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r-ene · 15 days

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UPDATE:

It went very well !!!

Instead of memorizing, I reported as if I'm just talking to my co-interns and emphasized on important parts and shared experiences for a more relatable lecture instead of boring them with just theoreticals

My CI even asked to send my presentation to her !!

Have a report on patient and cardiopulmonary assessment in... about 3 hours and I'm still 2hrs away from the hospital and I'm not yet done w my presentation 🥲🥲

Started on this 2 weeks ago and gave it time whenever I could since commute is tiring and most days there's lots of patients, lots to do

Please pray I get this done before 7AM 🤧

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r-ene · 16 days

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Have a report on patient and cardiopulmonary assessment in... about 3 hours and I'm still 2hrs away from the hospital and I'm not yet done w my presentation 🥲🥲

Started on this 2 weeks ago and gave it time whenever I could since commute is tiring and most days there's lots of patients, lots to do

Please pray I get this done before 7AM 🤧

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r-ene · 1 month

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I was funny yesterday

Ever since i got into high school i didn't really care much about what i hear (negative things etc etc) and i don't cry much unless alone or one of our dogs passed - didn't even cry when my dad got into a car accident on 2019 or when i got humiliated by my 5th grade math teacher by havine me stand the whole class because i couldn't get the answer right and the school journal club went to take a pic of our class and she allowed to have my picture taken in that state

but yesterday after our lecture at the hospital, we talked about merits and demerits and out of nowhere our preceptor suddenly said "rene you have no initiative" and for some reason it became a trigger ??? i overthinked if i really don't have any initiative but since this is my first rotation ever i played it safe the first few days but actually i was already confident doing basic treatments on my own day 2 onwards

then, idk, i feel its bc of the exhaustion as well from having a max of 4hrs of sleep on a daily when i have hospital duty: waking up 2/230 am, traveling from 430-530 to get to the hospital 30mins earlier than our call time then logging off at 230pm, getting home at nearly 6pm

and lately ive been battling w myself as an introvert and socially... awkward ?? Idk person, ive been doing my best to talk to patients and their guardians/caretakers whenever i do treatments to ask how they are, entertain questions, go to the nurse's station to ask for an update on the patient's things etc etc and i was assigned to rehab the last 3 days, it meant a longer time to talk to each px

actually handled 2 px on my own, which im pretty proud of but ofc i wasnt able to really make the sessions fun as i wanted to but im trying hard to crack up a conversation or a joke here and there. the staff at rehab made it easier tho, everyone's so very nice and patient with teaching me stuff and i actually don't want to leave there bc it's become my safe space already

anw to continue after overthinking what my preceptor had as an example w a serious tone, i broke down once i stepped outside our unit HAHAHAHAHHAHA grateful for my fellow co-interns for protecting me and comforting me. another one of my safe spaces as of now.

i need to enroll myself to emotional management programs

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r-ene · 2 months

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extremely worried about being assigned to the ER today as my first duty.

yesterday was orientation and lectures and tour of the hospital and today officially marks my first day as a respiratory therapy intern

so actually i feel i shouldn't worry about today especially since there's a 1:1 staff-intern ratio and that we can either just observe or take initiative and i think i might be in between of the two for today?? [ observe first half of the shift + ask questions then practice on second half ]

sooo, yeah. this week, i'm on AM duty (6am to 2pm) and the good thing about this schedule is how i can use the hospital shuttle going back to my city and back home BUT as it's 358AM, i feel i am running late BUT the train station starts operating 430/5AM and i cant really use uber either the car or motorcycle ones because: (a) uber-kind of cars' extremely expensive for a student, (b) motorcycles are scary and i only trust it when im not going too far, (c) the motorcycle version's still a bit pricey.

anyways, i should go !!

i should just think how if the past and present senior interns were able to pull off their day 1s, i could also pull it off, no?

wish me luck today and good luck to everyone as well !!

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r-ene · 2 months

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Day 1 tomorrow of my first internship rotation !!!

actually i only have 2hrs 30mins to sleep, lol

Please pray I get at least enough energy to get by on a daily, I packed vitamin c with zinc and bought myself iron+folic w other vit b supplements to keep my anemia in check (i am a folic deficient anemic but my latest blood work showed normal hct/hgb w a slightly elevated rbc (this one's very consistent), so this is a must) + also packed anti-emetic to prevent any vertigo episodes from worsening

i really want to update u guys on my internship as often as possible because this is probably the most exciting part of the journey !!!

*will add tags later during lunch time*

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r-ene · 2 months

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day 47/366

slept at 4 in the morning because i suddenly remembered for clinical research we have a much earlier final defense and since my rotation got moved to the 27th, i decided to plan our deadlines since personally, i feel i won't be able to face some duties as the group's leader once our internship starts bc im assigned to a hospital 3-4 hours away from home and i wont rent a dorm or what bc its super expensive in that area

what i did from 12MN to 4AM

planned deadlines

made a timetable

made a respondent list for possible respondents – figured we could start on this while waiting for ethics approval bc it takes 2 weeks to process, at least we could just send the questionnaire as soon as it gets approved rather than just start on looking for respondents after

made a checklist in my planner for things we need to do

studied until slide 20/70 of comprehensive pt assessment presentation

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r-ene · 2 months

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02.07.24 — day 38/366

my days have been eventful since i last updated :)

attended general orientation for our department

got my internship logbook

got persuaded into joining a uni-wide quiz bee (therefore ill be absent on my 2nd day at my rotation)

got my schedule for pre internship training/lectures — certifications for the hospitals im rotating isn't necessary compared to the first hospitals the first batch went to so i don't think i'll be having that

got a commission work :)

completed my laboratories, imaging and medical exam – got my medical certificate from the university physician as fit to work (also blood levels are great !!! as an anemic that's something to be proud of)

our study got revised again so from focusing on healthcare-associated pneumonia we shifted to ventilator-associated pneumonia which is great with how much literature's already been published about it

day 3 of my pre internship today anddd im just reading through the presentations, will be making my notes tomorrow or the weekend

got some documents notarized

submitted the clinical internship form for the hospital i'm assigned to

attended lectures ofc

studied on oxygen therapy protocols (but unfortunately wasn't the topic for the lec day it was supposed to be)

today i was able to complete my commission work, revisions of our intro and literature andd research design :)

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r-ene · 2 months

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day 43/366

starting my internship very sleep deprived today. supposedly. but with God's grace, the endorsement got pushed to the 27th and i can focus on our current situation: my sister got colitis

in the photo was me taking a nap while my sister - the one hospitalized, sat on the chair because its been nearly 12hrs she's laying down in the er bed and wanted to sit down + she really wanted me to get some rest because we got home nearly 4am yesterday from the er as well also because of her (as per my suggestion for peace of mind) and i had to go to uni by lunch, so i only had 4 hours of sleep and for today was also very sleep deprived, i think i only got 2 hours maximum of sleep while we were waiting in the er

i felt guilty for not being to hold out till past 9am so our mom could chill at home, but i just couldnt also leave my sister to eat and couldnt eat by her bed bc she's on npo (for more than a day in total but at the time was 17 hrs fast already) ++++ i had a gut feeling somethinf might happen while im away, which happened after the switch

and we concluded to never go to that hospital's er again unless it's for emergencies such as a deeply lacerated limb, for example, because we met a good doctor for those type of cases, haha

wont expound but we have those times

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r-ene · 3 months

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08•01•24// I’ve been spending a lot of time in coffee shops and the yoga studio.

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r-ene · 3 months

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𝙵𝚎𝚋𝚛𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟷, 𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟸 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚒𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝙾𝚏 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚣 𝙺𝚊𝚏𝚔𝚊, 𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟺-𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟹

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r-ene · 3 months

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day 28/366

timelapsed our post-defense note-taking for revisions and whatnots and the app takes a screenshot of one of the moments and funnily the part where we all took a nap was captured

i spent my sunday sleeping most of the day bc i was still feeling under the weather and had some quality time with hoshino – his hair is already overgrown but all my energy could do was to trim his nails before i had to lie down from feeling nauseous (peep the vitamin c juice from an effervescent tablet)

i told our research leader to take a breather for the day since she wasn't able to sleep at all the day before (was on night duty, came home 1140PM and studied the presentation until she had to go to uni) and because we have until the 9th to finish the revisions anyways

this week's goals !!

review and start revisions for clinical research

week 1 of clinical research edits

do lab tests, requirement for internship

have a letter notarized

revise clinical research questionnaire

submit letter of endorsement to uni clinic

general orientation on the 2nd

write stuff down in pocket notebook to be brought along during duty

submit clinical internship form to hospital placement

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r-ene · 3 months

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day 27/366

left while the moon's still up and had our final proposal defense today and in my opinion, it was great because see, the title in itself seems very complex to do so yk i wasn't sure but i wanted to bet it's gonna be a really great research that's why i quickly agreed when my friend wanted me to hop in their group (i was able to overlook their progress from before when they did the initial proposal defense up to chapter 3 bc my friend wanted me to proofread and all)

so, even though there's a lot of revisions to do, i feel it would make the research much better since it's RT focused now. the first one was said to be something we should reserve for med school dissertation, hahaha.

anddd since yesterday i haven't been feeling well. aside from frequent allergies (sneezing, runny nose), i had a bad body ache ?? and to this day i still have half of that aches and got a low grade fever so i felt sleepy the whole day but i was proud of myself for being resilient(?) In a sense that when we presented i kept a good composure and a clear mind so we could answer to the panel's questions and whatnots

also made a checklist from the voice recording i made from the defense as to not miss some of the points the panelists made regarding the beautification of the study soon after the defense ended (bc i planned to sleep when i get home, which i did)

the commute home was very quick, less than an hour and i wanted to treat myself to some ice cream so i went the longer walking route home to enjoy my watermelon ice cream, took a pic of this cat and talked to other cats and happily made my way home, spending the last of my energy until i crashed on our couch and slept for... 3 hours ??

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r-ene · 3 months

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day 25/366

lower right pic was the day before, mama and i went to uni for enrollment + lunch date + 7/11 ice cream date

disclaimer: i enroll by myself, we just had to meet her brother earlier in the day and have a lunch date the two of us before heading to uni

last day of sit in for final coaching for RT licensure exam, the topic was diagnostics by one of my favorite professors 🥰. ill be taking my boards either this 2025 or 2026 but hopefully 2025 and since i had a lot of time in my hands, ive been sitting in the reviews as i mentioned before :)

my sister got back from singapore at 1 in the morning and brought home tons of coffee, probably for my stock for internship, and so, i had 600mL of coffee using the teabag-like coffee HAHA didn't finish the whole thing, don't worry

forgot to include but i made a cute notebook with an unintentional pocket !!! ill be using it for essential info for duty. initially wanted to buy one but thought id be able to save and at the same time be proud of myself, hahaha

what happened this day:

✅️ revised clinical research manuscript and submitted the softcopy

✅️ revised our questionnaire

✅️ revised the ppt for saturday's defense

✅️ attended diagnostics lecture for final coaching

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r-ene · 3 months

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day 22/366

had a 1-5PM sit in for final coaching for RTLE. very grateful to have profs that invites and permits us to sit in for board reviews (i sat in a pulmonary rehab class of the 3rd years once, hahah)

unfortunately, my academic grant didn't push through but again, grateful for the chance to be considered in such opportunities. i knew by now not to expect too much from anything 😅

went to my best friend's house to get something printed and hung out with my bestie, 🐶 who, as you can see, is very clingy with me, hahaha. he literally wanted to chew on my face with how excited he got and didn't leave my side until he got excited from another person entering the house + he allowed me to put his hair up !! don't have a pic, but ill share soon once i get one, haha

also thought id just share the agendas i have for the week :)

panel defense (research proposal) on saturday

ethics submission for research

5 days RTLE sit in (today was day 1/5)

readings on oxygen therapy protocols for next saturday's lecture

resume revision

tough times always but we should make it all into a lemonade so we don't wallow and get crazy from it all 🫡

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r-ene · 3 months

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You learn something new every day, but it is never too late to learn. Learning is fun.

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r-ene · 3 months

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“There is a life and there is a death, and there are beauty and melancholy in between.” - Albert Camus

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r-ene · 3 months

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day 20/366

started my first class as a senior today :)

took lots of notes with the responses of those asked what protocols or practices they follow in their current institute (yk as a baby intern) and then I was asked by my prof which research group I would like to jump in so it would be less difficult for me considering my placement for internship as well, but initially, of course, I said it would be unfair since they already completed chapters 1-3 without me

but then, my friend which I had helped from their chapter 1 wanted to adopt me and soooo instead of completing the last research proposal I've been working on, I will review on that research instead - proofread, make notes of and etc since there's a proposal defense on saturday with the university's research head

also had a wholesome chat with a convenience store manager. before we had a chat i felt frustrated at myself for not checking the operating times of the office i needed to visit and just went there but then it's closed every weekend so i hung out at the store for awhile (i also did not know my way home that time, HAHA) but yeah. i was touched by the conversation we had because we both helped each other in a sense that he's preparing financially for his kids' college funds (which he asks me abt tuition, etc + his kids are adorable 🥹 he showed me a photo of them) and he told me how he wants even just one of his kids to also pursue respiratory therapy because it seems like a great field, esp abroad + how he wants them to grow up like me ??? like, im a legit stranger, he doesn't know me but somehow i made that good of an impression, hahaha and he also reminded me that family is a blessing, daily necessities are always miraculously provided but tuition fees are not and that he said it was great i stumbled into their store, hahaha

it's a very long story BUT as a socially awkward introvert, it was a great talk :) also as i post this, i got home safely, probably just guided by God on the way back home because i legit had no idea where to go but then my feet just walked awhile until we reached the terminal for transport

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