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Exposing Kids to the Hospital EnvironmentPosted by admin on April 6th, 2011

My kids ask me what job I had before I stayed at home and they were curious what sort of environment I worked at. My eldest got curious as to what college degree I took as he is two years short of being in high school and he likes to plan things like this, so I told him all about nursing school and how we wore white uniforms with matching white stockings and white shoes with a white cap to boot while we had our internship. His first question was – “How do you keep clean with those whites?” I had to laugh, it can really be a challenge. Good thing most hospitals are now accepting scrubs as the default uniforms for nurses. Most buy cotton scrubs as it is the most comfortable set.

I am wondering if I can get the lydias uniform for my kids and we can play hospital at home!

What Responsibilities Medical Assistant Job?Posted by admin on December 8th, 2010

No, they are not nurses nor are they doctors. Medical assistants are, simply put, those who provide assistance to doctors. They perform both administrative and clinical tasks that some doctors are too busy to perform. Most clinical tasks that they can perform should be done under supervision of a licensed physician.

There are numerous medical assistant jobs available nowadays. Unlike security guard jobs, their work is not high-risk but they need to undergo a formal school program that covers anatomy, physiology, as well as the basic fundamentals of medical diagnostic techniques. As part of their program, those studying to become medical assistants need to undergo training in a medical facility. The pay for these jobs is in the middle range, slightly lower than the salary for registered nurse jobs and sales assistant jobs.

Among the usual tasks that a medical assistant has to perform are answering phones, updating and filing medical records, filling out insurance forms, scheduling appointments, arranging for hospital admission and laboratory services, handling billing, taking medical histories, recording vital signs, preparing patients for examination, assisting during diagnostic examinations, collecting and preparing laboratory specimens, sterilizing of medical instruments, instructing patients about medication and special diets, and many more.

A Call for Tough SavingsPosted by admin on March 19th, 2010

I am so happy and proud for my friend who will move into their own house this summer. It came from endless hard work and a lot of belt-tightening on their part and now all of it is coming to a great dream come true: their own house, or their Little Mansion, as they fondly call it. I have seen them, particularly my friend, really save everything. If there is such a thing as pinching pennies, she would really have been doing it! Nothing beats the effectiveness of stress when it comes to losing weight as she really lost a lot of it, even natural weight loss supplements won’t help her lose that much that fast.

I hope we can be like them and finally invest in a house soon. I am still praying where we want to plant our roots. It needs to have a great community for growing kids, definitely. I want my kids social, physical and mental being cultivated in where we would live.

SAHM – Officially.Posted by admin on April 30th, 2008

May 1st.
My resignation took effect yesterday. I left the office, for the last time, at 9PM. I left with a very heavy heart. It took a great deal of effort to convince myself NOT to cry.

It was all so bittersweet for me. That was my first job, and I lasted five years. What was supposed to be a temporary money solution while I work got extended because I need to get married, I got pregnant, then I needed to support the family. Then I got promoted and work became something I really loved.

I guess it’s also bittersweet in a way that this is totally life-changing for me. Im not dreading staying at home – Im so looking forward to it. Time with the kids. Focus on me. Good stuff.

But when you leave a job that has so much memories – it hurts.I grew up there. I had friends. Too many happy and sad memories.

Bittersweet.
That’s what April 30 meant.

I.am.so.tired.Posted by admin on April 21st, 2008

Forgive me while I rant some more.

I just cried my eyes out in frustration with my eldest, who was crying because he didnt want to sleep yet. He cried so hard and LOUD – mind you, we are in a place where it eerily becomes quiet by 7PM. And everytime I told him to stop crying, he’d cry crocodile tears louder.

He only stopped when I started crying.
I swear, this is a mixture of hormones (the flag is up), the changes, physical tiredness, single mommy pity (husband is away), and the fact I was craving for some me time (I also needed to work my sideline gigs).

I will get used to this.

Tomorrow is a new day.

Ill get used to this.Posted by admin on April 21st, 2008

Since my youngest is now staying with me (she got to stay with my parents during weekdays when I needed to work), it is such a great but hard and frustrating learning process to get to know her again – her little quirks and antics. Obviously, I need more info how to clue in to her needs – like when she gets sleepy, how she needs to eat and all her fascinating little hobbies (like looking for spiders). And that talking about lizards calms her down. Seriously.

Case in point – last night. My daughter has a weird habit these days of waking in the middle of the night with the urge to watch Elmo. So last night, I didnt have the strength to get my dose of surfing the web since we moved some boxes to the new house. We were all dead beat and slept by 10pm. She woke up at 2AM saying ‘Bee bee” *(TV). We ended up watching three DVDs of Elmo and slept again by 4.30am. So we woke up together at 10AM. Banishing my ME time in the morning.

This gets easier, right?