NOT BAD AFTER ALL

It has been two years since I set my feet on this land. Two years of a very challenging job, serving my little patients in a multicultural approach of nursing care.

It's so nice to remember how I tried to cope up with the different type of nursing here in UAE. It's challenging to work in a multicultural setting and in diversified manner. I almost gave up especially during the time that I experienced a verbal abuse from a damn uneducated emirati man, who considered the expatriate health care workers as SLAVES. Being a health care worker I want to deliver the highest level of nursing care to my patients but most of the time I am affected, and even my strategies are affected by the attitude of emirati parents towards their sick children. It seems that they are more concerned on the size and type of room, on how are they going to put their carpets and the food for the FEASTS. Though this is what happening , I am not generalizing the emirate population. I know that there are good parents too.

It is also challenging being a health care worker in a hospital that undergone a lot of changes and still on the process of developing the hospital as one of the best hospital of GCC region. I can say that the Joint Commission International accreditation was one of the best thing that ever happened to this hospital. I am quite happy because it will sound good on my resume but I know the responsibility attached to it. I know that I have to struggle with standards of care. And I know this is a good start. Another thing, as my colleagues are a bit worried about the new documentation strategies because of the CERNER, I am happy that this new documentation came. For sure we need a lot of practice but I know that in the long run we will get used to it and every body will say thank you to the new technology that the Johns Hopkins brought to this institution. Well done Johns Hopkins!

My two years is not bad after all. I am looking forward for another year of nursing in this country and hopefully by the year 2009 I am ready to face the challenges for the American style of nursing.

The Much Awaited Increment

I had a wonderful day ! I cannot believe it! I received a letter from the Human Resource stating that effective 1 January 2007 my salary will be one step higher. At long last! Yehey!

It does not mean that I am already contented with my salary. What I mean is ...finally the administration have considered my efforts....at least for this time.

How about the much awaited 15 % cost of living increment? Well, I will just hope and pray....