(Unfortunately) Helping 2013 (Kidding, sorta)

Who did you interview: Gabriel Barreras
What day and time: 11:30
(1) What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?

• One idea I've have for a long time is law in general. I've always been interested in law and I want to be a lawyer for my future career.
• Natalie Luna is doing her senior project on criminal law. Yoy may want to talk to her for ideas about service learning or anything else and make you sure you specify what kind of lawyer.

(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.

• I'm not entirely sure yet. I want to volunteer at a law firm. I have a cousin who is a lawyer, so I am hoping I can go to his firm and volunteer there.
• Before even summer starts, make sure you talk to your cousin and see how logn th process will take to start volunteering and if he says that you won't be able to volunteer, start searching elsewhere. That will give you enough time to look for another and have a backup place to get your hours done which are very crucial before you begin your senior year. Make sure you make great connections with the people at the law firm. It will help you answer your essential question. 

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

• I would expect to learn a lot. I hope to see the environment and structure of the presentation so I can get an idea of how to setup my two-hour.
• Make sure you pay attention to how the overall structure of the senior presentation. I recommened you go to Natalie Luna's presentation. Pay attention because something might catch your eye that you would like to do for your two hour.  

(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.

• The senior project is composed of two Independent Components, Service Learning, Science Fair, Interviews (4), Mini Presentation on your answer in response to your essential question. Make sure you have a service learning place or it will catch up with your interviews and log hours.
• For the five minute presentation, make sure your answer is not too general. Be as specific as you can. Make sure it ties around your essential question. DON'T miss the dates to turn in your senior project components. Check your Senior Project Contract all the time.

Independent Component 2

Literal

(a) Statement saying: “I, student name, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”

(b) Assisting Licensed Vocational Nurses with whatever they needed. Helping the patients in need and assisting their every need, of course with supervision of the nurses. Leading activities with the seniors in the convalescent home.

Interpretive

Significant parts of my volunteer work is getting to know the long-term patient and seeing how I, myself can improve patient care with nurses. I would tell the nurses that the patient needs attention or the patient needs your assistance. I would try my best to assist every patient in need when the nurses weren't there because at times the nurses would leave me alone with the paitnets. Imagine me surrounded by old folk. I would have gone crazy, but surprisingly I did not. I loved helping every single one.

Applied

Honestly, from just observing. Why you ask? Well all the nurses in the Rowland Convalescent Home are all bitter to be brutally honest. It is what it is. For example, looking at the nurses go from day to day task like taking the patients vital signs, to simply TRYING to be an empathetic nurse, or distributing their daily medication. What I've seen so far is that the staff try to push each other to improve the patient quality there. It's hard because all the nurses are ignorant to one another but they really do focus on their long-term patient. 

Grading Criteria

· Log (calendar or list)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/10AZtNFY9ZCSqvEnftgWmb4m_YS5y8CgOJrqX7YUqAqQ/edit

Answer #3

Essential Question: What is most essential to being a Licensed Vocational Nurse?

Answer 3: LVNs feel the joy of seeing a baby born or feelthe pain of losing a long-term patient who became closer than expected. Emotional stability is crucial when being an LVN in order to survive the everyday emotional roller coaster LVNs endure with daily.

Evidence:
Mauricia Copado (my third interviewee)says she can't let her emotions control her every day tasks since she sees sick patients everyday in the Pediatrics Department. If she does then she will fall into a depressed state and won't be able to work.

Nursing is a stressful job where traumatic situations are common. The ability to accept suffering and death without letting it get personal is crucial. Some days can seem like non-stop gloom and doom. That’s not to say that there aren’t heartwarming moments in nursing. Helping a patient recover, reuniting families, or bonding with fellow nurses are special benefits of the job. Just don’t come to expect it. Leave the happy endings for Grey’s Anatomy. :) (Rowland Convalescent Home)

Nurses must have the emotional stability to deal with the stresses that accompany the nursing field. For example, nurses must have coping skills to handle patients who are in extreme pain. Also, nurses must care for patients who die from their injuries or medical conditions, or who die after their health was improving. Nurses must emotionally handle unexpected events and emergencies such as the ones explained above. (Article #47)

http://www.best-job-interview.com/nursing-interview-questions.html

Source(s:
Volunteering at the Rowland Convalescent Home.
Article #47
Mauricia Copado (Interviewee)