NARRATIVE REPORT

(Preceptorship Training for Clinical Instructors)

It was indeed a great experience having such kind of exposure at the clinical
areas/ward in Eastern Bicol Medical Center as part of our Preceptorship Training , after
almost 5 years of being a community health nurse it serves as a correspondence to the
course that we had as a Nurse. Day 1 and day 2 was on December 19 -20,2022 which
was the orientation for the policy and guidelines of the hospital . We appreciate the
unconditional effort made by Mrs. Salve Tabo in order for us to cope up and be familiar
with the environment of EBMC. We also had the tour to different wards in which we
found out that many areas and premises had change already . We also meet old and
new faces of the staff. Some of them were our batchmates and friends, some were
senior nurses that we already encountered when we were students of Catanduanes
State Unversity.
On my 1st day at the actual ward, I was assigned at the Pedia ward wherein I feel
the passion of taking care of sick children. Giving bedside care and health teachings to
the parents and watcher was so fulfilling. A smile on a child’s face after giving them a
tepid sponge bath which distress the feeling of a febrile child was so delightful. The
parent’s positive response to health teaching given was also rewarding to me. I can feel
the struggles they were facing through as they took their sick child to hospital because I
am a parent too. Despite of the poverty and challenges they can still manage to smile.
The nursing staffs were also very accommodating in every query that we have knowing
that we are in the stage of orientation in the area. On the 2 nd day, I was in PICU/NICU
ward. While doing the endorsement rounds with the staff nurses, I was praying for every
child’s recovery in the ward, especially those babies that cannot comprehend of what
they really feel. Also, a school grader that suddenly got paralyzed and cannot speak at
all. I prayed that blessing of healing will be poured on them.
Next days, I was assigned at the ICU. Two (2) patients were being monitored,
one was on a stable state while the other one was in comatose. I observed how
tracheostomy was being cleaned and suction. As well as, I assisted the surgeon on
removing the CTT. Honestly, I really don’t feel comfortable to be in the critical units.
Because I have a weak sense of everything. I pity a lot and I worried a lot especially on
old age individuals. I always reminisce the picture of my grandparents struggling at ICU
right beside me when I was a child. They don’t deserve to have their last days having
the contraptions and laid on hospital bed. On the following day when I was assigned at
the Medical ward, I noticed a man, closing his eyes tightly while tears were falling. I feel
the pain that he was going through and the worst was no one is beside him to watch
over him or take care of his needs. He seems like being abandoned by his family. I
frequently watch over him and attended to his needs but in a while he was grasping for
an oxygen, he was desaturating and after how many hours he expired without anyone
holding his hands as a sign of love and care. He died alone. It was indeed a toxic day, I
feel so exhausted physically and emotionally seeing those kind of situations.
Though we didn’t completely experienced all the ward duties because of holidays
and other important matters, being oriented in the situation and environment of the
EBMC was really a great part of being a Clinical Instructor. I can now anticipate how
well my students need to managed each and every patient in the ward. I can also tell
them the importance of being a nurse not just by job description but by heart.
JANINA CATE T. TAN, RN