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. 

Blog 11: Lesson 1 Reflection

1. What are you most proud of in your lesson, and why?

• I'm honestly really proud that I made time, I actually went over but its better then not making time. I'm also proud that i made eye contact and didn't constantly stare down at my paper to see what i needed to say next. (I hope I didn't, I don't think I did)

2. What assessment would you give yourself on your lesson? Explain why you earned that grade using evidence from the component contract.

• I would give myself a P because according to says, I did a good amount of the things that is said to be a P consideration. 

3. If you could go back, what would you change about your lesson?  How can you use that knowledge to give a better Lesson 2?

• I would totally have a shorter hook and not go a lot into depth about little things. This will help me out with lesson 2 so that I don't go over my time. I need to get to the point.

Blog 10- Interview 2 Reflection

1. Please explain how you are spending your mentorship time (Is it at a workplace or somewhere else?  Are you shadowing?  Are you able to do tasks that are meaningfully related to the topic?  If so, what?  Are there other people who are experts in the location?  Etc...)

• I am mentoring at the City of Hope hospital, I have not yet been able to work with patients because i needed to first be cleared by the Employee Health Services, but since i did already I will start working with patients as soon as possible. For the few times I've went I've followed my mentor around the entire hospital for her to d her job. Every now and then she lets me do some things to help her out. 

2.  How did you find your mentor?  How did you convince this person to help you?

• I found my mentor because my friend told her dad if one of his friends can help me out with interviewing her because she was a nurse. During the interview i told her i needed a mentor and so she asked me if I wanted her to be my mentor and I said yes. I didn't have to convince her to help me out.   

3. How would you rate your comfort level with your mentor at this point in your relationship?  How does this relate to the time you've spent so far at mentorship/with this person

• I am really comfortable with my mentor. I can say that I am at at high level of comfort with her. She even gives me free stuff. 

4. What went well in this interview?  Why do you think so?  What do you still need to improve?  How do you know?  How will you go about it?

• I was able to ask more and more questions as i was interviewing her. I think because as I was going I wanted to know a lot more and so I just kept asking. I need to make my interviews longer maybe. I will ask her to give me more of her time next time to interview her. 

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