-things you learn while learning to be a nurse:

1) In case of fire, people within the immediate are of the fire will die in 90s seconds – from smoke inhalation than from the actual fire.

2) there are 3 types of extinguishers: water, CO2 and baking soda. realise that there’s 2 of those already sitting in your kitchen, and within reach if a fire starts in your kitchen.

3) Dementia is but a broad term for a huge range of medical problems, the most significant being memory loss. However, with the current technology, it is believed that i can be at least partially cured. maybe!

4) People who lives to a hundred still exists – and there’s many of them!

5) vanity still exists at 100. So does pride and ego.

6) not all health care professionals are health care professionals coz they care. Sometimes, they seriously don’t.

In the absence of an anticipated staff meeting yesterday, we ended up doing partially independent ward rounds. This was restricted to feeding, bed-making and just socialising with the residents. It is quite an eye-opener and again and again, as I held their hands and talked to them, I feel like such a lucky, lucky person.