10. 60 patients in the ward versus 1 staff nurse and 1 trainee is considered a benign shift.
9. "Not seen during rounds." Trodat. is an accepted Nurse's Notes' charting.
8. Ampicillin, Ketorolac and Nalbuphine are best of friends. Sometimes, they also hang-out with buddies Gentamycin and Metronidazole.
7. Some patients never buy medicines. They just collect Rxs and irritate the medication nurse.
6. Medication x 100, IV insertion, carrying out orders, extraction, MgSO4, handling patients numerous enough to build an army etc. (Okay, halfway there. I felt compelled to put in something semi-serious for everyone else's sanity)
5. Patients panic once their IV bottles are empty or they see blood in their IV line like they're going to have a cardiac arrest because of it. Re-hook new one immediately or flush mentioned blood. Or else, relative will follow you around the ward and watch everything that you do.
4. The smell of disinfectant and lochia combined will haunt you on your way home.
3. There's nothing awkward about asking somebody you barely know (in front of other people): "Naka-utot na ba kayo?"
2. It is possible to fit 6 mothers and 6 babies in a single-sized bed.
...and the No.1 thing I learned from my 2-month stay at the OB Ward:
1. The location of Lying-In and how to get there. "Sir, sa Lying-In po yan, diretso sa dulong-dulo tapos kaliwa."
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