Saturday, January 30, 2016
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
01/11 Assignment
Primary Research for project:
You will be interviewing someone who has knowledge regarding the topic you will be researching for your project. This person can be your mentor or someone else in the field who has the knowledge you are seeking for the interview. You will post, on your blog, the following 3 items for each question you ask the person you interview.
1. The Question.
2. The Answer given by the person being interviewed.
3. Your Reflection and Response to the answer given during the interview (to be done after the interview is complete).
You will need to generate a list of 10 questions minimum before you conduct the interview.
1. What do you believe the general public fails to understand about a nurse's duties?
- Answer: The general public does not consider that nurses are constantly consulting with doctors. When a patient asks the nurse for something to eat or tells the nurse that his or her stomach hurts, the nurse has to get directions or confirmation from the doctor before he or she can do anything about it.
- Reflection: This is true from what I can tell. While I am shadowing, Mr. Julio continuously has to ask the doctor whether he can or cannot give a patient something to eat or drink, for example.
2. As a nurse, what were the things that you had to do for each patient?
- Answer: Each patient required recording vital signs.
- Reflection: This is true; this is one of the first things we do when we get new patients and one of the last things we do before the patient leaves.
3. Would you say that nursing is a difficult profession to maintain?
- Answer: Yes. It takes a certain breed to be able to be a good nurse.
- Reflection: I agree with this, too, because seeing the things that nurses see and having to deal with and clean up after people for a living is difficult, but it is worth it.
4. What did you have to do as a nurse that you did not expect to have to do?
- Answer: I did not expect to have to lift patients so often. It really took a toll on my back.
- Reflection: Mr. Julio does not have to lift people very often, but he does have to roll some patients on their sides to clean them sometimes. Or, we might have to bend their legs and hold them there when inserting urinary catheters.
5. Do you think that the general public respects nurses as much as it should?
- Answer: No, I think that the general public does not respect nurses to the extent that it respects doctors even though it should. Yes, doctors decide which medicines are put into the body, but the nurse is the one who physically administers the medicine and keeps track of what is going on with each patient while managing to report these things to the doctors.
- Reflection: I fully agree with this statement. Being a nurse if hard work, and they do not get enough credit.
6. What percentage of the general public would you say truly understands what nurses actually do on a day to day on the job basis?
- Answer: Maybe 10% of the general public truly understand a nurse's daily tasks.
- Reflection:I think that this number may be somewhat higher, maybe around 30%, because of the numerous people who work in the healthcare field.
7. Is there a certain experience you remember from when you were a nurse that you were not prepared for?
- Answer: A few things come to mind, but I'll tell you about the time I was the nurse assisting a doctor during surgery for a patient from a car accident. It was traumatic for me because I was so nervous and inexperienced at the time. I didn't feel ready to take on such a large responsibility, but I did and it turned out fine.
- Reflection: People do not realize what a large responsibility nurses uphold.
8. Why did you decide to become a nurse?
- Answer: I became a nurse because my mother was a nurse and I needed a job. I was older than most people in nursing school when I went, but I did it.
- Reflection: Women often become nurses because of the idea that lots of women do it, but it is not that simple.
9. If you could do it all over again, would you still chose to become a nurse?
- Answer: Yes, 100%. I loved my job and I still miss it today.
- Reflection: Wow, I hope that I love my job that much one day.
10. Is there anything else you would like to share about nursing for the purpose of this interview?
- Answer: Sure, remember this: There will always be jobs available in the healthcare field. Get a job that you can count on for the rest of your life.
- Reflection: That's the plan!
You will be interviewing someone who has knowledge regarding the topic you will be researching for your project. This person can be your mentor or someone else in the field who has the knowledge you are seeking for the interview. You will post, on your blog, the following 3 items for each question you ask the person you interview.
1. The Question.
2. The Answer given by the person being interviewed.
3. Your Reflection and Response to the answer given during the interview (to be done after the interview is complete).
You will need to generate a list of 10 questions minimum before you conduct the interview.
1. What do you believe the general public fails to understand about a nurse's duties?
- Answer: The general public does not consider that nurses are constantly consulting with doctors. When a patient asks the nurse for something to eat or tells the nurse that his or her stomach hurts, the nurse has to get directions or confirmation from the doctor before he or she can do anything about it.
- Reflection: This is true from what I can tell. While I am shadowing, Mr. Julio continuously has to ask the doctor whether he can or cannot give a patient something to eat or drink, for example.
2. As a nurse, what were the things that you had to do for each patient?
- Answer: Each patient required recording vital signs.
- Reflection: This is true; this is one of the first things we do when we get new patients and one of the last things we do before the patient leaves.
3. Would you say that nursing is a difficult profession to maintain?
- Answer: Yes. It takes a certain breed to be able to be a good nurse.
- Reflection: I agree with this, too, because seeing the things that nurses see and having to deal with and clean up after people for a living is difficult, but it is worth it.
4. What did you have to do as a nurse that you did not expect to have to do?
- Answer: I did not expect to have to lift patients so often. It really took a toll on my back.
- Reflection: Mr. Julio does not have to lift people very often, but he does have to roll some patients on their sides to clean them sometimes. Or, we might have to bend their legs and hold them there when inserting urinary catheters.
5. Do you think that the general public respects nurses as much as it should?
- Answer: No, I think that the general public does not respect nurses to the extent that it respects doctors even though it should. Yes, doctors decide which medicines are put into the body, but the nurse is the one who physically administers the medicine and keeps track of what is going on with each patient while managing to report these things to the doctors.
- Reflection: I fully agree with this statement. Being a nurse if hard work, and they do not get enough credit.
6. What percentage of the general public would you say truly understands what nurses actually do on a day to day on the job basis?
- Answer: Maybe 10% of the general public truly understand a nurse's daily tasks.
- Reflection:I think that this number may be somewhat higher, maybe around 30%, because of the numerous people who work in the healthcare field.
7. Is there a certain experience you remember from when you were a nurse that you were not prepared for?
- Answer: A few things come to mind, but I'll tell you about the time I was the nurse assisting a doctor during surgery for a patient from a car accident. It was traumatic for me because I was so nervous and inexperienced at the time. I didn't feel ready to take on such a large responsibility, but I did and it turned out fine.
- Reflection: People do not realize what a large responsibility nurses uphold.
8. Why did you decide to become a nurse?
- Answer: I became a nurse because my mother was a nurse and I needed a job. I was older than most people in nursing school when I went, but I did it.
- Reflection: Women often become nurses because of the idea that lots of women do it, but it is not that simple.
9. If you could do it all over again, would you still chose to become a nurse?
- Answer: Yes, 100%. I loved my job and I still miss it today.
- Reflection: Wow, I hope that I love my job that much one day.
10. Is there anything else you would like to share about nursing for the purpose of this interview?
- Answer: Sure, remember this: There will always be jobs available in the healthcare field. Get a job that you can count on for the rest of your life.
- Reflection: That's the plan!
Sunday, January 10, 2016
01/05 Assignment
For this week's blog assignment, draft a written proposal in paragraph form answering the following:
This will not be set in stone. As you conduct research and put together a plan, the direction you take may differ slightly than what you envision right now.
- I need and want to know this: (what is driving your research?)
- What is your current essential question (has it changed from when you wrote it earlier in the school year? If it is the same, use that question for this portion of your proposal).
- Other than the required website, what other tools do you envision to best showcase your project (Components of Final Project handout below - in #3)?
- What will you do for your "real inquiry" (Components of Final Project handout below - in #5)?
I will interview random people at school in order to determine what they think nurses do.
This will not be set in stone. As you conduct research and put together a plan, the direction you take may differ slightly than what you envision right now.
Friday, December 11, 2015
12/07 Assignment
"What assumptions or conceptions (about yourself or the career area in which you are mentoring) have been confirmed or contradicted by your experience?"
Although I am a communicative person, I am usually slow to initiate conversation with adults. I know that I am a good communicator, I just had to find a way to open up and become comfortable. This assumption about myself has been confirmed through my mentorship, because I have to opportunity to initiate conversation with multiple people of all different ages and backgrounds. My conception of the things that nurses do has been somewhat contradicted, because I did not know how much paperwork nurses have to keep up with.
"Based on your experience, what are the most important skills needed for an individual to be a success working in this career field?"
Important skills needed to be successful in the field of nursing include scientific and mathematic capability, communicative properties, and the ability to constantly keep moving and keep thinking in order to take care of as many patients as possible.
Although I am a communicative person, I am usually slow to initiate conversation with adults. I know that I am a good communicator, I just had to find a way to open up and become comfortable. This assumption about myself has been confirmed through my mentorship, because I have to opportunity to initiate conversation with multiple people of all different ages and backgrounds. My conception of the things that nurses do has been somewhat contradicted, because I did not know how much paperwork nurses have to keep up with.
"Based on your experience, what are the most important skills needed for an individual to be a success working in this career field?"
Important skills needed to be successful in the field of nursing include scientific and mathematic capability, communicative properties, and the ability to constantly keep moving and keep thinking in order to take care of as many patients as possible.
Monday, November 30, 2015
11/30 Assignment
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.
"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.
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.
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