[GUEST BLOG POST] The Penultimate Step Toward the Real World of Nursing

Guest Blogger: Yaweh Parawan Aviles, RN
Date: August 22, 2011, 01:34 PM - 02:46 PM


            Being one of the board passers of July 2011 National Licensure Examination (Philippines) and soon be taking our oath and be receiving our license, just always remember that this is only the penultimate step toward success to the real world of nursing.

             Yes, we are merry about the good news we heard August 20, 2011, 6:00 pm onwards from our FRIENDS thru Facebook, Friendster, Twitter, Myspace, Yahoo, mobile phone texts-calls and the hearsay. We are so glad about this, and no one could even beat our happiness.

             Many of us have made to thank our parents, our friends or even our previous and ex-clinical-room instructors and the review centers we are proud of. We have received also countless congratulations and other messages regarding this unbreakable news of cheerfulness thru mobile phone calls and text messages, and facebook wall posts and messages…

             Even though we did not make to be on the top of the board passers, we have accepted it because we know all our limitations, being one of the board passers is a BIG THING for us who made it.

             But above all these happiness we are dealing with since then, is our God. We have read “thanks God”, “thank you Lord”, “salamat sa Deus, kung di dahil sayo, di kami papasa gaya ng tinatamasa namen gnayun” and the like. But we need to consider this; we have made it this far because of our courage/guts, our efforts and our sincere prayers to the Creator. The key elements and formulae towards success are our subterranean FAITH to God, our FAITH to ourselves, and making our negative and positive pasts turned to Inspiration and bases of success.

             Perhaps within these 15 days after the announcement of nursing board passers, alas! The license now is in our own hands- the product, witness and proof of our success and our effort and our faith to God. This license will now serve as our key to swipe and open the locked door of the unknown because we do not know yet what life is waiting for us after accepting our Id license.

             What I am trying to point out about this, is that, “THE LICENSE IS USELESS IF WE DO NOT KNOW HOW TO USE IT”… IT IS USELESS IF WE CAN’T USE ITS VALUE TO OUR CHOSEN PROFESSION…

“TO RECEIVE THE LICENSE IS O-N-L-Y  THE PENULTIMATE STEP TOWARD THE REAL WORLD OF NURSING”. The real competition/battle and ordeals will start from now on...–--> Yaweh Parawan Aviles, RN

Addendum: be kind and caring to our future patients we will be handling and dealing on, they are humans as us. What you do to your patients, colleagues, self etc is the same on how you treat our God because we were created based on His Holy Image…

What I want for us who made it is to achieve our dreams and success thru this license-the proof and witness of our effort and hardship.

-------------It's not a test of knowledge. It's a test of faith. ---December 2010 topnotcher (NLE)

ONCE AGAIN: CONGRATULATIONS 2011 NLE REGISTERED NURSES! WE MADE IT THIS FAR. SEE YOU SOON..