Blog #24: Independent Component 2

Content:

·     Log of hours on a calendar:  february-april (independent component calendar)

 

·     Evidence of the 30 hours of work: mini book summary/opinions  and for the hours of extra volunteer work, its on the calendar as well.

 

Literal

(a) “I, Rizza Marie Pica, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.” 

(b) I get to read  (a whole book)  and volunteered for  27hrs.

 

Interpretive

- Since I'm not sure if I can manage reading more books, I decided to stick into one book. Becasue I don't want to rush reading books and then after a few days I will forget the whole context of it. I ended up volunteering more on the saturdays (about 6 hrs each saturday). And While I read the book called " Home Care Nursing Practice: Concepts and Appplications" by Robyn Rice, I briefly summarized what I read on google docs. Its almost like a mini journal entries except its about the context of the book and my opinions. It  would total more than 30 hrs. 

Applied

-I get to learn more about taking care of elderly patients when I read the book. I also get to apply it while I volunteer as well which lead me to the skills I need for my E.Q. For example, I said communication in my first answer. As I volunteered longer and reading the chapters, I realized that to be able to clearly explain, listen, and socially adapt to be able to become a successful elderly activity coordinator. It may sound general but based from my 27hrs of extra -volunteer hrs, I find it true because its like what we do 90% of the time.

Blog #23: Interview 5

Who did you interview: Jessica Bustamante
What day and time: April 25 (12:40-1:10pm)

Content:

(1) What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?

• their answer: She wants to do her senior project in music industry.
• What feedback did you offer when you heard the topic ideas?: I just told her to get a general senior topic because my topic is a specific job which is activity coordinator. It cost me time to find my first research.

(2) What do you plan to do to complete the 10 hours of service learning (working with an expert) which is due prior to senior year starting?  Note: They also have to complete the 50 hours during the school year.

• their answer: She said she would be interning/working for his uncle this summer because his uncle works in music industry as well.
• What feedback did you offer them in response?: I suggested that she should get it done as soon as possible because in case she realized that topic doesn't seem to interest her. She can always pick another topic and be able to to complete the 10 hrs in time.

(3) What do you hope to see or expect to see when watching the class of 2012 present their two hour presentations?

• their answer: I expect to see how the 2hr presentation works. I hope to see confident and interesting senior projects.
• What suggestions did give them regarding how they should approach watching the 2 hour presentations?: Try to observe and see how the powerpoint and the whole presentation is broken down into sections. And base from that, think whether you can present like that with the topic you choose.

(4) What questions do they have about senior project?  What additional recommendations would you give the 2013 student about senior project?  Be specific and note what you told them.

• questions they had:  How does senior project works?
• What additional recommendations did you give them?: I just told her that if she's sure about her topic, she can start doing the research early on. Because even if you do everything on time, at one point you just feels too stressed out with too much stuff due on a friday. So I told her its better to get ahead.

Blog # 22: Answer # 3

EQ:
- What is the most important skill of a successful Elder care Activity coordinator?

3rd answer:
- Know the senior patients

3 Evidence:
- If you know who you're dealing with,then it would be easier to respond/deal with them.
- You should be able to know at least the medical history of the senior patient. Usually, elderly have a lot of complications such as Alzheimer's, dementia, heart disease, etc. You need to act accordingly to what they need. Also, mood swings happens a lot to patients that takes medicine.
- In my service learning, I always approach the patients the same. Then one day, one of the patients started crying and I try to comfort her but she got angry at me. I told my service learner, Gabriel Olea, about it and he started telling me that she always do that when she cries. He told me that if she cries you just let her be on her own. But for other senior patients, it's the other way around. You just need to know the patients so you know how to respond to the situation correctly.

3 Sources:
- Article # 18, The elderly patient (book) explained to me that patient medical history And knowing their attitude will help nurses determine how to act or respond to them.
- Article # 39, seniors and the problems they face, help me understand what makes a patient act the way they do, what problems they go through.
- Service learning, Gabriel Olea, told me that certain patients acts differently. And for you to be able to get on their side you must know how they act to people.