St.

Paul University Philippines

Tuguegarao City, Cagayan 3500
SCHOOL OF NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES
NURSING PROGRAM
Center of Excellence for Nursing
PAASCU LEVEL IV Accredited
2nd Semester | AY 2022- 2023
SHU
Action Reflection Faith in Action

Name: Carey Jamille C. Yadan Area: SHU – Saint Paul Hospital

Course/Year: BSN 3A Date: March 17, 2023

Action
Another day, another fruitful endeavor coming to an end. When the bound sheets of paper
were handed to me, I was overwhelmed with the number of tasks to accomplish for the day.
We were tasked to finish basic nursing charting including vital signs monitoring sheet and
graph, FDAR, medication chart, etc. I was filled with so much pride when my work received
praise with few criticisms despite not having enough knowledge regarding some of the charts
including Neurologic assessment chart and I&O chart.
Reflection
My significant takeaway from today’s experience is that I should value the progress that I
made. I should make it a habit to give myself recognition and a big tap in the back that even
though I am still a far cry from finishing this degree, I’ve already gotten too far from where I
started just for me to give it up. I am still a work in progress, but I am happy that the chance
to make it through is still in my hands. I just have to tighten my grip and amplify my tenacity;
never run out of reasons to improve and make use of myself even though the road remains
rough and it gets hard to bottle it all up. I’d always choose to stay afloat.
Psalm 128:2
“You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; You shall be blessed, and it shall be well
with you.”
This scripture depicts that life is indeed a matter of choice. If you put yourself into work, then
you get what you work for. If you lie down all day without sorting out your priorities then
you get your tasks piling up. Long journey has worthwhile rewards. Make mistakes, learn and
remain steadfast and passionate with what you are working for. I am aware that I am not the
best in managing my time and sorting out my priorities and I can say that I am still struggling
in those areas up until now, but I know that I am doing my best to cut those habits and to
become a responsible student and a reliable team member I know I can be. What matters
most is I still have the will and dedication to improve myself and learn. This academic
endeavor is as if weaving a patchwork that is why it is crucial to do everything for it not to be
shredded by a single habit.
For my action, I will burn the habit of whining about how much tasks I have to get done with
and to make it a fuel to work harder and find passion in them even if I burn the candle at both
ends. Lastly, I will remain open and collaborative to the team I have so we would be able to
save more time and energy in achieving our goals as a unit and individually.

St. Paul University Philippines

Tuguegarao City, Cagayan 3500
SCHOOL OF NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES
NURSING PROGRAM
Center of Excellence for Nursing
PAASCU LEVEL IV Accredited
1st Semester | AY 2022- 2023
RHU
Action Reflection Faith in Action
Name: Carey Jamille C. Yadan Area: Rural Health Unit, Sta. Maria, Isabela
Course/Year: BSN 3C Date: November 11, 2022

Action
We kicked the day off by warm welcome and greetings, as well as with our usual morning
prayer. Ablaze with an uncontainable enthusiasm, we then headed to RHU in Sta. Maria
Isabela to get our feet wet in this brand new rotational endeavor. We were welcomed and
introduced by sir James who cemented himself as our advisor in this 8-hour duty. As the day
progressed, I was tasked to measure fundal height, assess fetal heart rate, and to perform
Leopold’s maneuver on pregnant women. We were guided by the community nurse to ensure
precision and accuracy in the measurement and assessments. When we were called to have a
quick break, I was appointed by sir James to prepare a medication by breaking an ampule.
After doing so, I was asked to administer the prepared medication to a client whose pain was
manifested by a ceaseless crying. With a gnawing fear and a bundle of nerves kicking in, I
injected the medication and all went well. We then encountered an elderly client who
struggled to pull out the lock of her earring. Sir James handled the case and everyone was
clapping and percussing when he took out the lock like a pro. Bored out of our brains, we
decided to talk to one another, share stories, and laugh the boredom away. We then decided
to have some practice like how to do antigen testing and taking out blood as well as the
different injection sites that we can healthily get blood from. We then took a picture and the
first and last day of our duty in RHU concluded.
Reflection
I was beaming with pride when I was asked to aid assistance in our 8-hour run in Rural
Health Unit. It was a gratifying experience to handle and administer medication
intramuscularly on an in-pain client and to hear a fetal heart rate as if it was my first time. I
was able to obtain multitude of learnings from that experience not only academically, but also
by skill. On the other side of the coin, I have always dreaded the day when I would handle a
patient with a case of that sort as I have always been fearful of hurting them or that my
service might land into malpractice. I have always considered this fear as a loose nail on my
armor in this battlefield, but I have always thought about it as some bridge that I will cross in
time. This fear lingered on me for years, and now, I can finally say that the loose nail has
been screwed tightly. As for the remainder of the day, I was once again reminded of the
importance of the fragmented bits that we learned from our lecture and RLE areas in the past
NCM subjects, and how these fragmented bits affect the bigger parts by their application in
real-life scenario. I was reminded that in drive and determination, comes learning and
experience. After that, we took the time off to have a lunch with a gnawing bittersweet
feeling as a chapter of our RLE journey in this semester is about to conclude. Instead of
frittering away time, we took the opportunity to get to know one another in a deeper sense.
The ebb and the flow of our lives narrated by oversimplified words, evoking a patchwork of
feelings and the deepest sigh we had in weeks. Of course, we would never forget to take a
picture with the core person who helped us find the clearest coast in this whimsical voyage-
our clinical instructor. The journey then made itself the best one yet, and all work and energy
invested came to fruition and ended with a wave of goodbye … for now.
Faith in Action