JENNIFER KAWAS - PENAN NURSING STUDENT 2011

When i write this report, its been my second year doing my study in Diploma in Nursing at Segi College Kuching Sarawak. By this end of year, 2011 im in semester 6.
for the first time i came to kuching, its difficult to adapt myself to the new environment and people surrounding except all my friends. But that feeling is not stay longer since i can make friends easily with other student at college. Before I received a loan from PTPTN, there are some group people have helped me and friends by giving us money. like Tan Boon Foo, Datuk Alfred Jabu and wife, Interhill and Salcra Group. with the money they gave us, we can spend it for cookware, foods and other necessary goods. We are most grateful for the help.
After my PTPTN loan is approved, each semester is RM5000. my hostel fee RM180, all study matter payment is all deducted from the loan. After all the payment is done, the balance will goes to us as pocket money. For some subject i failed, i have to whether repeat my subject or resit the exam i failed. To repeat subject, RM500 will deducted, and RM100 for resit for exam. We get the left balance twice a year where we get about RM800/RM1400, its depending on how much payment is done for study.
As im now a nursing student, i can say it is quite challenging course because its dealing with people's life. After all, teory at class is more easier than practical at hospital because we facing the real things and what more important is the real people, real patient. Oftentimes we get scolded by our Clinical Instructor because of some mistake, that make us to be better and can learn from mistake. The transportation payment from hostel to our attachment at General Hospital is not by PTPTN, but ourself.  On practical time, our life is like, Hospital-Hostel,Hostel-Hospital, it is very tiring, no time spend for other things like go hang out with other friends. Compare with go to class, its more relaxing until when there is day no class, i can do partime job at clothes store for some pocket money.
Every clinical Posting must have oral examination called OSCE. The purpose is to see how far is our skills after go to hospital. The Clinical Instructor will ask a random question and we will do infront of them, and act like we doing in real for 5 minutes. This examination is really make us nervous, this cause some procedure which we know become difficult when we suddenly forget because of nervousness.This is what i have experience.
Thats all for now. THANK YOU for all who have Helping. May God Bless.... thanks again.
                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                 by,
                                                                                                                                                                 Jennifer Kawas