first day..chase farm hospital.

assalamualaikum..

first day of attachment in UK for mental health elective. I thought we were supposed to be together. me, joanne and gervanne. how wrong was I. We were put in three different places. Me, at a hospital in Chase Farm, Gervanne in another hospital in St Ann, and Joanne in Community clinic in Edmonton.


Mine, is the furthest than the other two, an hour journey by buses. i say buses because i need to take two bus...and YES, yesterday, I'm scared with the idea of travelling alone. my shift started at half past 8 and ended at half past 4. it was dark by then since its winter.


but today, i've found the silver lining; putting aside the part where I get lost while allocating the mental health building. Chase Farm is a big hospital! there are a lot of other units, like hospital in Malaysia.


I was concern about how the people there will accept me. i thought i will be left to hang around doing nothing important (just like most of the time when posting in UKM ;p). again. I was WRONG! what Mr U said back in UKM was soooooooo true!

everyone was warm and friendly. I was introduce to my mentor Mr Heubert and was taken to a home visit. on my first day! that was fast! they also have two staff who originate from Malaysia. yay, jumpa orang kampung!!! one of them, Allison were kind enough to take me to the cafe and order some halal food for me. at last, i finally see rice. After 3 days lunch with oreo, I almost cry when I saw nasi. in terms of learning, the mentor is only there to enable what we need to learn.


Anyway, there are different team within mental health unit. The team that I'm attach with now is called home treatment team. they perform risk assessment to decide whether the patient need hospitalization or treatment in community base. They look after patient who are not violent enough to be hospitalized yet not stable to be left alone in community. The team work for short period with patient around 4 to 6 week before handing the patient to community team or their respective general practitioner.

Looking forward for tomorrow!

touch down!

assalamualaikum...

after the flight delayed for 20 minutes, and what it seems like never ending flying hours (13 hours on board and bored..!!)

finally, we're in UK!!

ok this is in LCCT, before checking in the luggages..

 our flight took of around 10am in morning from Malaysia. the flight was arrange in a three column with 9 seats for every row.  i was seated next to a blonde lass with her father, while Gervanne and Joanne sat near to each   other. throughout the journey, the young girl was actively talking to her father in her British accent, which sublimely enters my mind while i slept. [ yeah right :') ] Later, I started to sound like them. a bit.

killing the boredom with psychology facts..

upon arrival at Gatwick Airport around 4pm in UK (that is 8 hours later from Malaysia), we quickly check in the UK border, with my backpack killing my spine and palpitation, worrying that we will face the same things that happen to our previous senior. (they were detained for almost 12 hours due to visa). turns out that the officer was nice, and we had no problem passing through!

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

then we collect our luggage and find our way to the tube that heads to Victoria station and directly to our final destination, King's Cross. however, the train were not available on weekend. ad so these three little creatures among those tall british people; with bags who weigh fit enough to make your spine suffer, had to take detour. the other option left is to go to London Bridge station from Gatswick Airport, find the tube that heads to King's Cross (it is in the northline!) and from King's Cross, take a bus to where we were staying right now.

'jet lag' face, it was already 1am in Malaysia around this time..I haven't slept much.

one thing that fascinate me about people in UK is their willingness to help others.at first we were being cautious not to let strangers took our bags, but it seem though they are not only offering the help to us, but also to local people in need. hmm, i guess, it's just their culture.


so to cut thing short, here we are, finally in our residential place, somewhere in Stoke Newington, UK. It's 2 am in UK now and my fingers are freezing. till then!

dreams

assalamualaikum..

source: harian metro 18th nov '11

dream...is it a short form of Don't Really Ever Anticipate Miracle...

do you ever dream? do your dream ever come true? are your prayers always get answered? the girl, in the picture up there, is a prove that dream do come true...if you put effort to make it happen.

for me, dreams = imagination + effort.

if you get what you dream without effort, that is merely being lucky.

talking about the girl in the picture up there, remind me of the day I received my UPSR result. the reminiscent of that time, when the white baju kurung and navy blue coloured sarong was my uniform, almost make my tears fell

 ...back then....I was crying too, when my name was called among those who did well in the exam. the feels of having achieved things that you want in your life is priceless. but of course, if you want to gain, you need to face the pain. this girl, giving by the circumstance she's in, at that very young age, was able to achieved what she wants. so why can't us?

I have a lot more of my dreams that has yet to be achieved. but I always remind myself that I had achieved lot before this so it's ok if my other dreams are not answered.

So....don't choose to stop dreaming. Start working for that dream....than the opportunity will come along the way...

to study abroad is the 'achieved' goal, visit PARIS is another dream to be achieve...

nak sangat-sangat!!!!!

sebelum berangkat pergi ke kota London lagi 2 minggu....mahu sangat2 memiliki benda ini....

SONY CYBERSHOT DIGITAL CAMERA WX30/V

 ........lagi2 yang warna ungu kat depan tu..argh..so tempting!

kenapa???

16.2 MP tu.....

sebab boleh menghasilkan gambar yang sangat clear..walaupun zoom. 10kali lagi clear daripada kamera digital yang biasa. biasa means kamera digital sony yang model sebelum2 ni...

ade optical steady shot. nak tangkap gambar sambil lari pun boleh. ambil video sambil jalan pun tak de gegar2....

Sebab ade warna ungu!!!

harap2 cukup wang untuk membeli...harga standard RM999.00. GULP!!...

tapi pernah jumpa harga around RM700+-

semoga impian tercapai~~

conteng

tak sangka...

rupa-rupanya.....

dah lama tak pegang pensel....

asyik mengetuk keyboard, menaip assignment..

bila pegang pensel...

tiada tulisan yg terbentuk..

hanya ada lakaran...

.......

sibuk betul hidup disini..

sampai lupa...

saya dah lama tak melukis...

lakaran tu melambangkan emosi...tengok, hasil contengan pun muka tension...

NANSYM 2011

assalamualaikum..

2nd National Nursing Student Symposium (NANSYM) was held in UIAM Kuantan on 22nd october '11. yeah, out of all the time in the world, i chose to join this symposium in the midst of insane scheduled and tons of write up. bravo! you are brave nisa!.

this is the main hall for the ceremony to take place. it's in their Kuliyyah of Science. Nursing students in UIA are blessed to have their own faculty, which they addressed as Kuliyyah Of Nursing. It is approximately 15 minutes away from their main campus in Kuantan (minus traffic jam); if you are travelling with engine powered vehicle. if you are late than you are late, no one can help you..

Well fair enough, here in UKM we are blessed with our own hospital and hostel within walking distance. If you are NOT an early bird like me, at least running to class is still possible..  

yeah, our seat are labeled. see there. reserved for UKM! Only four of us from UKM; me, Gervanne, and two juniors : Muazam and Atifah

outdoors view. with gervanne, occupied with her presentation text

Entrance of Kuliyyah of Science.

later in the evening, we were scheduled to follow a visit to UIAM's Nursing skills lab in their very own faculty.

this is where their class takes place. The Kuliyyah of Nursing and Medicine (different faculty, same building) is situated near to Kuantan Parade. or is it Kuantan Mall? owh, forgive me for my forgetfulness. there's just too many things cramped in my brain right now..

Their Kuliyyah was on second floor. On your left of the above picture is where their skills lab is situated. Their skills lab is their WOW factor. one of the most advance skills lab in Malaysia I supposed. I'll write about it later!

 Oh yes, we had dinner that night. this was the portion that I successfully take, along with a bowl of mi hoon sup and cendol.  It was ok. Maybe I don't prefer buffet style of dinner if you ask me, especially when you have to queue according to table while your stomach was producing extra gastric acid. It's a torture~~~

with comrades from UiTM and Kolej Politek Mara (KPTM) 

overall, the aim of this symposium is to discuss the future of nursing profession, especially for fresh graduated nurses who seem to face difficulty to get placements. insane right, here and there they advertised shortage of nurses and yet these scholar end up jobless. I don't know. perhaps, there will be better future for us. until then....

respect need to be earn. If we want nursing to be respected as a profession, we must show that we are professional in our work. that is the real challenge in nursing.