MY AREA OF SPECIALIZATION
1. PACU (post-anesthesia care unit)
dito po ako ngaun na assign and i have with the PACU since i started my relievership.
job: primarily is to attend post-op cases. stabilize VS, carry-out the post-op orders, and endorsing the case to the wards if stable.
pros:mabilisan yung work dito, and you have to be so keen in your assesment, nahahasa tlaga yung judgement mo, and you have to take risk sometimes, i love the work here kasi wala kang nurse na kasama and wala ka rin headnurse. you are alone and you are the master of your own unit. meron ka lang kasamang attendant to assist.
2. ER / OPD
this is my favorite department.. fastpaced action talaga dito. skills talaga ang kailangan dito.
job:admition of cases
pros: you will learn a lot of skills, assessment, IV insertion, BLS. lahat2x...
3. ICU
i have a fair ICU experience considering napatayan na ako nang isang pasyente sa ICU, i had patient with a very bad prognosis, in which dx na sya with, Pneumonia,DIC, and severe sepsis. dedbol tlga. itong area na to is elite, and i guess para sa mga mtigas ang sikmura at pang matagalan..
job: individualized critical care NSG.
pros: intensive clinical experience
4. OR
the few and the proud sabi nila. iv'e been a scrub nurse for a hefty 2mos b4 i joined the PACU and i enjoy working with the OR dept. skills rin yung kailangan dito and only presence of mind lang ang kailangan. hindi dapat sloppy or lousy. dapat marunong ka mag anticipate. i have attended a number of worthwhile cases such as craniotomy and EX-Lap cases which is very educational..
job:scrub and circ nursing
pros:having the status of being part of the few and the proud