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Pressure Defined

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Ano ang pananaw mo sa salitang pressure?

Yesterday my sister-in-law, ate Charry, just received news from the California Board of Nursing that she friggin passed the NCLEX! At first take! Mind you that there's roughly only 60+% of foreign country based grads who pass that darn test for the first time as compared sa mga dito naggraduate na 80+%. Her test stopped at no. 75 (the minimum no. of test items) at pumasa sya. Pakshet! Ang galing nyaaaaaa! I'm so happy for her. Oh she cried when she called her dad to report the good news and thanked everyone for their prayers. Ano ba naman nakakapagtaka dun? Eh hello? HS valedictorian sya. UP Cum Laude pa. Scholar pa sya sa Arellano (where she earned her BSN degree, 2nd courser sya). Hinakot na nya lahat! Duguan ang kalaban.

Then she called my mom.

Ate Charry: Mommy, nurse na po ako! (sabay singit kuya ko)
Kuya: Mommy, asawa na po ako ng nurse! (they talked for a while bago pinasa sakin)
Mommy: (to me) O ikaw mag-aral ka na. Wag kang pabigat jan nurse na si ate Charry mo. Kailangan ikaw din pumasa ka at one take. Nakakahiya sa mga kapatid mo jan...

Now I can define pressure. It's not to say that I'm not happy. Sus me! Napaka sama ko namang tao kung hindi ako matutuwa at sarili ko lang ang iisipin ko pero in all honesty napressure din ako. All eyes are on me now most epecially at tapos na ang kalbaryo ni ate Charry at pumasa na siya. Ako naman ngayon. Malapit na ang September, inaantay na ko ng NCLEX. Sana ako din pagtanggap ko ng letter it would say na I passed the test. How I wish na maiyak din ako tuwa that I could exclaim to my mom, "Mommy, nurse na ko! Whoooooh!," that I could thank my friends for their support and prayers and tell them the good news, that I could hug ate, ate Charry and kuya not because I need comfort but because I want to share with them all the happiness welling up inside me.

At yan ang rason kung bakit hindi ako nakakapagpost as often as I want sa blog ko. It's because I want to make all those things happen. It's not suffice to just dream about it and wish with all my might for it to happen. Kahit pa I have no patience whatsoever sa pag-aaral kailangan ko magsumikap. Besides things like lab Values, therapeutic diets, and how to's in telemetry reading won't and will never magically pop into my head. I am pressured. Pressure sans surrender. I'm not about to give up. Pray for me.

Labels: good times, nclex

romancing perfection at 11:56:00 AM

6 comment(s):

the main reason i didn't take the local nursing board last june was because 3 other cousins were taking the exam. di ko din kaya ang pressure!
kayang kaya mo yang exam. my prayers with you :D

By macingster, at 7:42 AM

deadma na sa what other people think u should be doing. at the end of the day, it's still what makes u happy that will make u sleep at night. wag pa-pressure! nakaka-pangit yan ng skin!

By cant_u_read, at 10:39 PM

I'd like to share a quote with you on pressure: "You can't be pressured unless you allow the pressure to get in, just as a ship cannot sink unless water from the sea is allowed to get in."

My prayers are with you! Kaya mo 'yan with God! :)

By leeflailmarch, at 12:45 AM

awww. salamat sa lahat ng kind words nyo, i really appreciate it all @macy, rye n myk. pagdasal nyo pa ko! Godbless in all that you do.

By Anonymous, at 10:40 AM

grabe naman yung ate charry mo. kadugo ng ilong!

pero ok lang yan. i know you can do it. kanya-kanya lang talaga tayo ng galing. baka yung ate mo magaling magpadugo ng ilong pero ikaw naman magaling kang magpa-kabag dahil sa tindi ng mga laugh trip natin.

go cory! pasakitin mo ang tiyan nila sa kabag..*lol*

By KC, at 1:26 AM

maraming salamat sa magandang blog

nurses-blog.ph

By Katrina, at 8:19 AM