Senior Project Reflection

1. P because i met my talking time and I went through all my answers and explained them. I also checked for understanding and made sure that students were involved. I had an activity for every answer and went through each one and why it applied to my answers.

2. Im most proud of how i taught the neurological system. I think I summarized it in a way that I could teach the class about all the major parts and the smaller parts that went with them and how they worked and what they actually did and I had visuals to help show each part.

3. I think my layout of my presentation was done well and I would of talked slower at the beginning.

4. What is most important to be a successful neurological rehabilitation nurse? Controlling Your Emotions

5. I had communication as my answer before but after everything I changed it to controlling your emotions. I learned that communication can be anything and apply to any job. I learned from my service learning on how to control my emotions and now I can apply it to when I go into the nursing career.

6. I dont have any.

7. AP+  because this is the average grade I got throughout the year in the senior project.

Service Learning

Literal
•  I would help make admission charts get certain papers for charting. I would take charts to conference clean the charts and do filing. I would make copies and go put mail and papers in patient’s rooms. I would also help with anything a nurse or staff needed. I did about 75 hours.
• Ishna Medina (626) 215-0005

Interpretive
What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?

The most important thing I gained would have to be the advice I got from all the nurses. They taught me a lot and I now know what I will be dealing with. I know how my emotions come into play and the nurses helped me to deal with my emotions.

Applied
How did what you did help you answer your EQ? Please explain.

It gave me my best answer controlling your emotions. It showed me that nursing deals with a lot of emotions and you have to be able to control them. If your emotions get in the way it can affect how you take care of a patient.

Independent Study 2

Literal

(a) I, Elisha Yacko, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.

(b) I completed many different chapters on the mango program on the san Bernardino library online databases. It went up to 10 chapters covering Greetings, Goodbyes, shopping, drinks and dinning, what’s your name, getting around, getting help, numbers and currency, and how do you pronounce it?

Interpretive

I went on my online teaching program every day I liked how I could see what chapters I had gone over and how I could go back and review certain categories that I wanted more practice on. The program went in sections and started out with greeting and started build up so you could start having a full conversation in Spanish.

Applied

It really didn’t help me answer my EQ. Spanish is the secondary language used at Casa Colina but there are so many other languages used also. It did help me realize that learning Spanish can help me out a lot when I become a nurse, learning any other language besides your primary can help a lot. It can help you communicate with a lot more patients and have a one on one conversation with them and you get paid more if you know more than one language.

2 hours Presentation Rough Draft

(1) What is your sponge activity?

I plan on asking the class if anyone knows anything about the neurological system.

(2) What do you plan to do and say in the introduction?*

I plan on introducing myself and my topic. I will then say my EQ and define it and go over what I will be talking about in my presentation and how it will go.

(3) what do you plan to say in your foundation?

I plan on speaking about the history of nursing.

(4) What will your 2 or 3 answers be for your 2 hour?

I have two answers for my presentation one is knowing the neurological system the other is to not become emotionally attached to your patients.

(5) What activities will you do for each answer and why?

For the first activity I am going to play a word match game about the neurological system. I will teach them about the neurological system and then I will give them definitions on certain parts of the neurological system. They will have to work with their table in order to come up with the right part of the neurological system that matches the definition.

My second activity I will give each table different scenarios and ask them to talk about how each of them would react to the situation I gave them and share out. It will show that everyone reacts differently and so do nurses but they have to know how to control their emotions and how to deal with each situation.

(6) How do you plan to conclude your 2 hour?*

I plan on going over my 2 most important sources I used to get my answers. Then I plan on going over what my product means and what I gained from my experience.

(7) How do you plan to decorate the room?

I plan on putting the desks in groups of 5 or 4 and then I just plan on leaving the room the way it is.

(8) What supplies/resources will you need to make your 2 hour possible? 

I will need a computer for my PowerPoint and 2 poster boards showing my EQ. I will also have visuals of the neurological system so when I am teaching it I can show the class where that part

Interview 4 Questions

1.     Do you think it takes a certain person to become a nurse?

2.     What do you think a person should have if considering being a nurse?

3.     Would you recommend the nursing field to friends and family? Why or Why

         not?

4.     Would you prefer a shorter shift or do you prefer the 12 hour shifts?

5.     Do you believe it’s a good thing to really connect with your patients?

6.     Is it hard to connect with a patient from another culture?

7.     How do you personally deal with patients that are from another culture for

         example if they speak another language?

8.     Do you believe communication is a big part of nursing?

9.     How do you handle patients that are hard to deal with?

10.   Is it frustrating to deal with difficult patients and families? How do you deal with difficult patients and families?

11.   What are 3 qualities that you think a person should have to be a nurse?

12.   Why do I think these 3 qualities are important?

13.   Do you believe it’s easier to communicate with a patient one on one rather than back and forth with a translator?

14.   Do you believe a nurse should take classes on different cultures in order to have some background on certain patients?

15.   Exactly what do you think the hardest part is about being a nurse? Why?

16.   Is it difficult to deal with so many different patients on a daily basis and how do you keep up with all them?

17.   Do you personally like dealing with so many different types of patients? Why or why not?

18.   Exactly how do you deal with certain patients that have certain beliefs and certain requests when it comes to treatment?

19.   Would you rather deal with patients that speak English rather than a patient who speaks another language? Why or why not?

20.   What is your opinion on what skills a person should have when becoming a nurse?

Interview 4 Questions

1. What made you go into the nursing field?
2. What type of nurse are you?
3. What made you pick that type of nursing career?
4. What school did you attend?
5. What type of schooling did you get to go into your field?
6. Did you get any other training when you started working?
7. What do you think benefited you most from your schooling?
8. Is there anything that you wish they covered in your schooling that they didn’t?
9. Do you have any advice about the school process?
10. Do you think it takes a certain person to become a nurse?
11. What do you think a person should have if considering being a nurse?
12. Was there anything that made you think nursing might not be the field for you?
13. Would you recommend the nursing field to friends and family?
14. Would you prefer a shorter shift or do prefer the 12 hour shifts?
15. Have you worked in any other medical setting besides a hospital?
16. If yes what do you prefer and why?
17. Do you believe it’s a good thing to really connect with your patients?
18. Is it hard to connect with a patient that is from another culture?
19. How do you personally deal with patients that are from another culture for example if they speak another language?
20. From your experience in the nursing field would you want to change your career choice if you could?

Independet Study 2

1. I am going to try and learn Spanish for my second independent task. I will try and learn how to speak it using different methods.

2. This relates to my EQ because in nursing you have to know how to communicate with your patients. In the medical field you work with a lot of people that are from many different cultures. The main one is Hispanics and it would help nurses out a lot if they could interact with their patients one on one rather than a translator communicating back and forth.