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And we've also been inserting Foley catheters on male mannequins with vaginas. HAHAH! That I haven't done in clinical practice, I meant inserting Foleys. Not a male-looking patient with an unexpected genital. =))

That first picture's of my OB notes and handouts. That's everything I had to study for tomorrow's midterms. I hope I get a kick-ass grade. I really need to prioritize my time better with all these readings, studying, and papers to write and revise. And that's why I included that 2nd picture of my Nursing Care Plan with my instructor's comments. Hahaha! Rewriting does eat time, but I've learned to think of it as something really necessary for learning. I've really come to love my clinical instructor after half of this semester (TEACHER'S PET!). I think it's because I kind of see myself in her. She can look pretty stern but she isn't really what she looks like. She pays attention even to the littlest things. And she's really all for learning, which is the most important part. We don't just learn stuff to pass the test. It's true that life's a game, but nursing is not a joke.

We're finally done with Maternal-Child Nursing. And quite frankly, I wish we could've done a 12-week rotation here instead of a 6-week one. I reallyreallyreally enjoyed this rotation.

Postpartum is a whole lot of work. Although these patients are basically ambulatory and "normal" (meaning not really sick), there's a lot of things to do and look out for as well. Anytime within their "normal" recovering state, they can easily get a complication. A whole lot of teaching in this rotation, and the sad part is these mothers, especially those who just had their first babies, don't get enough time to be taught properly, reinforced, followed through, etc. because of the move for shorter hospital stays. Next to the nursery, this is really my favoriiite out of all the areas in OB nursing (prenatal, labor & delivery itself, and after the birth). All these new moms eager to learn something new about their baby. Even 35-year old moms who had 5 kids already were so eager to listen from someone like me, whose never had a baby. Hahaha! The best part is, you also get to carry the newborn when the mother has lunch or something.

Nursery nursery nursery. I can't reiterate myself more I absolutely loved it here. But I figured it can become too routinary, since all the "sick" babies go to the NICU. Speaking of the NICU, we got to look around and ohmy. I don't know if I can ever work in that area. It's too heartbreaking. :(

Labor & delivery was not as eventful coz I didn't get to see that much awaited normal vaginal delivery. How heartbreaking, I had to settle for a Youtube clip (which my boyfriend actually looked for HAHAHAHA!) I got to see a C-section though which was 'eventful' in itself, but I would've loved that normal delivery. I've seen a C-section already, and it was actually of mom "giving birth" to Gabe, which Dad videotaped. Hahaha! Antepartum is a TOTAL BORE. I don't ever wanna go back there. Nothing was going on. Not for me.

All these are pictures with Filipino classmates. If you actually peep into our classroom, you'd see that everyone's grouped into ethnic groups. All Filipinos in one corner, African-Americans in another, the Koreans together, the Indians, the Russians... Hahaha! But hey, everyone actually gets along just fine. Nothing beats going to the world's community college. Hahaha!

I actually miss all the other Filipinos from the other 'batches.' We don't really get to see them much anymore. :(

Social life has been dead lately because of stupid school. I do get to see friends once in a while when an exam has just ended or when I'm tired of studying already. The first picture is my current favorite because hey, now we can say... Taga-New York talaga tayo. HAHAHA!! And for once, everyone's in the picture. What an improvement.

That Deal or No Deal picture was just totally... shameful. Even with kids and parents looking at us at the Toys R Us lobby, who cares? Hahaha! It actually slipped my mind that the American Deal or No Deal show doesn't have all these poses Kris Aquino does in Deal or No Deal in Manila. Hahaha! Those fake suitcases are actually cute. Dressing up as a Deal or No Deal girl for Halloween is actually possible with that. Haha!

The last picture's from last night. This time the skirts were planned. Unlike before, when we unknowingly met up and everyone was wearing the same color.

Lastly, my boyfriend likes taking unflattering pictures (moon face!) when we're talking. What he doesn't know is I do take pictures of him in secret too. Especially when he doesn't have his shirt on. HAHAHAHAHA JOKE LANG.

We watched The Lake House together some time last week. It was a total fluke. Boo, I was so disappointed. I've been wanting to watch it for the longest time and it wasn't what I expected. Oh well, we'll find another movie to watch soon. ;) It better be good next time. Haha!

So there, I'd have to skim through my notes all over again just to make sure I'm ready for tomorrow. :)