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

Independent Component 2 Plan Approval

(1) Write a description of what you plan on doing for your independent study component.
For my second independent study component I plan on going to Kaiser Permanente. I have already turned in my volunteer application and the lady said since I've worked there, my chances of getting to volunteer there are higher!

(2) Describe in detail how you think your plan will meet the 30 hours work requirement.

Ways on how I will plan to meet the 30 hour work requirement
-work with nurses
-help with projects they have in store for me (which they do)
-help out at the front desk
-shadow a nurse
-restock nursing supplies
-work with the doctors and see what they need assistance with

(3) How does your independent study component relate to your EQ?   

Well I will be working in a nursing environment full of LVN's, RN's, NP's, etc. I will not only get a view of a nursing environment but I will also be doing hands-on work that is related to nursing.

Independent Component 1

Link to calender >> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ahlit3G12AC_dEl2TGhMaFA1MjdiUnc4OGdfd0RzNWc

Literal

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

(b) Since the time I began my service learning at the convalescent home in Covina, I have been running the activities for the seniors. The games consisted of Bingo, holiday celebrations. card games and many more affiliated activities to keep the seniors entertained. My job as a volunteer there would also consist of spending time with each and every senior citiizen there and make them feel loved. It sounds like an easy job but it is not. Some seniors have grown to hate or are depressed, etc. When lunch hour would come along, we would distribute the food to each senior citizen making sure they got the correct plate as well as setting up and clearing the tables for new games or lunch time.I would also take them to their rooms if they asked me too or they would ask me to call their nurse for them.

Interpretive

How did I accumlate to thirty of hours of work you say? Well thankfully, I was always put up to busy tasks that made the hours go by quickly. Playing exciting games with the seniors really made time go fast. It's like they say, "When you're having fun, you lose track of time." At times, I felt extreme sorrow for these seniors so I would stay longer because I wanted to keep them company. One day, one of them told me, "I'm so happy you're here." That really got to me. I had this particular senior that wanted to go outside so I took her and we just stood there basking in the sun while we talked about her whole life. It was a memorable moment for sure.

Applied

"People will forget what you said. They'll even forget what you did. But they'll never forget how you made them feel."-Maya Angelou

Working at the senior home has taught me to be nothing but sincere and empathetic no matter the circumstances there; you always have to give them a hand. You need to understand what they might be going through. The things you might say or do can hurt them without knowing it. For example, I was passing out 12 cards to each senior citizen and I usuallly start at the right side of the table and this time I started on the left side and one of them named Doris, yelled at me and said why did I skip her. I told her I didn't that I was going to get to her and I would never skip her. She got mad and said she doesn't want to play anymore and I tried to apologize but she didn't accept my apology. Moral of this story is, no matter how small the situation might be, you  need acknowledge they're feelings and make them feel important.

Independent Component 1 Plan Approval

CONTENT:
(1) Write a description of what you plan on doing for your independent study component.
I plan on either just doing the full 110 hours of service learning which will cover my two independent study components. I've been asking many health facilities like Red Cross, the Kaiser Permanente in Baldwin Park but I didn't get accepted to do my independent task there, so I have to look elsewhere. I am looking into my doctor's office and I will have that answer by tomorrow after 4:00 PM.

(2) Describe in detail how you think your plan will meet the 30 hours work requirement.

My plan is to do my service learning at my doctor's office as well as my first independent study component. Then when I am 18 in February, I will do the second part of my independent study at Kaiser Permanente in Baldwin Park. Since the due date for the first Independent Component is due until early February, I will have the 30 hours of requirement done by that date and then after I go to Kaiser Permanente for my second independent component, I will have 30 hours done by the due date of March 27, 2012.

(3) How does your independent study component relate to your EQ?

My EQ is "What is most essential to being a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)?" My independent study will be in a health facility and what better place to do this but at a doctors office or some sort of department full of LVNs. You are surrounded by LVNs and RNs which will answer my EQ simply with the qualities and skills of an LVN and with additional information of an RN.