Blog # 27: Self Reflection

Self Reflection: 

(1) Positive Statement:  

What are you most proud of in your 2-Hour Presentation and/or your senior project? Why?

                   -The activities that I have for my 2hr presentation, I-search/Working Bibliography, and my service learning because the activities that I have on my 2hr help me explain more about my answers and how it relates back to my E.Q. Also, my I-search/Working Bibliography helped me back up all the things that I presented on my 2hr. And lastly, to be able to do service learning on the facility helped me

(2) Questions to Consider

      What assessment would you give yourself on your 2-Hour Presentation (self-assessment)? Why?

AE            P+/P            AP            CR            NC

                 - I looked at the 2hr presentation and I did all of the requirements for P and I think I did a little bit over than what's on the rubric which is why I will give myself at least P+/P for it. I also ask some of the students that watched my presentation and they said that they had fun and they learned from my presentation helping elderly patients. They never said that it was boring, they actually find it interesting and fun. That's why I feel accomplished.

      What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)? Why?

AE             P            AP            CR            NC

                  - I deserve at least P on my senior project because I did all the components on time and I actually did the work. I've never been late in submission and I did my best to meet all  the P requirements.

(3) What worked for you in your senior project?

                  - Service learning, Working Bibliography, and I-search worked a lot. It helped me keep track of all my research and my journey all throughout senior year. On the other hand, service learning help me observe and actually experience what our topic is all about. I got to explore an elderly facility because of it. And it did change my point of view of the elderly patients. Though it took me a long time to understand the purpose of 3 column chart, it did help me organize my answers for my E.Q. Science fair is also helpful because it gives you an science perspective of your topic/issue.

(4) What didn’t work for you in your senior project?

                  - Independent component should only be one. I didn't see the point of having two independent components. The second component wasn't as helpful as service learning or research. The interviews wasn't as effective as its suppose to be. Two hour house only meets few times thus making it useless because you can't get guidance on your project with meeting only once or twice a month to prepare for 2 hour presentation. The exit interview should happen right after the students established their second answers so that in case that the EQ needs to change or answers itself, then students have time to change their answers or E.Q. without procrastinating (which usually affects their presentation); putting exit interview a week before 2hour presentations isn't helpful considering that most flaws weren't seen until the exit itself. Either do that or have at least 2 teachers to check on each students senior project so the flaw can be seen right away.

 

(5) Finding Value

How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples. 

                   - I would definitely say that at somehow it will help me in my future. For example, service learning helped me experience working in an rehab facility. In the rehab facility I learned to make connections and to be open minded and understanding to the patients. The 2 hour presentation helped me become a better presenter. Senior project also guided me to which path in the future I can take. For example, working in a rehab facility, I now know how to adapt better on busy medical field environment. I can manage to go with the flow. More research also gives you a better product. For example, my science fair  experiment, after putting a lot of research and experiment, the lab report that I wrote was almost like a college paper which is good because it will be easier for me to write reports once I get into college. (which is something that I'm really thankful for)

 

Blog #26: 2-Hour Presentation Lesson Plan

 2-Hour Presentation Plan:

 here's the link:  2hr draft link
(note: I forgot to copy my new EQ that's why the E.Q. part was not complete.)

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.

Blog # 20: Room Creativity

(1) How do you plan to address the room creativity expectation?

-I plan to make the room designed into what celebration is being celebrated

on the month of presentations ( so maybe memorial day, cinco de mayo, or mother's day)

then I will try to match the color motif of one of those celebration on tablecloths. The wall would consist

of pictures, symbols that symbolizes that event/celebration.

(2) What activity ideas do you have for answer 1 or 2? 

-For answer 2, I plan to put the chairs in groups and ask the groups

questions of  "what to do" in diff. situations relating to assessing every patient

individually. I can also let them re-enact make them have short dramatization

of a situation I experienced in the facility.

Blog # 19: Answer 2

EQ =
-What is the most important skill in becoming a successful elderly care activity coordinator.

Answer 2 =
-To provide emotional/physical help in elderly patients, activity coordinator must assess the patients individually.

Evidence =
-Whenever senior patients go inside the activities room we put them in certain groups/tables so we can keep track of who are diabetic, have Alzheimer's, normal, can't stand on their own, got stroke, etc. Then one day, The group that always stand a lot, one of them actually acted as if he was trying to stand up because his holding the arm of the wheel chair. So we all thought it was normal, then one of the volunteers noticed that his other hand was actually holding his chest. Later on, we found out he was having mild stroke. After that incident, we learned our lesson "Always assess each patient and not assume as if they are all the same" because even if they have same conditions, it could always change in any second.
-I also noticed that talking to senior patients as a whole or just by observing them, you won't be able to figure out their needs because most of them looks just fine. Typical senior citizen in wheel chairs. Unless you get to actually talk to them (asking questions) and looking at their medical history. Because they may look fine on the outside but if you get to assess them individually you will realize they're dealing with more serious problem.
-It says on the book " Nursing Skills and Concepts" 9th Ed. by Barbara K. Timby, having one on one assessment with the patient will help nurses to relate on the patient's emotional/physical condition and the nurse will gain trust from the patient. By doing this, it will be easier for the nurse to help the patient get cured or cope up with their illness because the patent will most likely cooperate.

Source = 
- My service learning ( Inland Valley care and rehab facility ). Just by working there every weekends helped me understand and experience what it takes to become a activity coordinator.
- My service learner (Gabriel Olea) and my interview 3 (Maria Navarro). Both of them told me that its very important to get to know more of the patient's case so we can  improve our way of helping them as an individual.
- Book called " Nursing Skills and Concepts" 9th Ed. by Barbara K. Timby. I read on chapter 7 that client-nurse relationship, one on one assessment, helps the nurse keep track of the patient and decide what health related activities can be done to help the patient get cure or if its not curable, help them cope up and accept there new situation.

Blog # 14: Presentation 2 rough draft

20 min. presentation plan

Blog # 13: Answer 1

Answer 1

EQ: What are the most important skilles needed in becoming an activity coordinator at an elderly facility?

Answer: Building good communication skills to senior patients and staffs  is needed in becoming an activity coordinator.

Evidence #1: Communication skills is used by the activity coordinators all the time. When I was observing on my service learning, I noticed that the senior patients tend to be more approachable to the staffs that tends to talk them. Then when I started to help out, I realized that I do need to communicate to them as if they were my grandparents, so they can open up with me and be more cooperative.

Evidence #2: Without good communication, you may not be able to help the senior patients. The whole purpose of activities is to help the senior patients physically and emotionally. Not having good communication with the seniors will only mean that activity coordinator isn't doing its job right.

Evidence #3: Communicating with the staffs (LVN, CNA, RN) is a very important for the activity coordinator. Knowing the cases of the senior patients that goes to the activities will help the activity coordinator how to approach and help  them. Like when one of the senior patients tried to stand up and a loud beeping noise was heard. Those are called "fall prevention alarm" for senior patients that tries to walk or stand up but doesn't have the capability of balancing/controlling their body. One of the CNA's that I talked to told me whose senior patients to watch out for falling.

Sources:

• "Improving Communication With Older Patients: Tips From the Literature - Sep 2006 - Family Practice Management." Home Page -- American Academy of Family Physicians. Web. 06 Oct. 2011. <http://www.aafp.org/fpm/2006/0900/p73.html>.
• "Activity Coordinator- Job and Career Information, Median Salary, and Schools." What Should I Major In? How to Choose a Career? Web. 08 Sept. 2011. <http://www.mymajors.com/careers-and-jobs/Activity-Coordinator>.
• As for the examples I gave, its based from my personal observations, experience, and information I got from some CNA's and LVN's that I get to talk too from the facility.

Blog #4: Presentation Reflection

Because of my first interview, I understand more about the topic that I'm suppose to talk about. It made it easier for me to explain my topic. For example, when I differentiate nursing home and youth center. They understood the difference once i asked them at the conclusion of my presentation. They raised and answered without doubting. Which surprised me because I thought they won't understand my explanation. My simple and straight forward explanations because without that, I doubt they will comprehend what I was saying. The most challenging thing to do is trying not to get nervous while explaining and also to get everyone's attention. Because once my nervousness kicks in, I won't be able to talk or I panic. Though I was nervous, I finished my presentation and I got my audience attention. ^^

Blog # 3: Senior Project Presentation 1

My objective is to make an activity plan with the class. I will try conducting what an Activity coordinator does when they plan their activities with the seniors. Making the audience understand that most of the Activity coordinators do is based from what everyone likes or decided.

Step 1: I will be putting the audience in groups. Then I will make them decide what there top three hobbies or activities that they really like to do.

Step 2: Once I listed every single hobbies or activities of the group, we start voting.

Step 3: After getting the top three activities or hobbies we as a whole, we then plan at what time of the day and how many hours do we plan to spend on all those three activities or hobbies. Then I as activity coordinator write it down in the board or chart.

Step 4: After that, I will explain to the audience that what we just did is what Activity coordinators do. I will also explain about what exactly activity coordinators do and why it’s important.

Step 5: I will show the audience my poster of a planned activities for the week. Just like the once you can see from the activities calendar or bulletin board.

Step 6: I will pick 3 random people from the audience and ask what they learned from my presentation and if they need clarifications they can also ask it at that time.