it's official.

September 27- Oath taking Ceremony.

This makes everything official for me. I am now a registered nurse. All the hard work has accumulated to this. Okay, so I might be currently unemployed and still making a name for myself but what a feeling it is to finally appendage that R.N. in my name.

A friend of mine considers this to being the "marriage" of my profession.

After the ceremony, the one thing my mom and I did to celebrate was to go shopping. We searched for jackets and coats for my Fall/Winter attire when I'll be moving to my new country (will seriously post about this soon). I am eye-ing that fuschia coat and black leather jacket at Promod; and a gray coat at Mango.

I didn't take pictures, I think the sales lady considers it rude when you take pictures of outfits that you haven't bought yet. We had those items reserved and will be coming back for it ASAP.

I won't be asking anymore for Christmas if mom gets me those. xD

basic suturing workshop

September 16-17 Joined a post graduate seminar and workshop on basic suturing.

I'm glad that I got more than I paid for. I definitely learned a lot from this and the part when I have to perform how to tie 1 knot in 3 different ways made me realized I've never been a girl scout when I was a kid. I wasn't part of it because that curriculum didn't arrive yet on our school or I was just too old to join in anymore.haha The knot is important to know first because that's the basis of every suture, a good knot.

Anywho, I may have used up about 4 sutures but at least I got it all down.

PSGS-CEVC Basic Skills on Wound Closure VII

life is not a final. it's daily pop quizzes.

August 26-28 As a health professional, this is a first step for me getting involved in seminars which is pretty exciting. We tackled about basic life support, healthcare CPR w/ AED and ACLS seminar (ECG reading & Intubation). Sorry for the out of this world acronyms. :D The instructors, Sir Johnathan and Sir Lloyd, are experts at this. I thank them for their humor and knowledge that they've imparted.

a little one-on-one with our subject

my hands were so sweaty right after because i kept getting it wrong the first time.haha

AED= automated external defibrillator (pure genius!)

our fellow batchmates with our instructors

For more info about basic life saving, go here: http://www.basiclifesaving.net

We ate out at Fudge to celebrate. Too hungry for words.

lava cake, tiramisu and oreo mousse

goofed off.