December Journal

RN HEALS MONTHLY JOURNAL

December 2011

                     
Area of Assignment:   RHU-Milaor

Milaor, Camarines Sur

I.       ACTIVITIES:

          I started the shift for the month by logging in and out at our Daily Log Book at the Municipal Building. For every 1st Friday of the month, there is a Holy Mass held in the LGU- Milaor.  We have our flag ceremonies and flag retreats during weekdays. Weekends are considered our off. If it’s a national holiday, we don’t have any work.

           

          Our daily routine is to take vital signs of patients, getting records before our MHO prescribe any meds, give medicines if available as prescribed, refer to tertiary hospital if the patient’s case needs more intensive care or treatment, assist in conducting pap smear, more so, take charge of the facilitation of initial treatment to patients coming in.

           

During Wednesdays we help in the EPI for newborns and babies under 5 yrs. old.

This month, I helped facilitated the Sr. Citizens Anti-Flu Vaccination, another program of the DOH.

          For the month’s 2nd Tuesday we have a scheduled Pre-Natal Check ups for pregnant women. I administered Tetanus-Toxoid Vaccines to almost 50 pregnant women from our municipality.

            In our municipality, a FunWalk activity was rendered in cooperation with the parish of St. Joseph the Worker. I participated as part of the medical team assigned at station 2, to give first aid if necessary. The municipal ambulance was also there for any disaster preparedness measure. It started just after the 1st Misa de Gallo for this year. As early as 5am we were already at our assigned area of responsibility. Many Milaorians participated to enhance their health and to live the motto to “Walk together with Christ”.

 

 

          This month was also filled with may celebrations. 1st is our beloved Mayor’s Birthday, LGU Xmas Party and RHU Xmas Party. The BHW also celebrated their own Xmas Party and we helped in packing their gifts from our RHU. We were invited and I gladly accepted the invitation. i even won half sack of rice during the raffle.

II.    LEARNINGS/INSIGHTS:

          I am getting acquainted with basic medications, their generic and brand name, their actions or indications, dosages, side effects and the like by helping in recording the prescribed medicines by our MHO. The everyday routine with these same drugs ; antibiotic, mucolytic, vitamins, anti-tb, anti- hypertension, maintenances for arthritis & diabetes and vaccines are enhancing my knowledge on how to handle them and basically the facts about drug administrations. This is one of the main skills a nurse needs to focus on, and I am glad this is being handled during our training for RN Heals.

          As a nurse in the RHU as well, my social skills were challenged. Facing different types of people from the municipality is one of the things we should consider professionally. You have to maintain respect and confidence in dealing with them. I learned how to possess control and at the same time be determined in giving necessary nursing measures. Showing compassion and information while being treated. Above all, to have lots and lots of patience to those who are irritable and demanding patients.

III. ISSUES/CONCERNS:

        The center is currently being renovated. Landscaping was already finished.

 

          There is a newly constructed cabinet inside the 2 main rooms. It is still in the process of general cleaning and organizing of things in the RHU.

          The only concern for the month that got my attention was the order of the patients getting in the RHU. There was no organized line for the numerous patients that we have every day. Some are not patient enough to wait and are already arguing that they came first.

IV. RECOMMENDATIONS:

        For the above observation, I highly recommend to have a NUMBERING or a systematic way/ approach of the sequence of assisting patients by the earlier they got in, it will reflect by the number that they were given just as soon as they enter the center. I volunteered to encode the numbers myself and laminate it. We will implement it by the start of the new year 2012.

Signed:

Karen Flores Baduya RN

License No. 0681423

RN HEALS NURSE