2 hour presentation rough draft

Name: Sakshi Mathur

Topic: Nephrology Nursing

Presentation Teacher: Mr. Purther

Sponge activity:  For my sponge activity, I was thinking of putting the student in groups of four and having them work together in constructing a kidney. They will have different materials and together they have to come up with a model of their kidney.

Introduction: My EQ is, What is most important in being successful as a nurse specializing in nephrology?. I chose this topic because of my mom. My mom has been working with renal failure patients for the last 10 years. I have volunteered at her work for several times and have met all the team that works with renal failure patiens. About a year or so ago i decided on going to nursing school when i was deiciding on a specialt, i thought of nephrology. I have been interested in Nephrology for awhile now, watching my mom with the patients and the nurses it was something i wanted to research on and hopefully turn into a career down the road.  So far the plan of the day is to introduce myself, tell everyone why i picked this topic, then go on to talk about the schooling/career portion and mayve do an activity. After i'll start with my answers and then conclude with my best answer.

Foundation: 
- I will talk about making nephrology nursing a career
- I'll start with talking about the different types of nursing degrees BS and AA
-Then i'll introduce the different types of nurses someone could be which is either an RN or LPN/LVN.
- After talking about the different types of nuses someone could be,i'll talk about the steps to specialize in nephrology.

Body:

Answer 1:  Build positive relationships with your patients  

-----Activity 1:  I want the students to feel how the patients feel and what kind of different cases nurses have to deal with. I was thinking about putting the students in pairs. Each pair will get a question to answer but every time theres a new question there will be a different emotion one person in the pair will play. Like if i give the pair a question that says give your biggest

Answer 2: Educate/implement treatment plans to the patients and families. 

-----Activity 2:  When nurses are making the treatment plan they have to consult with all the doctors invovled with the patient. Therefore theres lot of teamwork invovled and the nurse is in charge of making the plan. So i will do a series of team building exercises with the students. They will be placed in groups on five and perform these tasks.

Conclusion:  At the end of my presentation i will explain my two answers i have presented on, restate what my best answer is and why, and talk about what i have learnt from this project and how i plan to use it in the future.

What is your best answer and why? My best answer is too build positive relationships with your patients. Before starting any treatment it's important for a nurse to get to know their patient and understand their needs and wishes. Building a postitive relationship will help the patient and the nurse.

What is your 3 most important sources and why? My three most important sources are my service learning, the book Core Curriculum for the Dialysis Technician, and Nicki Rockwell. Through service learning i got to experience what a nurse has to do, they let me set up the dialysis machine, put medication away, and handle paperwork. I learnt a lot while i was obersving the life of a nurse. The Core Curriculum for the Dialysis Technician was really really helpful. It taught about dialysis, the machines, the history everything. It was like the bible for dialysis. The explanations were even simple and straight to the point. Nicki Rockwell is a patient i got to talk to; she has been on dialysis for 10+ years. She told me about how the nurses treated her and how she felt when she was first diagnosed with renal failure. She was very helpful and answered all my questions that i had.

What is your product and why? My product is a career in nephrology nursing. I want to become a nurse and once you get passed nursing school and the RN test you have to specialize. My senior project gave me an opportunity to research and study about nephrology nursing.