LITERAL
(a)
I, Valerie Lopez, affirm that I completed my independent component, which
represents 37 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. I also shadowed another
nurse named Karina Gomez. I would go with Karina and Diana while they visited
patients, sometimes I was not able to go into the room with them because of
patient confidentiality and sometimes some patients did not feel comfortable
with anyone that was not the a nurse or a doctor. I would help my mentor sort
files and discharge papers. Sometimes when my mentor was busy since she spends
most of her time in the emergency room, I had to go to the supply rooms to open
boxes and sort out different equipment. My favorite equipment to sort was when
I would help in the labor and delivery room sorting baby stuff. I had to open
boxes of diapers, bottles, formula, socks and blankets. My favorite job was
having the opportunity to visit some mother’s (mostly the ones that were being
discharged) to take them any basic baby necessities they needed to take home.
INTERPRETIVE
Name tags for newborns I would have to fill out. (This one is in spanish)
Diapers and a Baby's discharge outfit to go home in!
Wash cloths the hospital gives out.
Socks or "booties" the hospital provides.
The way I had to sort the different cloths, blankets, socks according to gender.
My independent component two helped me get a better understand between nurse and patient communication. When I would shadow my mentor it was a great experience to see the way she communicated with each patient, she was always so caring and respectful (even if the patients were sometimes rude to her). My mentor always looked like communicating came natural to her but as I learned with different patients it could be a struggle. I also built upon my own communication skills because my mentor would always give me pointers and ask me different questions. I also communicated with different nurses and they would always answer any of my questions that I had.
