Blog 24: Last Presentation Reflection

                      

(1) Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your block presentation and/or your senior project? Why?

• The thing im most proud of is the fact that I went over the talking time which I was most worried about. So it resulted in being able to make the one hour mark as well. 
• the reason why im proud of that is because it means that i don't get an NC on my presentation

(2) Questions to Consider

a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your block presentation?  Use the component contract to defend that assessment.

AE       P          AP       CR       NC

• P

b.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project? Use the component contract to defend that assessment..

AE       P          AP       CR       NC

• P

(3) What worked for you in your senior project?

• I think the thing that worked the most for my senior project was the fact that I was actually able to find a mentor that was a nurse since the beginning of the year & that our schedules worked out too.

(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your senior project?

• I would probably just request more time to work in the pediatric floor so I could focused on Pediatric Oncology 

(5) Finding Value

How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples

• I really liked how my senior project helped me understand so much about nursing on what a nurse goes through on a daily basis. Also I think being able to work with nurses was a big achievement for me because i was able to have self experience

Exit Interview

(1) What is your essential question, and what are your answers?  What is your best answer and why?

• How can cancer treatment team best support a patient throughout their treatment process?
• Being supportive
• Understanding the patient
• Being able to communicate with patients/families
• My best answer is being supportive to the family but most importantly to the patient itself

(2) What process did you take to arrive at this answer?

• The process i took to arrive to this answer is mentoring with an oncology nurse and seeing how she handled things with her patients. she told me herself that being very supportive to a patient is the number one key so they know that there is someone there that is helping them through everything

(3) What problems did you face?  How did you resolve them?

• to be honest, I didn't encounter any problems because my schedule and the nurses schedule worked out very well. 

(4) What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why?

• Jennifer Ochoa (nurse) was one very significant and great source
• The City of Hope hospital website was another great source too
• They helped because they both gave me a lot of great information about being an oncologist and being supportive to a patient.

Blog 22- Independent Component #2

LITERAL
(a) Include this statement: “I, student name, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents ___ hours of work.”

• I, Alondra Gutierrez, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 45 hours of work

(b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.

• The 2 main sources that helped me with completing my independent component 2 was Elizabeth Davidson and Jennifer Ochoa 

(d) Explain what you completed.

• During spring break, I went to mentorship from Monday-Friday from 9am-5pm which is the time that my mentor, Elizabeth Davidson goes into work and the time she gets out. But I only worked with my mentor one day out of the whole week and we did a lot of patient paper work and logging in stuff into the computer. The rest of the days that I wasnt with my mentor, I was with my other great source, Jennifer Ochoa. We worked with the patients a week and had to do alot of medication giving and rounds and all that good stuff.

(e) Defend your work and explain the component's significance and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.   

• I am not allowed to take pictures or videos because its against the hospital regulations. I asked before and they said I couldn't because it can make people feel uncomfortable. 

(f)How did the component help you answer your EQ? Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped. 

• The component helped me a lot because I was able to actually live one of my answers for my EQ which is being supportive to the patients. During this time, I was there giving my full support to any patient and it makes them feel 1000x better.

Blog 20- Interview 4 Preparation

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise?

• I plan to interview a nurse named Jennifer Ochoa. She is a registered nurse at City of Hope

2.  Post 20 open-ended questions you want to ask an expert in the field concerning your senior project. Your focus should be finding answers to your EQ.

1. How do you help a patient throughout their time at the hospital?
2. How difficult is it for them to cope with what they're suffering from?
3. How bad does the family take it?
4. Has there ever been a case where a patient rejects any type of treatment for cancer?
5. Whats the best way to help a patient through their treatment process?
6. What are the many different ways a nurse helps a patient depending on the type of cancer they have?
7. What has been your biggest accomplishment as a nurse?
8. What has been your toughest experience?
9.  What are the most common treatments for cancer?
10. What are the side effects of the treatments?
11. Does chemotherapy cause different effects on different people?
12. How do you deal with the side effects that patients get?
13. Has treatment ever gone bad on any patient?
14. Can you explain why some patients get chemo and some just get medication?
15. How bad have patients gotten because of the treatments given to them?
16. On a scale of 1-10, how difficult is it for you as a nurse to deal with their side effects?
17. Has there ever been a case where family members get extremely upset with you as a nurse?
18. If so, what has the family done that has affected you?
19. Do you love what you do?
20. Do you think you would be able to handle doing chemo?

Blog 19: Third Answer

• EQ 
• How can cancer treatment team best support a patient throughout the treatment process?
• Answer #3 (Write in a complete sentence like a thesis statement)*
• Talking to patients about how the feel.
• Patients tend to like talking to the staff of the hospital because it makes them feel better and makes them feel as if someone besides their family members care about them.
• 3 details to support the answer
• I went to a meeting at City of Hope and this was stated so i found it interesting
• My mentor also mentioned it to me 
• The hospital staff actually has experiences where the patients tell them their whole life story and thank the staff afterwords for listening because it made them feel better
• The research source(s) to support your details and answer
• My mentor
• Some of the hospital staffs experiences that Ive interacted with 
• Concluding Sentence
• I feel like this answer could be reasonable but im still kind of working on one with my mentor.

Answer 2

1.  What is your EQ?

• How can cancer treatment team best support a patient through their treatment process?

2.  What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

• My first answer to my EQ is providing support to the family but most importantly to the patient

3.  What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

• I still am not very sure about my second answer because I have not yet discussed it with my mentor, but as of now my second answer would be being understanding with the patients.

4.  List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.

• If you don't provide support, the patient feels hopeless
• If you're not understanding of the patient and what they're going through, they tend to get frustrated and mad because "no one understands them" 
• Support to the family also needs to be given because they are are the ones that are seeing this happen to a loved one of theirs.

5.  What printed source best supports your answer?

• The books I'm reading really support my answer. 

6.  What other source supports your answer?

• Articles that ive read and i have on my working bibliography

7.  Tie this together with a  concluding thought.

• I think these answer really do go with my EQ because my mentor herself has told me that this is what needs to be done to support a patient through their treatment process.

Blog 17 - Interview 3 Reflection

1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview?  

• I did not only learn a lot of new things about nursing but also about case managers who play a big role in a cancer patients life. 

2.  How has your approach to interviewing changed over the course of your senior project?

• I've been able to ask more questions while I'm interviewing and be more engaged in the conversations. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1KglgBgkgWYbkI5ZUtoeE15RkE0OVJQX2o5Zlc3YWU3cHlZ/view?usp=sharing 

Blog #16- Independent Component 2 Approval

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

• I plan to go to events that City of Hope has, and if that doesn't work out then ill have to do an extra 30 hours again.

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

• Well if there is events t City of Hope from here to April, i will be volunteering at them. If not, i will be doing extra hours, but with someone else that is not my mentor so i can get a different experience. 

3.  Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.

• I feel like this will help me more, because ill get to spend a lot of more time with patients and hear their experiences and what they're feelings

Independent Component #1

• LITERAL
• (a) Write: “I, Alondra Gutierrez, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 35 hours of work.”
  (b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.
• My mentor helped me complete my independent component because I did extra hours with her.
• (d) Explain what you completed.  
• While i was completing my independent component, i did what i usually do at mentor-ship which was shadow around with my mentor and help a little with the patients. Also some paper work and calling home health care companies to find out information about patients.  
• INTERPRETIVE 
  Defend your work and explain its significance to your project and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.  
  
• I asked my mentor if i was able to take pictures or videos for evidence but she said it wasn't possible because it can make patients uncomfortable or also their family members.
• APPLIED
  How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?  Please include specific examples to illustrate this. 
• It helped me understand it better because i started learning new stuff about my project. So since i was spending more time with my mentor, she was able to tell me more great information. 

Lesson 2 Reflection

1.What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 Presentation and why?

• I feel really proud of my activity, i feel like it went really good. Also, i was able to say all the information i needed to say.

2. a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?

       AE       P          AP       CR       NC

• I feel like i would give myself a P because I did a decent job, and an AP because I didn't make research time 

     b.     Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.

• I did everything in the P consideration except the 10 minute research time.

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?

• The thing that worked for me in lesson 2 is that we were able to have a power point. 

4. What didn't work? If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?

• I would have rehearsed more so that i could be more confident and expand on my information instead of saying things quickly.

5. What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?

• I honestly dont know yet, i will have to talk to my mentor about that so she can help me out and put input.

Third Interview Preparation

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise?

• I plan to interview my mentors colleague. She is in fact also a case manager and registered nurse. 

2.  Verify that you have called your interviewee to schedule an interview.  What is the date and time of the interview? 

• I don't know yet but tomorrow I'm going to mentor-ship and i will see her there so i plan to ask her. 

3.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you find research resources that would help to answer the EQ.

• What do you do to help a patient through their treatment process? How do you help their family?

4.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you think about other useful activities you might do to help you answer the EQ (IC2, possible experts to talk to, etc).

• I will most likely talk to more nurses and doctors or even ask if i can speak to their counselors if its possible. 

5.  Phrase two open-ended questions that help you to understand your interviewee's perspective on an aspect of your EQ. 

• Whats the most difficult part to see while your patient is going through treament?
• What do you tell a patient when their cancer cant be treated any further? 

Blog 13- 10 hour Mentorship Check-In

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?

• City of Hope in Duarte 

2.   Who is your contact?  What makes this person an expert?

• Elizabeth Davidson. Shes a Registered Nurse and Case Manager Supervisor, she supervises all the nurses that are under her care. 

3.   How many  hours have you done during the school year? (Summer Mentorship Hours and Mentorship Hours should be reflected separately in your Senior Project Hours log located on the right hand side of your blog).

• I have done 35 hours with my mentor since the school year started. 

4.   Succinctly summarize what you did, how well you and your mentor worked together, and how you plan to complete the remaining hours.

• my mentor and I work really well together, she shows me a lot of thing that are done to patients and why they do them. Anytime i have questions, she answers with a lot of detail. I plan to complete the remaining hours by mentoring with her or any of her nurse colleagues. 

Blog-12 Holiday Project Update

1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you do over the break with your senior project?

• During the break, I did 8 hours for independent component and went to mentor-ship as well.

2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why?  

• The most important thing I learned was to not procrastinate on anything that includes the senior project. Every time i procrastinate, it comes back to bite me in the butt because I'm panicking to get my stuff done at the last minute. 

3.  Your third interview will be a 10 question interview related to possible answers for your EQ. Who do you plan to talk to and why?

• I plan to talk to my mentors colleagues, she told me that they were willing to help me out. 
• i plan to interview them because they also are nurses and they have experience too.