COVID Nurse in Germany Diary: When’s This Shit (I Mean, Stint) Gonna End?
On being a COVID nurse in Germany, my story
Peng Desuyo Life, Nurse's call COVID pandemic frontliner 0
On being a COVID nurse in Germany, my story
Peng Desuyo Life, Nurse's call Coronavirus, COVID-19 0
In a matter of days, even faster than how my limited German can understand, my dear Diabetes Station was turned completely into a COVID-19 Station.
Peng Desuyo Life, Nurse's call nurse Germany, triple win project 15
This post is dedicated to sharing how I landed a job as a nurse here in Stuttgart, Germany. I was one of the Filipino nursing professionals deployed by the Triple Win Project and I arrived here in June 2018. The Triple Win Project is a joint initiative of the German Federal Employment Agency (BA) and […]
Peng Desuyo Life, Nurse's call 2
People lose it when they learn that I am a nurse. The instances leading to this may be through a show of my PRC ID, a throwback photo, or when someone significant to me introduces me as a Registered Nurse. And the usual reaction I get? “Oh you’re a nurse and you work as a writer? […]
Peng Desuyo Life, Nurse's call 4
Hold your pearls! I know I have made it clear I am never returning to Nursing; that I in fact denounced my sworn profession. It has been what, WOW, more than 4 months since I last worn all white. I am now living my dream as a writer and I’ve never been happier. However, […]
Peng Desuyo Life, Nurse's call 1
At last, I am done with following doctor’s orders, cleaning patient’s bottoms, running around corridors doing errands, facing gruesome views, and working for long hours. I thought that the best part of quitting Nursing was getting away from all the inhumane tasks; but I was wrong… When my last day of employment came and I […]
Peng Desuyo Life, Nurse's call 1
RN experience ends today. Thank you Nursing! Even though you’ve tortured me, I know I have learned immensely for I am a lot wiser and tougher now. Florence Nightingale, wherever you are: Peace Man! I did my best the past four chaotic years, you know that. I just would never have forgiven myself […]
Peng Desuyo Life, Nurse's call 0
Filing the resignation for my first ever job has been liberating. Others may find it stupid, or even insane. For me though, this decision has been the most courageous thing I have ever made in my short life. Since I was young, my mind has been programmed that I will be working in the same […]
Peng Desuyo Life, Nurse's call 0
These past weeks had not been very pleasant for me: I had unfavorable encounters in my workplace with first, a patient, and then one relative of a patient who both bad-mouthed me. Then last night, to top it all, I had to extend my duty for another eight hours to fill the lack of staff. […]
Peng Desuyo Life, Nurse's call IELTS 0
One year and eight months after facing the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) examination and still being stucked here in the Philippines, I now faced the Academic module of the IELTS test; this time with the goal to work in the United Kingdom (UK). Just to reiterate, this is my last and final attempt […]