Part 1: Two-Hour Presentation
(1) Two-Hour Presentation Student Assessment
P+
Why?
I feel like I met all the requirements on the presentation rubric. I excelled by adding my real world experiences to my presentation.
(2) What are you most proud of in your 2 hour presentation and why?
I am most proud of my powerpoint. I liked the way my slides looked and I added a lot of information to it that I wasn't planning to add before.
Part II: Overall Senior Project Experience
(3) What do you think you did well on in the project? What could you have done better? Please explain.
I think I did well on my science project. It was a simple project and concept but i had a lot of fun. I could have done better for my I-Search if i spent a lot more time on it. I could have revised it a lot more and it would have been simpler.
(4) What is your EQ and what is the best answer to your EQ?
My essential question is what is most imporatnt in being successful as a nurse specializing in nephrology and my best answer is building positive relationships with your patients.
(5) How has the last month of culminating events (e.g I-Search, Two-Hour, Exit etc) affected your answer to your EQ? Has it changed? Why or why not?
None of my answers changed because of the culminaing events. I had my answers down because of my research and my interviews.
(6) What suggestions do you have in order to improve the senior project?
Try not to put all the due dates of the projects together. It got really stressful at the end and now i'm like exhausted from everything. Also the advisory meeting were very helpful but i wish they were a little sooner and longer.
(7) Overall Senior Project Assessment
AP+
Why?
Most of my projects i recieved APs on, but i still tried my bestest efforts to get a better grade. Sometimes it just got really difficult. I didn't meet all requirements in some of my projects and i didn't go above and beyong in them too. But i feel overall i did try my best to recieve a better grade.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Service Learning
Literal• https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AgQoglZr_3osdGhnQy1rY1VLVmpyRzV6U1d2WGRTTXc&hl=en#gid=
I started my service learning with Seema Mathur at the dialysis center in Tustin. My job there was answering the phones, filing paperwork and welcoming patients. I then moved to the dialysis center in El Monte with Marietta Asumbrano. My job there was answering the phone, alphabetizing paperwork, and setting up dialysis machines.
I learnt alot from my service learning; the most important thing I learnt was a nephrology nurses job. I didn't know what a nephrology nurse actually did until I started service learning. I got to talk to a bunch of nurses and learn how they entered the field of nephrology. The nurses told me the process of specializing in nephrology and they answered all the questions I had. They were all very sweet and I had a great experience at service learning.
Applied
Because of service learning I came up with my answers to my EQ. I saw how the nurses and patients treated each other. They had a very fun, and loving relationship and I learnt it's important to have a positive relationship with your patients. Another important task a nurse has to do is implement/educate treatment plans for the patients. In order to effectively make a treatment plan a nurse must understand a patients lifestlye and habits.
(2) Confirmation of Contact Person, Contact Phone Number, and 50 hours completed
Marietta Asumbrano
Seema Mathur
Link to my Log: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AgQoglZr_3osdGhnQy1rY1VLVmpyRzV6U1d2WGRTTXc&hl=en#gid=
I started my service learning with Seema Mathur at the dialysis center in Tustin. My job there was answering the phones, filing paperwork and welcoming patients. I then moved to the dialysis center in El Monte with Marietta Asumbrano. My job there was answering the phone, alphabetizing paperwork, and setting up dialysis machines.
- Marietta Asumbrano
- 626-350-6692
- Seema Mathur
- 626-290-6311
I learnt alot from my service learning; the most important thing I learnt was a nephrology nurses job. I didn't know what a nephrology nurse actually did until I started service learning. I got to talk to a bunch of nurses and learn how they entered the field of nephrology. The nurses told me the process of specializing in nephrology and they answered all the questions I had. They were all very sweet and I had a great experience at service learning.
Applied
Because of service learning I came up with my answers to my EQ. I saw how the nurses and patients treated each other. They had a very fun, and loving relationship and I learnt it's important to have a positive relationship with your patients. Another important task a nurse has to do is implement/educate treatment plans for the patients. In order to effectively make a treatment plan a nurse must understand a patients lifestlye and habits.
(2) Confirmation of Contact Person, Contact Phone Number, and 50 hours completed
- 626-350-6692
- 626-290-6311
Link to my Log: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AgQoglZr_3osdGhnQy1rY1VLVmpyRzV6U1d2WGRTTXc&hl=en#gid=
Monday, May 9, 2011
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.
- 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.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Independent Study 2
1. https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AgQoglZr_3osdGhnQy1rY1VLVmpyRzV6U1d2WGRTTXc&hl=en&pli=1#gid=0
2. Here's a picture of me at my moms annual take your daughter to work day. There I was taught about dialysis, i got to talk to different patients about their experiences and i got to shadow a nurse.
3.
(a) “I, Sakshi Mathur, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
(b) For my independent study I volunteered at the el monte dialysis clinic. At the center I answered the phone, set up the dialysis machines, and i filed some papers. I also attended my moms annual take your daighter to work day and there i got to talk to patients, and shadow nurses.
Interpretive
Every week I volunteer about 6 hours and I wrote what what I did in my literal.
Applied
Volunteering has given me an insight in nephrology nursing. I got to spend time working with the nurses are learning about their daily routine in the clinic. This lead me to my answer of mantaining relationships wth your patients. As a nephrology nurse, I learned that you spend a lot of time working with your pateints; days, weeks, years you name it. And if you dont have a good relationship it could put the patient in danger. Most patients feel lonely during the treatment and if they see a friendly face it gets them up and moving again.
2. Here's a picture of me at my moms annual take your daughter to work day. There I was taught about dialysis, i got to talk to different patients about their experiences and i got to shadow a nurse.
3.
(a) “I, Sakshi Mathur, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
(b) For my independent study I volunteered at the el monte dialysis clinic. At the center I answered the phone, set up the dialysis machines, and i filed some papers. I also attended my moms annual take your daighter to work day and there i got to talk to patients, and shadow nurses.
Interpretive
Every week I volunteer about 6 hours and I wrote what what I did in my literal.
Applied
Volunteering has given me an insight in nephrology nursing. I got to spend time working with the nurses are learning about their daily routine in the clinic. This lead me to my answer of mantaining relationships wth your patients. As a nephrology nurse, I learned that you spend a lot of time working with your pateints; days, weeks, years you name it. And if you dont have a good relationship it could put the patient in danger. Most patients feel lonely during the treatment and if they see a friendly face it gets them up and moving again.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Art Rationale
Why do it this way?
So i have decided to change my creative expression project. My new plan is to make a diseased kidney sitting in two hands. One hand will be a patient hand and another will be the nurses hand. It is symbolizing how a patient and nurse have to work together in order to take care of the patients life.
So i have decided to change my creative expression project. My new plan is to make a diseased kidney sitting in two hands. One hand will be a patient hand and another will be the nurses hand. It is symbolizing how a patient and nurse have to work together in order to take care of the patients life.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Art Rationale
Why do "this" this way?
I decided to sculpt a diseased kidney out of clay. There will be two tubes in one tube will be the things nurses do and in the other will be what happens to the patient because of the nurses. I think this is the best way to descibe my project in an artistic way.
I decided to sculpt a diseased kidney out of clay. There will be two tubes in one tube will be the things nurses do and in the other will be what happens to the patient because of the nurses. I think this is the best way to descibe my project in an artistic way.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Creative Art Idea
Topic: Dialysis
EQ: What is the most important in being successful as a nurse specializing in nephrology?
Art Idea: Making a diseased kidney out of paper machete and in one tube put all the things nurses do tp help a patient and then in another tube the benefits of what they do.
Relates: My project is focusing on nursing and i though this was a clever way to symbolize nursing and dialysis.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Interview 4 Questions
Interview 4 Questions
1. When you were hired with Davita, did they make you go through any special training to work as a nurse in their facility?
2. Is there a head nurse, if so how do you become one?
3. Where did you get your nursing degree from?
4. If you got it from out of state was there a certain test you had to take to be able to practice in the United States?
5. When you were specializing what made you choose to work with dialysis patients?
6. Why did you become a nurse? Are there certain skills you should have to become one?
7. Which is better to become an RN or an LVN?
8. What made you choose to work with Davita?
9. To become an effective nurse what kind of qualities should someone have?
10. Why work with Davita compared to the other dialysis centers out there?
11. People say nursing is a safe profession because there will always be an unlimited amount of jobs, what do you feel about that?
12. Has the economy affected your job as a nurse?
13. Would you change your specialty to something else instead of dialysis? If so, why?
14. Can you decribe your role here?
15. Would you rather work in a dialysis clinic or in a hospital? why?
16. How many hours to do you a week and day?
17. How do you deal with patients who bud into your work? Like they tell you what to do?
18. Which is better hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis?
19. What is the saline used for in dialysis?
20. What happens to all the used bloodlines and everything?
1. When you were hired with Davita, did they make you go through any special training to work as a nurse in their facility?
2. Is there a head nurse, if so how do you become one?
3. Where did you get your nursing degree from?
4. If you got it from out of state was there a certain test you had to take to be able to practice in the United States?
5. When you were specializing what made you choose to work with dialysis patients?
6. Why did you become a nurse? Are there certain skills you should have to become one?
7. Which is better to become an RN or an LVN?
8. What made you choose to work with Davita?
9. To become an effective nurse what kind of qualities should someone have?
10. Why work with Davita compared to the other dialysis centers out there?
11. People say nursing is a safe profession because there will always be an unlimited amount of jobs, what do you feel about that?
12. Has the economy affected your job as a nurse?
13. Would you change your specialty to something else instead of dialysis? If so, why?
14. Can you decribe your role here?
15. Would you rather work in a dialysis clinic or in a hospital? why?
16. How many hours to do you a week and day?
17. How do you deal with patients who bud into your work? Like they tell you what to do?
18. Which is better hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis?
19. What is the saline used for in dialysis?
20. What happens to all the used bloodlines and everything?
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Independent Study 2 Approval
1) Write a description of what you plan on doing for your second independent study.
I'm trying to find a spanish class at the Covina Recreation Center, Calpoly and other community colleges.
2) How does your independent study 2 relate to your EQ?
Well there is a big communication error between the patient and the nurses because they can't really understand each other. Since majority of the patients are hispanic or of latino origin, I decided to take a spanish class.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Independent Study 1
1. Log: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=thgC-kcUKVjrG5zSWvXdSMw#gid=0
2. Evidence: I'm not allowed to take any pictures at my service learning but i still secretly took this one.
Literal:
a) I, Sakshi, affirm that I completes my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
b) I volunteered at the the Davita Dialysis Center in El Monte which is the same place I do my service learning at.
Interpretive:
Every week I would go to El Monte on Monday and Thurdays for about 4 hours a week. One thing I really learnt was that there is a really big language barrier with the nurses and patients. Majority of the patients speak spanish and the nurses sometimes find it hard to understand them. I think it's important for nurses to learn a second language cause in the long run it will help them.
Applied:
Volunteering at the dialysis center has given me an insight of what I'm going to be experiencing later on in life. I got to see what works and what doesn't work in the dialysis center. I've been talking to the different nurses that work there. They have a lot of words of wisdom and whenever they can they let me either set up the dialysis machines or give the patients the medicine. The nurses told me it was a good idea for me to get my nursing degree during my undergraduate degree because nursing school take like 5 years on top of your undergraduate.
2. Evidence: I'm not allowed to take any pictures at my service learning but i still secretly took this one.
Literal:
a) I, Sakshi, affirm that I completes my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
b) I volunteered at the the Davita Dialysis Center in El Monte which is the same place I do my service learning at.
Interpretive:
Every week I would go to El Monte on Monday and Thurdays for about 4 hours a week. One thing I really learnt was that there is a really big language barrier with the nurses and patients. Majority of the patients speak spanish and the nurses sometimes find it hard to understand them. I think it's important for nurses to learn a second language cause in the long run it will help them.
Applied:
Volunteering at the dialysis center has given me an insight of what I'm going to be experiencing later on in life. I got to see what works and what doesn't work in the dialysis center. I've been talking to the different nurses that work there. They have a lot of words of wisdom and whenever they can they let me either set up the dialysis machines or give the patients the medicine. The nurses told me it was a good idea for me to get my nursing degree during my undergraduate degree because nursing school take like 5 years on top of your undergraduate.
Friday, January 28, 2011
ESLR Check
1. I have been an effective learner this year by being move involved with school activities, doing more work and home, and trying to limit my procrastination. Last years i procrastinated a lot on my projects and homework but this year it's totally different. I have to be on top of everything cause deadlines come up so fast it's crazy. Also physics is killing me, I have been learning as much as I could but it's just been really hard, but i haven't given up, I will work harder to achieve a better grade in physics and my senior project.
2. I have learnt a lot from my senior project. The best way for me learning about dialysis is my hand on experience where i volunteer. I am not allowed to touch the patients and like put bloodlines on them. But i have been talking to them and learning about their life experiences. Occasionally the nursing staff lets me set up the dialysis machine for the next patient. Through my volunteering i learnt that i have to change my focus on my project. I have to focus more on the nursing staff and how they communicate with their patients because thats a main thing I have noticed. You can learn all the information and be the best at the machines but what it comes down to is understanding your patient. You have to understand them to help them.
3. I guess this semester i wasn't really planning properly. I would write down when something was due and like forget about it until the day before it was due. This semester i have to be on top of everything and not wait till the last minute to finish my work. Aleks is a main thing that i have to work on and to do that i have worked about a plan with my friend to help motivate us to do Aleks.
2. I have learnt a lot from my senior project. The best way for me learning about dialysis is my hand on experience where i volunteer. I am not allowed to touch the patients and like put bloodlines on them. But i have been talking to them and learning about their life experiences. Occasionally the nursing staff lets me set up the dialysis machine for the next patient. Through my volunteering i learnt that i have to change my focus on my project. I have to focus more on the nursing staff and how they communicate with their patients because thats a main thing I have noticed. You can learn all the information and be the best at the machines but what it comes down to is understanding your patient. You have to understand them to help them.
3. I guess this semester i wasn't really planning properly. I would write down when something was due and like forget about it until the day before it was due. This semester i have to be on top of everything and not wait till the last minute to finish my work. Aleks is a main thing that i have to work on and to do that i have worked about a plan with my friend to help motivate us to do Aleks.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Interview 3 Questions
1. What is water used for in dialysis?
2. Is the dialystate in the dialyzer?
3. How long can one dialyzer last, if a patient chooses to reuse it?
4. How is peritoneal dialysis compared to hemodialysis?
5. What happens when the blood clots?
6. If a women is on dialysis is she still able to get pregnant?
7. Would it be more effective if a patient just did home dialysis?
8. If a patient needs a kidney transplant and they take a healthy kidney from a relative, how come that relative can that relative without one kidney? How does the patient only survive on one kidney too? (sorry this question is a little confusing)
9. How long is one patient on dialysis for? What happens if he/she misses a day of dialysis?
10. Do both kidneys have to fail in order for someone to receive dialysis?
2. Is the dialystate in the dialyzer?
3. How long can one dialyzer last, if a patient chooses to reuse it?
4. How is peritoneal dialysis compared to hemodialysis?
5. What happens when the blood clots?
6. If a women is on dialysis is she still able to get pregnant?
7. Would it be more effective if a patient just did home dialysis?
8. If a patient needs a kidney transplant and they take a healthy kidney from a relative, how come that relative can that relative without one kidney? How does the patient only survive on one kidney too? (sorry this question is a little confusing)
9. How long is one patient on dialysis for? What happens if he/she misses a day of dialysis?
10. Do both kidneys have to fail in order for someone to receive dialysis?
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Serivce Learning 10 Hour Progress Check
1. Greater El Monte Dialysis Center
that I go. My service learning supervisor then gets all my hours at the end of the week. I usually work
2 hours everytime I go which is on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
3. I've learnt that there needs to be atleast 6 nures on the floor to manage the patients. To be in this field you really have to enjoy socializing with the patients. The nurses are always having fun with their patients and there laughing at each others jokes, it's a lot of fun.
- Answer phone calls
- Socialize with patients
- Let patients into the facility
- Prep dialysis station for the next patient
- Various tasks
that I go. My service learning supervisor then gets all my hours at the end of the week. I usually work
2 hours everytime I go which is on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
3. I've learnt that there needs to be atleast 6 nures on the floor to manage the patients. To be in this field you really have to enjoy socializing with the patients. The nurses are always having fun with their patients and there laughing at each others jokes, it's a lot of fun.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Indenpendent Study Update
1) What have you chosen to do for your IS1?
My service learning counts towards my independent task. At sevice learning I will be shadowing a nurse who will show me all the ropes when dealing with a dialysis patient.
2) How does this task relate to your EQ?
My EQ deals with dialysis, and i will be volunteering at a dialysis clinic.
My service learning counts towards my independent task. At sevice learning I will be shadowing a nurse who will show me all the ropes when dealing with a dialysis patient.
2) How does this task relate to your EQ?
My EQ deals with dialysis, and i will be volunteering at a dialysis clinic.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
What I've Learned So Far
1.) What you've learned since you started your senior project?
I have learnt a lot about my senior project. Through my research and interviews, I learnt about the different techniques used to help treat end state renal patients. Many patients who are on dialysis have had kidney failure due to diabetes.
2.) Post evidence (Picture, video, explaination, etc.)
I have learnt a lot about my senior project. Through my research and interviews, I learnt about the different techniques used to help treat end state renal patients. Many patients who are on dialysis have had kidney failure due to diabetes.
2.) Post evidence (Picture, video, explaination, etc.)
-Click Peritoneal Dialysis
Davita is one of the largest companies who deal with diaysis techniques to help treat end state renal patients.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Defining the Esential Question
1) What is the best technique to use to help treat an End State Renal Patient (E.S.R.P.)?
2) Technique: treatment used
Best: most effective
Treat: to help live life easier
E.S.R.P: a patient with kidney failure
3) Hemodialysis & Home Dialysis
4) The book im reading, the Core Curriculum for the Dialysis Technician
2) Technique: treatment used
Best: most effective
Treat: to help live life easier
E.S.R.P: a patient with kidney failure
3) Hemodialysis & Home Dialysis
4) The book im reading, the Core Curriculum for the Dialysis Technician
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Interview 2 Questions
1. What inspired you to work with renal failure patients?
2. How long have you worked with Davita? Has the company progressed since you've been working with them?
3. Can you tell me the daily routine of what happens in the dialysis center.
4. Do you know if there are any organizations i could get involved in?
5. Did you always plan on becoming an FA for a dialysis center?
6. How many patients come to the center each shift?
2. How long have you worked with Davita? Has the company progressed since you've been working with them?
3. Can you tell me the daily routine of what happens in the dialysis center.
4. Do you know if there are any organizations i could get involved in?
5. Did you always plan on becoming an FA for a dialysis center?
6. How many patients come to the center each shift?
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Essential Question
What is the best technique to use to help treat an End State Renal Patient (E.S.R.P.)
a) The words best opens a variety of opinions from different people.
b) You can argue about the different techniques and which is the best.
c) Food and Nutrition
Chemistry
Anatomy
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
5 min Presentation Reflection
Content: What would you say stood out about your presentation performance and what was most challenging to do and why?
Honestly I was really nervous during my presentation, and I think that affected my performance. The most challenging part about my presentation was explaining the difference between Hemodialysis and Hemofiltration. I think I got everyone confused because I kept going back and forth between topics. I even confused myself at some parts. Even though I painfully went through my presentation I learnt a lot. I didn't even know about hemofiltration but now I do.
Interview 1 Reflection
Content: What is the most important thing I learned from the interview and why?
My interviewee was very helpful; she gave me a lot of information on what dialysis is, and how a dialysis clinic functions. I think the most important thing I learnt from her are the different organizations that I could help out with. Theres an organization that helps kids, who are on dialysis, lead a normal life. They host different events like prom and picnics for the kids, and the best part is that all the food is sugar free, they have sugar free cupcakes, cookies and drinks.
My interviewee was very helpful; she gave me a lot of information on what dialysis is, and how a dialysis clinic functions. I think the most important thing I learnt from her are the different organizations that I could help out with. Theres an organization that helps kids, who are on dialysis, lead a normal life. They host different events like prom and picnics for the kids, and the best part is that all the food is sugar free, they have sugar free cupcakes, cookies and drinks.
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