Blog 23: Senior Presentation Reflection

(1) Positive Statement
What are you most proud of in your block presentation and/or your senior project? Why?
What I am most proud of in my presentation is my timing. Like almost everybody else I was worried about my timing and afraid that I was going to speak under the 30 minute minimum. But by staying calm I was able to successfully able to control my breathing and speaking rhythm. By speaking at a normal pace I was able to meet and exceed the time requirements.


(2) Questions to Consider

a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your block presentation (self-assessment)?
AE       P          AP       CR       NC

b.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?
AE       P          AP       CR       NC

(3) What worked for you in your senior project?
The number one thing that worked the best for me was being able to access my mentor anytime any day. Having her accessible definately provided me extra guidance for things such as research when I felt like I was getting stuck.

(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?
If I were able to go back and change something, I wouldn't at all. I believe that all the work that I have done through the entirety of the project has been good solid work that I completed to the best of my abilities.

(5) Finding Value
How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples.
My senior project has definitely been such a great help. Due to my knowledge it has allowed me to potentially become a Psych Tech early by taking the California Nursing Board Exam in the early months of next year. Which means that in the actual program I will be skipping some lessons to finish early.

Blog 22: Mentorship

Content:

LIA Response to blog:

    Literal

• Senior Project Hours
• Silvia Davila-Bhc Alhambra and Hacienda La Puente 

    Interpretive

     What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?

Just like the questions stated the most important thing that I believe that I've gained is experience. Due to me starting my classes here in the fall my senior project has definitely provided me with the insight needed to be successful in the program and as a nurse.

   Applied

 By being in the psychiatric technician program I was given a hands on and first hand view on what fundamental skills are lacking in the medical field.

Exit Interview

Content:

1. What is your essential question, and what are your answers?  What is your best answer and why?

What is your EQ?

How can a Psychiatric Technician best provide quality care to a Psychiatric Patient?

What is your first answer?

One of the best ways to ensure quality patient care is by assuring that the patient is at the center of care.

What is your second answer?

One of the best ways to ensure quality patient care is by being competent in the field of nursing and pathophysiology.

What is your third answer?

One of the best ways to ensure quality patient care is by ensuring that your team and patients are safe

What is your best answer?Why?

The best answer to my essential question would be to assure that the patient is at the center of care at all times. Providing this amount of attention to a patient is crucial because, it is apart of the patient's recovery process. The ways for one to ensure patient centeredness is by properly assessing the patient, forming an Individualized Treatment Plan (ITP) and by administering patient specific medication  based on diagnosis. Although patient centered care is currently applied in the medical field many medical facilities don’t operate the way that they should. According to the Psychiatric Medical Board there should be 15 patients for every nurse, but due to the amount of patients that these facilities are receiving there isn't enough nurses to fill the voids in their care. Not having a sufficient amount of nurses on the floor is a danger to the patients and the staff. It could potentially mean the difference between life or death to anyone in the facility.

2. What process did you take to arrive at this answer?

Through my whole experience of gathering research and conducting several interviews I was then able to provide three important answers that directly answer my essential question. After further analyzing my research I was able to conclude that the best answer to my essential question would be to assure that the patient is at the center of care at all times.

3. What problems did you face?  How did you resolve them?

The main problem that i did face throughout my senior project was constantly running out of research ideas and sources. I was able to overcome the dilemma by digging further into my topic by basically branching off different ideas that related to my question or answer.

4. What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why?

The two most significant sources that I used are fairly difficult to determine because a big part of my research involved the first and last interview that I had with my mentor because, I was able to use the info that I gathered from the interviews to explore more into my topic. My second most important source was the Basic Nursing Rosdahl textbook that we used in the PT class because, it talked about all of the different ways of how to correctly provide patient care.

What is a Psych Tech? Career Day

As our senior year rapidly comes to a close I was able to witness my mentor as she came to our school to participate in a career day to help educate my fellow peers in what she does as a teacher and also a nurse. Some of her students did also attend which were able to speak of their experiences as a psych tech from their own perspective.