Blog 19: Answer #3

1.  What is your EQ?

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

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

- A primary care nurse can best ensure the quality of care for their patients by first allowing a self reflection period to themselves.

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

- With the self-reflection period, nurses and doctors will be able to understand how they work before working with someone else and having a patient's hand in their hands. 
- Self-reflection allows for a better relationship between patient and doctor, when coming to terms with expectations for service. 

- Self reflection allows for the nurse or doctor to get their life together, process their issues, before even beginning something that can be quite overwhelming to a patient. 

4.  What printed source best supports your answer?

- Olsen, Norman. "Self Reflection: Foundation for meanigful nursing practice." Reflection on Nursing Leadership. Reflection on Nursing Leadership, 4 Feb. 2014. Web. 2 Feb. 2016

5.  Tie this together with a concluding thought...

- I feel as though all my answers all tie in together. Without direct communication, a doctor or nurse  couldn't even address spiritual beliefs, and without self reflection period for the nurse or doctor, there could be a bit of misunderstandings, lack of effort, or even bad quality of care. It all ties in. 

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.

Blog 1 – Senior Final Lesson/Interview Reflection

1. What three lessons were most helpful for you to see, and why?

1. Psychiatric Support was a helpful topic because it talked about providing the best possible services to someone who takes apart of that facility. This topic explain what the required Vital Tests are, and how they're conducted. In fact, in this activity, we were able to try out the medical equipment and play role of a patient and a doctor with a partner. 
2. Nursing was a helpful topic because I personally want to pursue my topic in Primary care, so this topic was sort of a foundation base of how the nurses provide primary care to those in need. This topic explained that without a nurse, there really isn't anyone else who can provide that care that you need when you go to a doctor/hospital for a checkup.
3. Clinical Psychology was a helpful topic because it allowed me to become an open minded person and accept the fact that no one is a "normal/perfect" human being. We all have our phobias, our imperfections, and our mental disorders, whether it be noticeable or not, we're all on the same boat here.  

2. List one thing that you learned about the senior project in interviews that will help you get off to a good start?

• One thing I learned about the senior projects in interviews that can help me start off on a good note, was to get to know my mentor and to start forming a close relationship with that person, since we'll be spending about 60 or more hours together throughout the course of the year. If this first mentor isn't the one, then the seniors advised to keep my head up and keep searching for more. Eventually, I'll find the one mentor who will care and be able to assist me throughout this journey. 

3. What topic(s) are you considering, and why?

• The topics that I'm considering are Primary Care and Criminal Profiling because I've always had a passion in helping those in need, especially when it comes to the health perspective  Becoming a doctor, and then specializing into a neurosurgeon, has always been my dream since I was little, so why not take all the opportunities that come my way to make this dream come true. I also like to figure things out and work with a team to find a solution. I'd like to possibly have Criminal Profiling as a topic, since I like being able to gather clues, and identify who did what, and why they did what they did. 

4. What EQ do you think might be interesting to consider in guiding a project like this? (Please don't worry about any sort of formula...we want this question to come from your genuine interest).

1. What is the best way that a primary doctor can ensure the well being of a patient? 
2. What is the best influential state of mind that allows a serial killer to convict danger towards a victim?
3. What is the most efficient way to provide a patient with their medical care plan?

5. What are some ideas you have about finding summer mentorship?

• One of my ideas for finding a mentorship this summer is to apply and volunteer at Casa Colina since I want to pursue my career in the medical field. When speaking of primary care, I can also find a way to volunteer at a fire station, but with the paramedics since they provide anyone with the primary care needed in a state of an emergency. Another idea is to find my mentor at a hospital like, Queen of the Valley or in Kaiser Permanent. 
• Some ideas for finding a mentor in the Criminal Profiling range, is to go to a police department, and sign up to volunteer. Then, I'd talk to the Sergeant in charge and explain my whole senior project, hoping that he'll support this explorer and start to work with me throughout the course of time.