Welcare Hospital - Pediatric Ward

I always wanted to be around kids, I guess it's the maternal side of me. Kids are fun, active, lively, and sooo cute. But dealing with sick kids are altogether different. Sometimes I feel so sad about their conditions, and at times I get so irritated I just want to scream and leave them alone. Well it also depends with the patients and their significant others. But whatever their attitude is, I always maintain a professional relationship with them. That way I can give them the holistic care they deserve.

Anyway, working as a healthcare assistant is not that hard. These are some of my responsibilities in pediatric ward and NICU:

• Bedmaking (chambermaid ang feeling hehehe)


• Giving newspaper (pero di ko naga bike ha!)


• Checking if equipments (i.e. incubators, IV & Syringe Infusion pumps, refrigerators, etc.) are working


• Taking vital signs and plotting to chart


• Feeding premature neonates


• Responding to patient's call


• Regulating and discontinuing IV infusions


• Retrieving medications from pharmacy


• Maintaining sufficient ward and NICU stocks and supplies


• Sending specimen to laboratory and follow up results


• Ensuring that equipments are clean and ready to use

For 3 weeks I'd be on a 5-day/week 10hours/shift duty. My off is on a weekend (Friday & Saturday ilang weekend diri hehehe). Then after that 12 hours per shift na, 4 days a week akong work with day and night rotations.

So long mga frens, I'll just keep you posted. Miss you all!!!