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Nurse on Duty

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

The day after the Philippine election, I started my work as a nurse trainee here at Davao Medical Center. Like any other companies, we were first oriented to the hospital regarding the rules, set up, policies as well as some issues most especially on controlling infectious disease. Since nurses are in close contact with patients, nosocomial or hospital acquired infection is inevitable. This is the fact that I most dread about. 

So after 3 days we went on orientation, last Friday (May 18th) was the moment of truth for me. That was the first time that I practice my career without a clinical instructor beside me although we are still under the supervision of the head nurse. My first clinical rotation was at the MED-CP or the Communicable disease pavillion. What a great way to start a rotation.

I have heard alot of things about MED-CP. Most people find the ward so disgusting and highly contagious. Incidence of tuberculosis, pneumonia, hepatitis and rabies are all in the ward however little by little, the ward became my instant favorite. The cases are so rare and interesting for me because during my student years, I wasnt able to handle such highly feared diseases. However, thanks to the very warm and accommodating staff, I feel that my career as a  nurse will grow if I work with them. They are so supportive and friendly as well.


Davao Medical center is a 600 bed capacity hospital however total census could reach upto 900-1000 patients and most of the inpatients are from the OB-GYNE ward. Some say the hospitals' name should be changed into Davao Maternity Center rather than a Medical center because of the volume of OB cases they cater. 

My shift this week is 7am-3pm, I was almost late because I wake up around 6:15 so I have to jump out of bed and take a bath without eating my breakfast. I hope this wont happen again next time, I guess I have to sleep early.  

 

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good luck to your career marco ;)

Posted by abi at May 22, 2007, 10:35 pm

Hey marco! Congrats on your new job. I’m sure being stationed in DMC will aid you better with the necessary skills that will prepare you in your endeavors, probably abroad? I see a bright future for you, kiddo! 8-)

Posted by larrybored at May 23, 2007, 8:59 am

exciting… good luck.. and be careful.. hehehe.. not trying to scare you.. lol..

Posted by luiza at May 23, 2007, 6:40 pm

wow! good for you dude…

good luck!

i wanna follow your steps.. hehhee

kagagaling ko0 lang from E.R. heheh.. 3pm to 11 pm.. kakatakot.. hhaha! intensity 9… nyahahha! sana maovercome ko to.. wish me luck.. hehe

Posted by richard at May 24, 2007, 12:02 am

Hehe….

Galeng naman… Talagang nurse ka na kuya! Kakainggit… sana maging nurse na rin ako!

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Posted by Lionheart or K1 at May 26, 2007, 9:17 pm

a nurse?!

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Posted by turismoboi at May 27, 2007, 4:13 am

uy God bless mark…you can finally put to practice what you’ve learned for the past years ;-)

Posted by raine at May 29, 2007, 1:14 pm

bloghop po.. hehehe link ex po tayo ^_^

Posted by jehzlau at May 30, 2007, 9:49 am

yan na link na po kita ^_^

Posted by jehzlau at May 31, 2007, 6:32 pm

ei der! i’m a student nurse..i jz wanna more about the cases at Communicable pavillion.i will be having my frst duty der weeks from now..so f cud help me guys-it is very mch apreciated..tnx lot!

Posted by yna at June 21, 2007, 12:19 am

Is there any other hospitals here offering trainings for nurses aside from Davao Medical Center and DMSF.can you indicate for me please!

Posted by Chona Macas at May 26, 2008, 4:28 pm

San Pedro Hospital also offers training but there is limited slot. Some reports say that it could take upto 5 months for you to be accommodated!

Posted by marcopolo at May 27, 2008, 9:33 am

hey…
im going to live in davao for good na…

can i ask, if you were to choose, broke or ddh, which hospital would you choose n y?

um…. can you also please tell me d ups n downs of both hospitals?

dmc is also my option pero ganda din sana if i know ddh n broke from u :)

thank you!

laura

Posted by laura at June 17, 2008, 1:29 pm

Hi Laura, thanks for the visit sa blog :-)
About ur question, its hard to apply for work in DDH if you dont have much qualifications like experience, etc and Brok hospital also have a training program before they will employ you just like DMC but more expensive and I say limited coz you will only exposed to 1 ward as compared to the training program of DMC.

DDH is a really nice hospital, clean and modern facilities. They have a free meals to employees once hired but most of my friends complained that meals served are yucky. However, amongst all hospital here in Davao, DMC is the highest paying hospital.

Posted by marcopolo at June 19, 2008, 2:24 pm

thanks sa lahat ng info mo!!

i’ll be looking into all of them!

as of now, nag.IV training ako, made a new friend, eddred?

heheheh! was in the uro dept, wen i did my completion!

i like dmc so far! ill try to apply as trainee na :) heeeheeeheee!!

tips?

laura

Posted by laura at June 20, 2008, 10:37 am

Good idea! Okay talaga ang DMC sa training. hands-on talaga. Sa Medicine ward ako na assign ngayon :-)

Posted by marcopolo at June 20, 2008, 12:39 pm

Goodluck to all trainees. Been there, done that. May God Bless you all!

Posted by jetz at June 21, 2008, 4:24 pm

ur blog is a big help help to me.. since im cracking my nerves most of the time.., im a nurse trainee @ dmc too, we had our first orientation today, nd i’ll be assign in med-cp too ds coming friday..im so nervous..

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