Answer 2

EQ = What is most essential to being a Licensed Vocational Nurse?

Answer 2 = What is most essential to being a LVN is alway playing your role in hospital quality improvement.

Evidence = Interviewing Mauricia Copado, I asked her what she believed is vital when it comes to nursing and she told me that you never stop learning. Nurses should be active learners and I asked her what she meant by "active learners" and she told me that nurses should look at where they can improve with their overall health care.

 Evidence = An Article I came across really opened my eyes because it explains that as the nation’s hospitals face increasing demands to participate in a wide range of quality improvement activities, the role and influence of nurses is also increasing, according to a new study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC). Some improvementsthat hospitals address to the LVN's are

Having adequate nursing staff when resources are scarce

Engaging nurses at all levels—from bedside to management;

Confronting traditional nursing education that does not always adequately prepare nurses for their evolving role in today’s contemporary hospital setting.

 Evidence = When volunteering at Kaiser Permanente, my Department Adiministrator Ana Velasquez told me who do the patients see the most. I answered her question by saying nures. She told me nurses are the heart and soul of the hospital. She told me even with the wonderful nurses they have, there will always be downfalls and mistakes being made everyday. She asked me to follow the nurses around and take note of how and what can nurses improve on. I took the challenege and got started right away. Something I found that they could improve on is taking time to input all the data recorded from the patient. I saw some nurses looked rush and scribbling out mistakes. Another thing is they looked rush. Patients shouldn't think you're in a rush. They should feel like you have all the time in the world to hear them out. The biggest important factor I saw that needs a lot of improvement is communication with the other nurses and physicians. Some get along well and others don't. They need to see that each one of them needs one another. The nurses need to communicate well with the physicians so they can administer the patients health correctly because any misleading information can not affect both their relationship, but the diagnosing of the patients health.

Source = For answer/evidence

 Mauricia Copado Interview 2

 Volunteering at Kaiser Permanente

 The Role of Nurses in Hospital Quality Improvement  by Debra. A Draper

The Product

Before volunteering/working in any medical environment, I had very little sympthay towards anyone really. If I was treated nicely or rudefully, I would do the same back. I was always taught to treat people how I would like to be treated. Of course, the little rebel that I am, that wasn't the case for me. It wasn't until my journey through the Kaiser Permanente Outreach Program that changed my whole aspect on this subject. In the medical field, whether you're a Nurse, Physician, Receptionist, you will get patients who look like they are in a hurry, worried about their child, anxious about going to the doctors, etc. You have to give them the benefit of the doubt which means assuming that their is a reason behind their behavior towards you because you really don't know who they are and they don't know who you are either. An example of this that I've encountered would have to be at the convalescent home I was volunteering in. There is this senior citzen who loves me so much and she was always sweet saying "thank you"and "I'm glad your here helping us". Except one day when I was passing out cards to each senior citizen, instead of starting on the right side of the room like I've done all the time, I started on the left because I was already there. Well she was on the far right and when I got to her she had her arms crossed and had this little snooty face on and she asked me in a angry tone why I skipped her. I told her I did not skip her that I was getting to her. She said, "No you don't like me anymore and I don't want to play." I thought about what I was going to say and I remembered "give them the benefit of the doubt. Look at where they came from and where they ended up now. I told her, "I like you and I would never skip you." She didn't forgive me but I myself was surprised I didn't answer rudefully. I was empathetic and I understood why she was upset. In the end she felt sorry and apologized to me. I told her not to be sorry. It is my fault.

Fourth Interview Questions

1. What is most important in being a Licensed Vocational Nurse?
2. What do you think are the most important qualities a nurse should have and why?
3. What type of mangement style do you work with best?
4. Is nursing a rewarding job?
5. What challenges have you faced during your nursing job?
6. What training did you through in order to become an LVN?
7. The difference between LVN's and and other nursing jobs out there?
8. How do you deal with the issue of being burned out?
9. Do you need brains for this job or people skills for this?
10. What should people do to get started on a nursing career?
11. Do you recommend to be a nurse?
12. What classes are you taking in order to be up to date with new LVN's out there? (Education)
13. How important is it to maintain a positive relationship with your health care unit?
14. When you are expecting a stressful situation how do you relax?
15. How do you go about making small or tough decisions?
16. Why did you choose to be a nurse over a doctor?
17. What has been the most important lessons you’ve learned as a LVN's?
18. How do you set priorties in your work?
19. Give me a specific example when you knew you did a good job as a nurse?
20. We have all tried being considerate of others. What are some things you have done to do that?

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.

Presentation Rough Draft 2

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W94cIRelCc5-NjavEC5FJE745lAcAnXPpEAa9BTKpfQ/edit

Answer 1

 The top two qualities that makes a good nurse is showing compassion and true care for them. True care is actually sitting down with your patient and listening to what they have to say. If you looked rush, they won't feel important. They'll feel like just another patient of yours. Technical skills is great but you never hear patients and families say, "Wow, she/he really knows how to work that program!" They always talk about how much you cared for them or their loved one. I aqcuired this answer in my articles and my experience in working at Kaiser.
I first heard this quote at an interview for a new job opening in the Pediatrics Department. "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. First impression is everything and in order to become a wonderful Licensed Vocational Nurse, you need to start with your patient. Then you will know what a true nurse really is.