This morning I went to Paediatrics Ward 45.
which means most of the patients here are children..
in this ward, the patients here have renal failures.. either they go for dialysis or just had their kidney(s) transplanted..

i was introduced around the ward (by SN wan ling, and talked to SN indra), and since the whole ward only has 5 patients,
the ward was quite peaceful and nothing much to see.. 2 in haemodialysis in the children kidney centre.. (haemodialysis is dialysis by blood. there are patients who undergo dialysis by water, i forgot the term, but they can do it at their beds in the ward)

there was one patient in isolated room as she just got transplanted and being monitored for signs of rejection and taken good care due to temp low immunity.. wow, during rounds, there were certainly lots of people.. medical officers, pharmacists, dieticians, health officers, nurses etc.. everyone is so professional looking!
then 2 patients in their beds. one is joseph, he was preparing to be discharged.. funny and cheerful guy and you wouldnt think he's a patient.. transplanted kidney too, after discharge still need to feed on >10types of medicines and the health officer was testing him all the different med he has to take and all the different timings and days.. wow.
another patient is maryanne. also transplanted kidney, but i overheard the doctors saying that she has a tumor in the liver too. wow. she was complaining about how painful she was when she returned from her procedures and there were more in the afternoon.. she had her surgery in 2008 (that's a long time yeah?).. nevertheless she is still very friendly and willing to talk!

oh when i was talking to maryanne, two koreans came!!! (i saw them walking past yesterday in ward 41 since they were speaking in korean). they are studying in some university in seoul, one girl called jessica (majoring in japanese, year 3) and i cannot rmb the guy's name =X (majoring in urban planning and real estate.. unsure of year but is the girl's sunbae/oppa).. they are on a 6 weeks exchange programme in singapore (arrived on christmas) and attached to 2hospitals.. since they can generally speak english, i didnt even say ahnyeonghasehyo LOL...
so the two koreans played "connect 4" with maryanne. although maryanne said she is in pain, she is really a strong person and played happily together with unni and oppa! halfway i left to see how the doctors do their rounds, so i didnt manage to say bye to the koreans ): hope to see them again over the next two days xD

then actually there was nothing much in particular to see since there's little patients.. just general procedures..

after lunch (i just went to the kent ridge wing food court to buy kaya toast. wah totally got lost and kept randomly walking around to go back to main building. but i tried to look professional and held my head high lol)
i went to orthopaedic ward 54 and nurse clinician (I FORGOT HER NAME SHE GAVE ME HER NAMECARD BUT I CANT FIND IT NOW OH NO D:) brought me around! she was really kind and asked me if there's anything particular i want to see.. then she told me the importance about nurse-patient relationship, and how nurses require to communicate with the public = family members of patients... the career path of nurses etc.. she even brought me to other orthopaedic wards 51, 52 to see different conditions and different instruments..
however, i should have come in the morning to see how they change dressings and all the gross stuffs.. in the afternoon the patients only have lunch and eat their medicine........ aiya..
so i left early since there's nothing left for me to see :/

i think up till now although the attachment is not really interesting, it is not deterring me from pursuing nursing.. attachment is boring because i cannot do hands-on, and the timing is a bit weird, ending up missing to see procedures.. i still think nursing is a challenging and fulfiling career for me..

tomorrow im going to O&G ward! but not as excited anymore cos i think i know what to expect already LOL. cos i can't possibly go into the delivery operation room or something, so i only can see mothers in their beds resting after giving birth :/
ahh i really want to pursue my course asap so i can really experience and go and see all the procedures!