14 Jan 16
@shshiju yes, she used a working wrist watch last Tuesday
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
12 Jan 16
they think that we are not conscious and aware of what they are expected to have, that is why they think we will let their inconsistencies be missed by us.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
16 Jan 16
@ridingbet I think you will always find students like that.
