ST.

JOHN’S INSTITUTE
Government Recognition No 121, s. 1973
Capitol Subdivision, Bacolod City, Philippines 6100
Tel. No. (034)432-1164 / 433-3773

STRAND: Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics

(STEM)

PARTNER INSTITUTION: The Provincial Veterinary Office

NAME: Katrina Marie Tumonong Nuega

DATE: March 26, 2019 to April 2, 2019

ACTIVITY #1

COMPANY PROFILE

The Provincial Veterinary Office (P.V.O.) Branch of Negros

Occidental is located in Bacolod city. P.V.O. is a government

institution that aims to provide veterinary services to the

domesticated animals of Bacolod City, such as dogs, cats, sheep,
ST. JOHN’S INSTITUTE
goats, cows and carabao. Some
Government services
Recognition No 121,include
s. 1973 fecalysis,
Capitol Subdivision, Bacolod City, Philippines 6100
immunization shots, overall check ups, and blood examination.
Tel. No. (034)432-1164 / 433-3773

STRAND: STEM-Medical

PARTNER INSTITUTION: The Provincial Veterinary Office

COORDINATOR/PERSON-IN-CHARGE: Dr. Renante Decena

NAME: Katrina Marie Tumonong Nuega

DATE: March 26, 2019

JOURNAL ENTRY #1

A. ACTIVITIES (Enumerate all the specific activities of the

specific day)
 Today was the first day that we were deployed! We

weren’t able to do much since it was pretty late when we left

St. John’s Institute (SJI) to go to P.V.O. We arrived and were

given a warm welcome by Dr. Adelardo Mondia. After that, we

were divided into three groups. I was grouped with Katrina

Garrido and Aian Alegarbes and we were assigned to help out

in the laboratory.

Since we had nothing much to do afterwards, we were

sent home by P.V.O.

B. LEARNINGS (Enumerate new things that you have learned,

directly from the activity you performed)

I didn’t learn much of anything new today, since we

haven’t truly started yet. However, I do look forward to the

days to come.

C. REFLECTION

I felt very excited to finally start our work immersion.

What I realized today is that when you start an activity, you

don’t have to hit the ground running. Sometimes, it’s okay to

observe and absorb first before anything; which is what we

did today.
 ST. JOHN’S INSTITUTE
Government Recognition No 121, s. 1973
Capitol Subdivision, Bacolod City, Philippines 6100
Tel. No. (034)432-1164 / 433-3773

STRAND: STEM-Medical

PARTNER INSTITUTION: P.V.O.

COORDINATOR/PERSON-IN-CHARGE: Dr. Renante Decena

NAME: Katrina Marie Tumonong Nuega

DATE: March 27, 2019

JOURNAL ENTRY #2

A. ACTIVITIES (Enumerate all the specific activities of the

specific day)

Today, we officially started the work immersion in P.V.O.

I was a little surprised because were only given office work for

much of the day. We were asked to cut up scratch paper to

make receipts and to print labels for files and folders.

I was happy when a dog came in at around noon. His

owner told us that he had Diarrhea. When we tried to take his

temperature, he freaked out, almost biting his owner in the

 face. Because of this, Doctor Tan called off the whole “taking

his temperature” part of the check up since we didn’t want to

cause him any more pain. Doctor Tan explained that usually

this part of the check up doesn’t hurt the dogs, but for him, it

was probably uncomfortable because his anus was already

painful. Aside from that, we didn’t do much of anything else

today.

B. LEARNINGS (Enumerate new things that you have learned,

directly from the activity you performed)

I learned the process of how to take a dog’s temperature

today, though we weren’t able to have any actual experience

with it. Since Miss Medina, the lab technician, didn’t have

anything for us to work with today, this was all I learned.

C. REFLECTION

I was surprised when Doctor Tan called off the

temperature taking for Tonton’s sake. I thought that this was

required for every check up. I realized that sometimes a doctor

has to know how to feel for their patient, in order to give them

not only efficient service but a comfortable one as well.

 ST. JOHN’S INSTITUTE
Government Recognition No 121, s. 1973
Capitol Subdivision, Bacolod City, Philippines 6100
Tel. No. (034)432-1164 / 433-3773

STRAND: STEM-Medical

PARTNER INSTITUTION: P.V.O.

COORDINATOR/PERSON-IN-CHARGE: Dr. Renante Decena

NAME: Katrina Marie Tumonong Nuega

DATE: March 28, 2019

JOURNAL ENTRY #3

ACTIVITIES (Enumerate all the specific activities of the specific

day)

Today, my group and I were able to help out in the

laboratory! Miss Medina asked Aian, Kat and I to observe and

assist her as she conducts fecalysis on carabao and cow fecal

samples. It was the highlight of my day.

LEARNINGS (Enumerate new things that you have learned,

directly from the activity you performed)

I learned the process of analyzing feces for parasites. First,

you have to choose the oldest sample from the batch and work

with is first. In our case, it was the one submitted on March 5.

Next, you have to know just how much feces to put on the slide

with salt solution on it. Usually, a toothpick prick is enough.

Then you have to mix it thoroughly with the salt solution. Miss

Medina took over the analyzing part, but I learned about the

different kinds of parasites as well from looking at what she

found.

REFLECTION

Today, I learned that if you are working in the medical

field, you have to be down to do some dirty work. If Miss

Medina was picky and didn’t examine the feces thoroughly, lots

of unclean meat would make it to the market. You can’t be picky

with what you do, since every little thing helps the community

in a big way.
 ST. JOHN’S INSTITUTE
Government Recognition No 121, s. 1973
Capitol Subdivision, Bacolod City, Philippines 6100
Tel. No. (034)432-1164 / 433-3773

STRAND: STEM-medical

PARTNER INSTITUTION: _P.V.O.

COORDINATOR/PERSON-IN-CHARGE: Dr. Renante Decena

NAME: Katrina Marie T. Nuega

DATE: March 29, 2019

JOURNAL ENTRY #4

ACTIVITIES (Enumerate all the specific activities of the

specific day)

We worked with Dr. Mondia today, and he taught us

how to inject a dog with immunization shots, such as Anti-

rabies and Anti-parvo. We also organized the files of P.V.O.’s

clients today; and got rid of the oldest ones. Lastly, Kat, Aian

and I worked with Miss Medina in the lab again!

 LEARNINGS (Enumerate new things that you have learned,

directly from the activity you performed)

Today, I learned how to inject a dog. You have to find a

“fatty” spot on its back, pinch it upwards, then inject

quickly. After injecting, you have to massage the area in

order to ensure complete absorption of the chemicals.

I also learned how to really organize files and folders.

Miss Dane taught us to organize even more efficiently by

categorizing each alphabetical letter into more

alphabetical letters. Example, we would organize the files

under letter “A” into “AA”, “AB,” “AC” and so on.

REFLECTION

I realized that whatever it is that you think is perfect,

still has plenty of room for improvement. It never occurred

to me that sub-categorizing was a thing, yet the end result

was very organized. In the end, I learned that there are still

so many skills to learn, even in activities that I think I’m

already good at.

 ST. JOHN’S INSTITUTE
Government Recognition No 121, s. 1973
Capitol Subdivision, Bacolod City, Philippines 6100
Tel. No. (034)432-1164 / 433-3773

STRAND: STEM-Medical

PARTNER INSTITUTION: P.V.O.

COORDINATOR/PERSON-IN-CHARGE: Dr. Renante Decena

NAME: Katrina Marie T. Nuega

DATE: April 1, 2019

JOURNAL ENTRY #5

ACTIVITIES (Enumerate all the specific activities of the

specific day)

I took my dog Beauty in for Anti-parvo shots today!

There was also kind of a mishap because I wasn’t able to

hold her head still so she turned around in time for the shot

to be delivered and everyone freaked out but she just

sniffed then turned away hahaha. That was all that

happened today.
 LEARNINGS (Enumerate new things that you have learned,

directly from the activity you performed)

I learned today that as a dog-owner, “holding your

dog” doesn’t just mean holding them. It means making them

feel safe and distracted from whatever the doctor is doing

to them.

REFLECTION

Today, I realized that medical professionals risk their

own safety and security everyday just to help others; and I

realized this when Beauty turned around to look at

whatever was hurting her. She could have just as easily

been an aggressive dog and bit Aian’s hand straight off,

(lucky she wasn’t) and Aian would have had nothing to do

about it. We have to appreciate medical professionals more.

 ST. JOHN’S INSTITUTE
Government Recognition No 121, s. 1973
Capitol Subdivision, Bacolod City, Philippines 6100
Tel. No. (034)432-1164 / 433-3773

STRAND: STEM-Medical

PARTNER INSTITUTION: P.V.O.

COORDINATOR/PERSON-IN-CHARGE: Dr. Renante Decena

NAME: Katrina Marie Tumonong Nuega

DATE: April 2, 2019

JOURNAL ENTRY #6

ACTIVITIES (Enumerate all the specific activities of the

specific day)

The last day in P.V.O.! there was one dog who came in

and he was very, very weak. He couldn’t sit or stand, and he

was super still while lying on his side. Doctor Tan

rehydrated him by injecting him with dextrose. When they

left, I asked Doctor Tan if she thought that the dog had a
 chance to live and she said “Laban laban sa mga amo na nga

situations manog patay nagid na pero we still have to try.”

LEARNINGS (Enumerate new things that you have learned,

directly from the activity you performed)

I learned about a new way of treating dogs, which is by

rehydrating them using a dextrose shot. The injection

process is the same with any other injection process,

though.

REFLECTION

My biggest realization today is that if I want to be a

medical professional, I have to have a strong, tenacious

and almost desperate desire to keep all of my clients

healthy and alive no matter what state they are in. I’m sure

that as soon as Dr. Tan saw the dog’s situation, she already

concluded that he was dying; but that didn’t stop her from

doing her best to save him. That was true heroic work

right there.
 ST. JOHN’S INSTITUTE
Government Recognition No 121, s. 1973
Capitol Subdivision, Bacolod City, Philippines 6100
Tel. No. (034)432-1164 / 433-3773

STRAND: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

(STEM)

PARTNER INSTITUTION: Amity Volunteer Fire Brigade

NAME: Katrina Marie Tumonong Nuega

DATE: April 22, 2019 to April 25, 2019

ACTIVITY #1

COMPANY PROFILE

The Amity Fire Volunteer Fire Brigade, or Amity for short,

is located in Hilado Extension, Bacolod City. It was established I

order to provide aid to the citizens of Bacolod City during times

of need such as fires, vehicular accidents, medical emergencies

and natural calamities.

 ST. JOHN’S INSTITUTE
Government Recognition No 121, s. 1973
Capitol Subdivision, Bacolod City, Philippines 6100
Tel. No. (034)432-1164 / 433-3773

STRAND:STEM-Medical

PARTNER INSTITUTION: Amity Volunteer Fire Brigade

COORDINATOR/PERSON-IN-CHARGE: Sir Radny Pabon

NAME: Katrina Marie T. Nuega

DATE: April 22, 2019

JOURNAL ENTRY #1

ACTIVITIES (Enumerate all the specific activities of the specific

day)

Today, I went to Amity with Paula because I had no ride to

P.H.O. and I couldn’t walk there by myself. It was worth it though

because I haven’t started my hours at P.H.O. yet and I learned

how to make gauze bandages today! I also was taught the basics

about descending a fire pole but I chickened out.

LEARNINGS (Enumerate new things that you have learned,

directly from the activity you performed)

In order to make a gauze bandage, you first have to have

clean hands. Take the gauze cloth and fold it three times

vertically then three times horizontally.

In order to descend the fire pole, you have to hold on with

both legs and hands, the alternately hold the pole with your

hands while going down.

REFLECTION

The biggest realization I had today was thhat around

ninety-five percent of Amity’s workers are volunteers. They

really do take time out of their day or week to help the

community whenever a tragedy strikes. To me, that is very

commendable. Not all heroes wear capes.

 ST. JOHN’S INSTITUTE
Government Recognition No 121, s. 1973
Capitol Subdivision, Bacolod City, Philippines 6100
Tel. No. (034)432-1164 / 433-3773

STRAND:STEM-Medical

PARTNER INSTITUTION: Amity Volunteer Fire Brigade

COORDINATOR/PERSON-IN-CHARGE:Sir Radny Pabon

NAME: Katrina Marie T. Nuega

DATE: April 23, 2019

JOURNAL ENTRY #2

ACTIVITIES (Enumerate all the specific activities of the

specific day)

Today, Paula and I went with Medic 2 to transport a

patient from the Medical Hub to Riverside Hospital. Paula

was the best companion because although I didn’t know the

ropes yet, she helped me to figure out how to take the

patient’s blood oxygen levels and how to transport the

patient effectively and comfortably. There was an

emergency call right as we were headed back to the base,

but Paula and I weren’t allowed to come with.

 LEARNINGS (Enumerate new things that you have learned,

directly from the activity you performed)

Firstly, I learned how to take the patient’s blood

oxygen levels. Then you must take several 24 inch by 5 inch

sheets of gauze cloth and put them on a clean surface, such

as a sheet of cartolina paper on a sanitized table. Then the

intern must fold the sheet three times horizontally, then

three times vertically.

After making the gauze bandages, they are to be stored

inside a sanitized container.

REFLECTION

I realized that ou health is our biggest treasure. When

we entered the dialysis center, I saw that many patients

were already quite aged. They most probably never even

realized that their bodies weren’t healthy earlier on; and

now they’re stuck in a loop they can’t get out of if they want

to live on. That was a bit of a grim moment for me, but I’m

lucky to have seen it early in my life. I’m lucky to realize that

because I am young, I still have so much time to ensure a

healthy and happy future for myself and my family. This, I

will definitely do.