New Job New Satisfaction

It has been weeks to months since i last blog.
Recently got into a new working environment.
An area that i never thought of going into actually.
When i first went back nursing, I wanted to do geriatric.
I went to Ang Mio Kio Hospital for attachment during my 1st posting in NYP.
I love the sick old folk, i even do haircut for them.
I jus feel i cannot do enough for them.
I did even ask for sponsership back then but MAH accepted and sign me before AMK hospital could offer me a post there.
Later after tat i even ask AH to buy my bond but the only reply they give me is that government hospital do not buy bonds from the private sector anymore.
So I tried asking to work at geriatric after my study at MAH.
But there isn't any geriatric, instead they send me to paediatric.
What a great different but i still learned & had enjoyed very much for the past 3 yrs.
This yr July I went to Recuitexpress for job & they offer me research nurse post.
This is where ironically change my career path till now.
I met Grace Kavaita preciously from HCA Hospice Care.
We were actually competing for a contact research nurse post but instead we hit off so well.
She introduce me into this HCA Hospice Home Care Nurse post that I am holding now.
I have been telling Franxis how much I have love about this job.
Been a practical mother, this job offer 5 days office hrs work.
Basically I work 8.30am-5.30pm Mon to Fri.
Only once a mth I will have to work on sat but the following fri will be given off to me.
Then every 3 mths i will be oncall on one sat & one sun.
Then the following wed & thurs is off.
On top of all, I am entitled all benefits same as govt hospital.
Every staffs are given opportunities to be sponser for 2 certs thereafter will need to pay by own.
Now and then will have oversea conference for 1-2weeks depending on the length of it.
Well pay wise is ...... GOOD
With this job I will have good career advancement, study opportunity and its not restricted to Singapore only.
After 2 -3 weeks of training I already feel like what a real nurse should be.
In Singapore hospital we jus take orders n shits from DOC but here we discuss it like partners.
My statellie Dr Wyn is a very nice lady doctor.
Whenever we ask her opinion, she will surely ask back "ok tell me what will you do or what do you think we should do" instead of the normally answers from DOC "well you SHOULD do this SHould do that"
Never have we nurses ever given a chance to really DISCUSS and plan pt care wif doctors in hospital, we are like maid servant to the DOC.
But the doctors here are really treating us as the professional nurse.
We discuss pt care plan and independently carring it out.
Our big boss say we are like mini doctors.
So much of respect I have never ever felt in this nursing profession.
We can even prescript some common medication like codine to our pt independently.
As this is a funded organisation, we depend mostly from NCC and public donations.
So our pt can get free services from us but SRN are salaried same as market rate.
It can be quite tiring to travel from home to home.
It can be quite taxing when faced to unreasonable pt or family members.
It can be quite emotionally draining when all we get are permeantly discharging pt (RIP)
But all these are worthwhile.....cos we have walk through the thicks and thins with these group of helpless pt through the last part of their journey on earth