Eight
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
April 1, 2018 9:15pm CST
Good Monday morning to all!
As what I posted yesterday, we will resume our duty today. This morning, I received 2 missed calls and a text message from our clinical coordinator informing me that I will have additional 3 students to the 5 learners originally on schedule in IMCU.
This means, I will handle 8 students. IMCU is an 8-bed capacity ward, and if there are 8 patients, I have to assign 6 patients to my 8 kids (I sometimes call my students my ‘children’). One should be the team leader, and the other should be in charge of medications for all 6 clients. The staff nurses on duty, usually 3 or 4, aside from the nursing aide, will handle the remaining 2 patients; that is if the ward is full.
Now, what if there are only 4 patients? Should it be 1:2 (1 patient to 2 students)?
Hmmm, I will just cross the bridge when I get there.
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7 responses
@mlgen1037 (29882)
• Manila, Philippines
2 Apr 18
Are you okay now, Ingrid? Did your allergic rhinitis subsided? Hope they have left you. Have a great day ahead. Take care! 
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
2 Apr 18
not yet okay. my left eye is now itching much that it is red now. the eye-bag under my right eye is so pronounced but it can be concealed with my big pair of eyeglasses. i will be wearing a face mask in the area anyway, so i won't inhale allergens and my eyes and nose will be protected.
---(like a motorcycle rider!)
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
3 Apr 18
@mlgen1037 i am better now. i brought the eye drops in school, and when i instilled a drop in each eye, i felt the itch again, so now, since my eyes are no linger reddish, i will not instill again.
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@mlgen1037 (29882)
• Manila, Philippines
2 Apr 18
@ridingbet I am sorry to hear that but you got me at the last part. hehehe I hope that all be okay. 
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
2 Apr 18
You have recovered? That's good to know. I guess it's back to the job again.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
3 Apr 18
that is right. i will surely miss going on duty since our last duty day will be on Friday
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
3 Apr 18
there were 6 patients. what i did was, i made 2 students as team leders, and one each had medication student nurse. the remaining 2 handlied one patient each. we did not get 2 patients so the staff on duty had something to do. they took care of the other 2.
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@Freelanzer (10782)
• Canada
2 Apr 18
I think you have got it covered you sound very organized.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
3 Apr 18
handling 8 students last night was toxic but my students were all assertive and enthusiastic to care for patients so i did not have a difficult time handling them
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
4 Apr 18
Well, those patients will be really well taken care of!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
5 Apr 18
the team leader endorsed our patients all alive, well, and breathing. my students did their responsibilities well.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
2 Apr 18
Of course kabsat. I was able to handle 12 students before,having 8 is a benign task for me
