Blog 14: Independent Component 1

   LITERAL


 (a) I, Valerie Lopez ,affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 35 hours of work.

(b) Diana Guevara RN, LAC+USC Medical Center

(c) Linked on the sidebar under Senior Project Hours

(d) I did extra mentorship hours with my mentor Diana Guevara. I would mostly shadow my mentor when she was not busy working in the Emergency Room. I shadowed her while she went around checking patients. I would mostly just watch what my mentor do her job and I was able to talk to some patients. I would also get some patients some basic neccisities such as water or give them their food. I would also help sort and file some paperwork. Sometimes I also had the privilege to go visit the Labor and Delivery Center, I would mostly open boxes and help sort the different baby neccesities such as bottles, pacifers, and clothes that they were offered when the newborns baby stayed in the hospital

INTERPRETIVE

Different Newborn Essentials that were given out to the newborn babies at the hospital.

Different Equipment my mentor would use.

Filing paperwork

APPLIED    

My independent component one helped me understand the foundation of my topic better because i had the opportunity to see what it was like to work in a hospital. I got to speak and get comfortable talking to patients and different nurses. I also had a lot of answers answered by some of the different nurses that worked there, not just my mentor. It also taught me how to communicate better and to be patient.