Essential question: How do the actual duties of a nurse compare and contrast with my and the general public's expectations of what nurses do?
"Why did you select this as your essential question?"
I selected this as my essential question because even though many of the duties are already known, many of them are not as well-known in terms of the amount of paperwork they do and the hardships that are associated with communication, both with doctors, other nurses, and the patients themselves.
"What excites you most about finding the answer to this essential question?"
Researching and finding the answer to this question excites me because even though I shadow a nurse, I do not know everything (or even close to everything) that nurses have to do. I only see what Mr. Julio does for 4 hours a week.
"Do you feel that this question accurately reflects a desire/need that you have to find out more about this topic?"
Yes, I feel that this question reflects something that I would like to find out more about, because I want to become a nurse. Nursing is what I want to go to college to study, so finding out as much as I can about the nursing career is very important to me. I also feel that it is important to research this topic and expose it to the general public because of the important information that it will contain considering the intelligence and hard work that is required of a nurse.
Monday, November 30, 2015
Sunday, November 22, 2015
11/16 Assignment
"Instead of writing specifically about your mentorship this week, let’s look at an interesting article that may help you be more productive in your mentorship. Please read the article at the link below. Carefully think about what you are doing in your mentorship…
After reading the article, write a brief reflection on your blog. Make sure you:
Students fresh out of college applying for jobs are often too loud, too full of themselves, too forward, and lack self awareness. These problems lead to poor work ethic. Social intelligence begins with making a remarkable first impression. Daniel Goleman's book regarding social intelligence says that the topic includes empathy, atonement, social cognition, concern, self-presentation, and influence. The deeper social relationships are, the more people's physical health is affected; for example, social relationships affect blood flow, breathing, moods, and immune systems. Because of the effects that come along with social influence and the way that it makes a mark on people's personal judgments of others, social influence is extremely valuable and important. Personally, I had never read or heard anything about social intelligence before reading this article. I knew that first impressions were very crucial in the work place, but I did not retain a deeper insight as to why that is other than people always judge others based on what they see and feel. Because I was uninformed, Daniel Goleman's thoughts and research regarding social influence really interested me. Also, it made me realize that I am getting a touch of social influence in the work place through Honors Mentorship, which seems to be beneficial in consideration of my future.
After reading the article, write a brief reflection on your blog. Make sure you:
- Provide the link (below) to the article in your reflection.
- Discuss several challenges youth may face in the workplace.
- Discuss social intelligence.
- Why is social intelligence important?
- Name one thing that spoke to you personally about the article."
Students fresh out of college applying for jobs are often too loud, too full of themselves, too forward, and lack self awareness. These problems lead to poor work ethic. Social intelligence begins with making a remarkable first impression. Daniel Goleman's book regarding social intelligence says that the topic includes empathy, atonement, social cognition, concern, self-presentation, and influence. The deeper social relationships are, the more people's physical health is affected; for example, social relationships affect blood flow, breathing, moods, and immune systems. Because of the effects that come along with social influence and the way that it makes a mark on people's personal judgments of others, social influence is extremely valuable and important. Personally, I had never read or heard anything about social intelligence before reading this article. I knew that first impressions were very crucial in the work place, but I did not retain a deeper insight as to why that is other than people always judge others based on what they see and feel. Because I was uninformed, Daniel Goleman's thoughts and research regarding social influence really interested me. Also, it made me realize that I am getting a touch of social influence in the work place through Honors Mentorship, which seems to be beneficial in consideration of my future.
Sunday, November 15, 2015
11/09 Assignment
"Please write a reflection on your mentorship, specifically things that have happened in the last month. Make sure you are writing a reflection that is through and gives the reader a glimpse into what you are doing for your mentor. This should be at least a well developed paragraph.
Additionally, please pick ONE class you have had at any point in high school and be specific on how that class has helped you while you have been at your mentorship. This can be an academic class or an elective class. Only choose one class however and write another well developed paragraph, with details, on how that class has helped prepare you for what you are doing now."
When I go to my mentorship, I often help my mentor, Julio, by preparing IV bags for him and mixing basic medicines when he asks me to do so. We have the opportunity to help many people, and we do the best that we can--especially Julio, of course. I fetch blankets, pillows, and water on occasion for the patients, as well, which is what I feel I can do to help them the most with my minimal credentials. Helping the little, elderly women is my favorite activity when I shadow Julio.
In all honesty, taking Honors Mentorship last year has helped me the most with my mentorship this year. This is because last year, I was a mentee at The Longstreet Clinic Pharmacy. By doing this, I learned what a portion of medicines do or what they are prescribed for. I also learned the "language" of prescriptions, meaning the basic abbreviations used by doctors when prescribing them. Because of this, I can read some prescriptions in the E.R. with ease and I know what a small number of the medicines are prescribed for.
Additionally, please pick ONE class you have had at any point in high school and be specific on how that class has helped you while you have been at your mentorship. This can be an academic class or an elective class. Only choose one class however and write another well developed paragraph, with details, on how that class has helped prepare you for what you are doing now."
When I go to my mentorship, I often help my mentor, Julio, by preparing IV bags for him and mixing basic medicines when he asks me to do so. We have the opportunity to help many people, and we do the best that we can--especially Julio, of course. I fetch blankets, pillows, and water on occasion for the patients, as well, which is what I feel I can do to help them the most with my minimal credentials. Helping the little, elderly women is my favorite activity when I shadow Julio.
In all honesty, taking Honors Mentorship last year has helped me the most with my mentorship this year. This is because last year, I was a mentee at The Longstreet Clinic Pharmacy. By doing this, I learned what a portion of medicines do or what they are prescribed for. I also learned the "language" of prescriptions, meaning the basic abbreviations used by doctors when prescribing them. Because of this, I can read some prescriptions in the E.R. with ease and I know what a small number of the medicines are prescribed for.
Monday, November 2, 2015
11/2 Assignment
Required Question: In regards to your internship site, explain how you feel they are a “partner in your education”.
My mentor is a partner in my education because he teaches me about a career choice that I may be interested in pursuing. Rather than merely teaching me the basics about nursing, he allows me to do things like prepare IV fluids and mix medicine under his supervision, which is something taking a health class in high school would not allow me to do. He teaches me more, in a way, than school can. Also, I get to interact with sick people and learn from them what the particular condition/sickness is like rather than reading about it in a textbook.
What goals have you met so far? Have you changed any of your goals?
I have met my goal of being able to successfully prepare an IV bag quickly and efficiently for my mentor, Mr. Julio. In the long term, I am sure not sure whether ER nursing is the career that I want to pursue, but I definitely think some type of nursing is possible.
What have you done that has made your supervisor’s life easier?
Whenever my mentor needs an IV bag prepared while he is trying to find a vain and create an input for the fluids, I am now able to help him by preparing the IV bag and making the process quicker so he can move on to the next patient even quicker.
My mentor is a partner in my education because he teaches me about a career choice that I may be interested in pursuing. Rather than merely teaching me the basics about nursing, he allows me to do things like prepare IV fluids and mix medicine under his supervision, which is something taking a health class in high school would not allow me to do. He teaches me more, in a way, than school can. Also, I get to interact with sick people and learn from them what the particular condition/sickness is like rather than reading about it in a textbook.
What goals have you met so far? Have you changed any of your goals?
I have met my goal of being able to successfully prepare an IV bag quickly and efficiently for my mentor, Mr. Julio. In the long term, I am sure not sure whether ER nursing is the career that I want to pursue, but I definitely think some type of nursing is possible.
What have you done that has made your supervisor’s life easier?
Whenever my mentor needs an IV bag prepared while he is trying to find a vain and create an input for the fluids, I am now able to help him by preparing the IV bag and making the process quicker so he can move on to the next patient even quicker.
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