woohoo!! finally de one wk hols' here!! "joy to de world! n blah blah blah..." forgot lyrics... heh... am totally having fun now dling songs, chatting wif frens, playing games n blogging... ahahahaha... tho i'm act supposed 2 be doin my reports n presentations... ooopps!!! oh well, a LITTLE fun neva hurt anyone... ahahaha...
was reading xiu's blog juz now... de one regarding ur grp thingy?? i TOTALLY agree!!! haiz... getting a little pissed myself... unlike ur boh hiu prob, mine's more of a clash of priorities... n frankly, i'm really getting quite sick of excuses (of cos, it's legitimate reasons in other's pt. of view)... but it's almost EVERY meeting leh... no matter how understanding i am, there's still a limit rite? it's like, i noe wat u're doin is impt 2 U, but projects r impt to ME too ah!! like can u forsake ur commitments once in a while for US instead of de other way round? which is wat's always happening... really dun recall a meeting when u were present throut... i noe tt u feel bad abt not contributing enuff, but for me, de solution wld be 4 u 2 join us lar... tt's y it's grpwork, not indiv work rite... haiz... i get de feeling tt ur commitment is more impt then schwork... maybe u really feel tt it is? no matter wat, i still tink a gd balance btwn commitment n schwork is vital... nvm, maybe i shld haf a tok wif u sometime...
nway, muz announce tt i finally got my creative muvo v200!!!! woohoo!! muz tank me n my money, ks n her help, teck n his efforts... FINALLY!! i get my wish!!! ahahhahaha.... "i feel good, diao x 7, i'm feeling so good now, diao x 7" *dances ard mentally* ahahahhaa.... oh no... getting a bit high... "lalalalalalalalala x 1000"... oh no... shuddup idiot! hu's tt stupid idiot laaing in my head?? shuddup shuddup! shit! am having auditory hallucinations.. ahahahahha.... "hallucinations... u're having hallucinations.... lalalalalalalalalala x 10 000" aarrggghhhh!! get outta my head! u foreign entity!! it must be an alien!!!! aaarrrgghhh!! damn you! DIE ALIEN! DIEEE!!!! *hits brain repetitively wif hammer* wahahahahahaha.... *sinks into maniacal laughter*
*Author's note: THE Jojo was neva seen again on the face of the Earth until 1 millisec later... when she miraculously returned. Till this date, she firmly believes that she had been abducted by aliens for de 1 millisec........ "The truth is out there........"
In the flash of eye, it's already de end of my clinicals... i noe tt all de ardent readers out there have been waiting for my latest blog entry in vain... (heh... bhb!!) so here it is!! Since my last entry was on de first few days of clinicals, this one shall be abt de last few days of clinicals....
First of all, let me introduce to all of ya de new PT in my wards!!! ahahahhaa... as u all can "see" fr de tone of my voice, he's quite CUTE!!!! ahahaha... (me n my flower idiot again) *oops~!! my fren juz said tt her bro quite shuai4 n is on frontpage of straits time today... heh! can go check it out!* nway, as i was saying... he's fr hong kong, n is really quite shuai4, except tt he's very WHITE!! haiz... dun really like white guys... fine! i'm shallow! but i always maintain tt guy shld be darker than ger... den compatible mah... tink those guys hu very white, tan le, becum white again in less than 2 wks damn suay! ahahaha... but he's quite blur n buay zi dong oso... do PT wif clients in gym, take out bike pedal, take out therabands, take out weights, take out foot rest, lower gym gate, bring wheelchair in... prepare sooooo many things, den after PT, dunno how to keep them back! juz leave everything on de floor n go do other cases le... DUH!! HELLLOOOO!!! mom neva teach u 2 put back ur toys after playing wif them ah? need nanny (in dis case, ME!) to clean up after u ah? like some rich little brat... hmph!! hello! i'm jin1 zhi1 yu4 ye4 lor!! (yesyes... puke... =P) so in de end i juz boh hiu n left everything as it was... until my group volunteers came n cleaned it all up for him... DAMN! shld haf asked them 2 leave it n let him see his handiwork! hmph! really tink he got problem, even tho he's shuai4... documentation neva write plan one.... best! got one time only write wat treatments he did... wat abt all de observations n assessments?? u say i did this, this this and this, so can de patient do anot? need assistance? or independent? how well did de patient perform in de treatment? neva write oso... best x 100!
Conversation b/w patient's husband, shuai4 PT n me:
Husband (in Hokkien): Sorry ah, my wife going Ang Mo Kio later hor... discharging lar... so got "car" to push her out anot?
PT: Sorry ah... I dun understand, I can only speak Cantonese.
Me (was in de near vicinity, so decided to be nice n help out): Orh.. he says tt he needs a wheelchair to bring his wife out.
PT (blurly): So??
ME *rolls my eyes mentally*: So u ask a nurse to bring de wheelchair lar!
PT (like some great mystery's been solved): OH!!!!
DUH!!! like i'm a student leh!! u're a full-fledged PT!! summore heard somewhere he got MBA lor!! duh... simple stuff liddat oso dunno... n his been here for like over 2 wks le!! WAKE UP!
Nway, will be gg for my LAST DINNER wif my TTSH team later @ 6.15... yum!! hope got some hao3 liao4 to eat!! =)
*Note: Due to author's laziness n busyness (yes! i'm a v busy person u noe!!), the following is an excerpt out of my cms regarding my clinical experience. NYP mates: My deepest apologies for succumbing to my overwhelming temptation of simply cutting n paste... heh... =P.*
"Hi all!! Was quite exciting at TTSH for this last couple of days as I consider this to be my "first" placement at an acute hospital setting (my first placement was at NUH, but being 1st years, couldn't do any hands-on at all, and then had a community placement for 2A). So as I was saying, it's really quite different from community setting and everything's quite fast-paced there, unlike community, where you can spend up to an hour for therapy. Here, it's really "chop chop" finish and go!
Felt an overwhelming sense of incompetence on my first day, but that's normal, cause I ALWAYS feel incompetent at first. Ha ha... Am settling in more nicely now. One thing bad would be that we were given no orientations unless needed, so I had a great time this couple of days running around the mazes of all 4 wards on 1 level (my supervisor covers all 4 wards of 1 level). Kept getting confused about where all the stuff (e.g. linen, w/c, BP machine, therapy equipment) were kept and kept running in circles when my sup sends me on errands (which is like for EVERY case)... and quite sad when my sup asked me to be faster. No matter! I shall strive hard to improve my poor topograhical orientation! =)
Well, mainly we do initial assessments, dressing, shower assessments, caregiver training and home visits there. Was quite happy when I was allowed to do initial ax, but that quickly turned into frustration when I realised that my pt was speaking in dialect and my dialect "cannot make it"!! spent a long time saying "you... you... er... you... (in dialect)" when i tried to ask if she's staying on a lift landing floor! argh! Brushing up of dialect and Malay is duly noted by this student. But all the "ah mas" and "ah gongs" there are quite nice and cute, with only a precious few who tend to scold or get agitated and requires restraints.
Witnessed a pt's son - doctor fight yesterday, which displayed the inadequacy of S'pore's healthcare services. Apparently doc wants to d/c pt day before yesterday, but only told son yesterday! ???!! Pt is a max assist. (personally, I feel it's nearer total dependence) tall male and doc only referred him to OT day before yesterday!!!! So yesterday, when son was told, apparently doc said something like if he wants pt to continue staying in TTSH, they will have to go A class ward, cause there are not enough beds in TTSH. Son got angry and felt that doc was throwing pts out cause of lack of beds, like his father was not important enough as a pt (and I totally feel the same way too!). Son then requested for maid to be able to do bed - chair transfers independently for min. 6 times a day cause son doesn't want pt to go nursing home. He wanted rehab from AMKCH, but it was rejected and pt will have to be cared for at home by maid alone. OT only got 1st transfer session with maid yesterday and maid was clearly not competent in transfer since she was new and it was her first time in transfers. Son got angrier and pointed at doc. Doc felt insulted by finger pointing and left after telling son that he'll talk to him on another day. And so, my poor sup was left to placate son until case manager came and finally managed to placate him. *Sigh* How realistic can the healthcare system get? And there seem to be limited things that we can do for cases like this within such a short time in an acute setting... Any suggestions or comments for this pt who's son doesn't want nursing home, doesn't have enough rehab potential to go TTSH rehab, got rejected by AMKCH maid is not competent enough to take care of him at home and is supposed to be d/c asap (docs are not really noting OT's input that he's not safe to be d/c)??"
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