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?
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
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.
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