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All articles filed in Children’s Ward Volunteering

Children's Ward Volunteering08/11/2016

ISOLATED PATIENTS 😷🤒

Today when I went to the ward I was walking round to make sure all the children were happy and relaxed and I came across a baby who was crying a lot. My first instinct was to go and help calm him down and play with him to relax him. But he was in a…

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Children's Ward Volunteering18/10/2016

LOOKING AFTER A BABY… 👶

Today during my volunteering I was assigned a baby to take care of whose parents weren’t here yet. I took some toys and engaged the child in play. The baby had a nasal oxygen pipe as well as a foodpipe which brought back memories of my brother who had the same. My experience with my…

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Children's Ward Volunteering05/04/2016

CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH

Today I just wanted to write about a particular patient I saw on the children’s ward which opened my eyes to the variety of conditions that can actually affect children and how different members of the team can be involved in creating the diagnoses for these conditions.

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Children's Ward Volunteering Volunteering10/03/2016

FIRST DAY AT THE CHILDREN’S WARD

My first day at the children’s ward! I was given a tour around the area as part of my induction. I think I’m really going to love being in this ward as there are so many different jobs I could engage myself in and I definitely like to be really hands on, keeping myself busy.…

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Been quiet on here because this is all I’ve been doing lately - scrolling endlessly through photos and reminiscing. 🇦🇪 there’s nowhere else on this Earth I want to be right now, UAE take me back please 😢
Been trying to overcome the post-holiday blues. Never been out of the country for so long before and never been to a place I’ve loved more so the blues are hitting hard this time. 🇦🇪 Everyone always talks about Dubai, but Abu Dhabi is the winner for me, beats Dubai a thousand times and over 🥰 it has everything Dubai has to offer, but is calmer, more traditional and is a place that’s just so easy to live in. Felt truly like home for the time we were there
Short weekend Dubai trip over and back now in Abu Dhabi now. I do prefer Abu Dhabi to live in but Dubai was a dream, especially this stunning view. 🏙 In our short stay we spent hours just looking out of this window - somehow this view was better than the view from the Burj Khalifa. Definitely going to miss it! 🥺
As you may know, I’m currently on my medical elective in Abu Dhabi. I should’ve probably made a post explaining what an elective is earlier, but better late than never. So let’s answer 2 of the commonly asked general elective questions.
Currently in Abu Dhabi, UAE for my elective. 🇦🇪 The hospital is stunning, literally looks like a fancy hotel over a public hospital. We’ve only been here 3 days but have already noticed so many differences to the approach to healthcare here compared to the UK. It seems like the healthcare system here is almost a perfect idealistic version of the NHS: completely free for citizens, yet very well funded and resourced with specialists coming from all areas of the globe to deliver care.
Here are some relaxed revision vibes for you all 💫 I feel like over the years I’ve become so much more relaxed about exams and revision in general. I feel like stressing out doesn’t help and it’s just not worth completely shutting down your life twice a year for exam season. It’s all about ✨balance✨ and I think I’ve been doing pretty well maintaining that right through.
So I ordered something new and I’ve spent the last week playing around with it. 📷 It’s basically a digital camera which you can use like a disposable film camera - thought it was such a cool concept! I was looking to buy some disposable cameras for the summer, thought it’d be a bit of fun, but they are so expensive for the limited number of photos you can take. This camera is by the brand @papershootcamera and it works like a disposable camera so you can’t see the photos right after you’ve taken them, but you get unlimited shots! 🤩
Just over two weeks and exams will be over which is absolutely mind boggling to me! I am nowhere near ready and motivation has been seriously lacking this semester. 😭
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