Wednesday, 29 April 2009

Work

24 November 2008

Well I am out here to work so though I ought to let you know what my daily work routine is about. We do a 6 day week, 08:00 - 14:00 Monday – Thursday, 08:00 - 11:00 Friday and 08:00 -12:30 Saturday. My desk is in a large shared office - which with flash looks so clean! There is one power source and one computer - I however have my laptop and we just use multiple adaptors to get electricity to everything that needs it.

Each day I go round the wards with Ibu Ellen the matron for the wards. These are VIP, paediatrics and general adult wards; these is also the maternity department and A&E. During my first two weeks the busiest the wards have been is 10 patients but outpatients was very quiet due to the rain - it makes travel from remote areas almost impossible and locally very unpleasant. I am meant to just be observing practice, practicing my language skills and finding out how the organisation works. However Ibu Ellen asks my advise about the patients each day and on a coupld of occassions I have found I have had to make suggestions for the sake of the patients. I am doing a lot of reading and spending time translating documents to try to understand what is happening. It is going to be a long time before I understand the paper trails - especially those associated with charges.
At the end of a hard day we relax - some more than others!



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