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COLLEGE OF NURSING SY 2012-2013 1st Semester BSN2-2 Group E

My three (3) Rotational Community Duties in the RHU of Barangay Quezon Hill Baguio City, RHU of Acupan Benguet and MHU of Itogon

Community duty will be one of the best parts of my being a student nurse because I know I will learn a lot, not only in skills but also in values. For some, it is like wasting their time because instead of acquiring different skills in the hospital they are sent to the community just to be with the folks. I was able to knock on every strangers door overcoming myself and talked to the residents. In here, I learned that community duty is not an ordinary activity for a student nurse. It was September 24, 2012, our first day in the Poblacion, Itogon. Just like any other community duties, we first did our courtesy call at RHU of Itogon Central. I dont know anything about this place except from the fact that it is a mountainous area. When I saw the pictures in the municipal hall, I learned more about Itogon. I was surprised to know that behind the green mountains of Itogon, lies the magnificent works of nature- the sceneries that the Itogon people can truly be proud off. From its image forming mountains, its cool tree parks, rich pine trees, running rivers down to its rich land, all these and more sceneries Itogon can be proud of. After our courtesy call, we went to our designated area, the other mountain and is needed to cross hanging bridge. We were able to render care to the community people, starting from the home visits and BP monitoring that we did each day; to the health teachings on breastfeeding, hypertension, dengue awareness activities; and even from our simple walk in the fields-all these made me experience the life and the work of a true community health nurse. The simple interventions we did to the community people are already a big thing for them. And because of those things that we did, they felt that they are important. I was so touched because every time we go to their place they would say words of gratitude for what we have done. Through these experiences I was able to prove what nursing really is; To render care for community people -To apply my learning and knowledge about my profession -To gain more experience in enhancing my ability -To motivate myself as a health care provider -To perform my duty as a competent student nurse ant to be able to broaden my ability in the said profession

Rina Decalan BSN2-2C

Community Health Nursing in Itogon Benguet

In the RHU of Acupan Benguet

Within our more than five hours duty or the third day, I have learned different things that are needed for me to be a good and responsible nurse someday. I have learned different how to manage my time wisely with the patients, group mates, CI and midwives in the institution. I was able to deal with the community people regarding some important

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COLLEGE OF NURSING SY 2012-2013 1st Semester BSN2-2 Group E

information in getting in getting vital signs especially blood pressure. I was able to gained additional knowledge concerning on the techniques toward the improvement of the conditions of some patients. Though it was my second time to experience our duty there were lots of memories to learned and gained. I realized it is fun being a student nurse because you can gain a different experience in dealing with other people.

In the RHU of Quezon Hill

My learning experience that day is very wide since I learned a lot and recalled that in our previous lesson NCM 101 we can now apply it in real life situations. Here are the following informations that occur to us, how to compute the EDD (Expected Date of Delivery) and AOG (Age of Gestation) were it is very valuable for pregnant mothers. EDD tends us to inform us, when will be the time for pregnant women to give birth and AOG simply tells us how mature the fetus already or its development. I also encountered the process of Health Center, filling up forms, asking questions to the client and act as a nurse. This is a crucial experience because I learned a lot.