Blog 14: Interview 3 Preparation

EQ: How can a primary care nurse best ensure the quality of care for their patients? 

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

•  I plan on Interviewing my mentor, or one of her co-workers. She's been out of town and just got back, so the whole interview planning is still in the works. 

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

• Interview is set to happen February 1st, or the 8th, depending on work schedule of the interviewee. The time would be at 2:00pm at my mentor's office in Arcadia, CA.  

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

• What can a nurse do to make sure that the patient and him/her are always on the same page? Are there any obstacles she/he must overcome? 

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).

• How do you ensure that the patient feels safe enough to trust the nurse that's working with him/her? 

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

• Have you ever encountered bad quality of care by a nurse? If so, How'd that work out for you?
• How does a patient learn that she's getting all the help she needs? What reassures the patient and why?

Blog 13: 10 Hour Mentorship Check-In

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?

• Ramona Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

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

• My contact at the moment is Rose Robledo. This person is an expert because she's a certified nurse in her field and program. She graduated with a bachelors and is now striving for her masters to obtain the best medical education that she can. 

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).

• Because of the struggles of finding a mentor, and then the struggles of finding a center to volunteer at, I only have a total of 11 hours (school year wise) at the moment. My goal is to hopefully work for as many as I can, goal: 75 hours.

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

• So, at the rehab center one of the first things I did so far was go over the protocol procedures. Theres an evacuation plan, there's an emergency exit plan, earthquake and vacancy plan, etc. I spent the first week sort of going over, trying to fully understand and memorize the color codes and calls. I also watched the patients interact with visitors because that's one of the most important key roles in a rehab center. I learned all about ho much a simple friend can mean to someone who lives at a rehab or nursing center. My mentor and I are still al little dry, but I hope that it goes away as we work more together. At the moment, I plan to try to do 4 hours per day for 3 days a week, so that I can separate mentorship and independent component hours. 

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?

• Over the course of winter break, I was actually able to finally get a place to accept me as a volunteer: Ramona Rehabilitation Center. Now, I'll be able to do my independent component hours there after the TB shot check-up has been approved. 

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

•  The most important thing that I learned from actually being able to get a place that allows me volunteer, is that its hard. Finding a facility that allows volunteers, under 18 years old, to volunteer and keep up with the pace that the authority figures have is something I struggled with. There were lot of hospital confidentiality issues, so that was a big concern. I learned that I must be a bit patient, but at the same time very persistent and aggressive so that you're taken seriously. 

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 the main nurse from the Rehabilitation Center so that I'm able to find some answers for my new, approved, and developed Essential Question.