Friday, May 18, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Blog 24:Independent component 2
L
(a) “I, Sophia Mendez, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
(b) I did 30 additional hours of service learning. I received proper knowledge on how to decontaminate instruments and how to wrap them.
I
I literally did 30 more service hours at the hospital.
A
How did it help you answer your EQ? The 30 extra hours of service learning helped me to come up with some of my answers to my essential question being "what is the best way to be a successful surgical technician?" through 30 extra hours i was able to gain facts that would later be used in my I search paper. It helped me reach my answers because I got to see first hand that my answers were stuff most of them did, including maintaining an operating room routine.
I
I literally did 30 more service hours at the hospital.
A
How did it help you answer your EQ? The 30 extra hours of service learning helped me to come up with some of my answers to my essential question being "what is the best way to be a successful surgical technician?" through 30 extra hours i was able to gain facts that would later be used in my I search paper. It helped me reach my answers because I got to see first hand that my answers were stuff most of them did, including maintaining an operating room routine.
Blog 25: service learning
(1) LIA Response to blog:
Literal ·
Log of specific hours with a total and a description of your duties ·
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_ahybGzsc03TWsyTXBFOUNtWG8
Contact Name & Number
Byron Mendez (626) 372-0227
Interpretive
What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?
-That is a hard question, I gained so much from this experience including; communicating with my dad better, I gained more knowledge, I gained back my passion for science, and I gained accomplishment. This whole year has been hectic but I must say I feel accomplished.
Applied
How did what you did help you answer your EQ? Please explain.
In many ways it let me see from a first hand experience what surgical technicians each do so i got to see their own rituals that they had and the standards being practiced. I got to see how they each play different roles, and i got answers to my EQ through paying attention to what one does, that the other doesn't showing me their differences and different ways to approach something.
Literal ·
Log of specific hours with a total and a description of your duties ·
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_ahybGzsc03TWsyTXBFOUNtWG8
Contact Name & Number
Byron Mendez (626) 372-0227
Interpretive
What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?
-That is a hard question, I gained so much from this experience including; communicating with my dad better, I gained more knowledge, I gained back my passion for science, and I gained accomplishment. This whole year has been hectic but I must say I feel accomplished.
Applied
How did what you did help you answer your EQ? Please explain.
In many ways it let me see from a first hand experience what surgical technicians each do so i got to see their own rituals that they had and the standards being practiced. I got to see how they each play different roles, and i got answers to my EQ through paying attention to what one does, that the other doesn't showing me their differences and different ways to approach something.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Blog 17: Fourth Interview Questions
EQ: What is the best way to be a successful surgical technician?
1. Do you believe that having an operating room routine would greatly reduce the amount of mistakes that may occur during an operation?
2. How would you define a successful surgical technician?
3. Do you have an operating room routine you follow every time? If so what does it consist of?
4. Why is sanitation important to a hospital?
5. What would happen if one did not sterilize the instruments properly?
6. What would you say is the most common mistake in the operating room? How is it able to be prevented?
7. One of my answers to my essential question is "Treat each patient according to his/ her individual needs" do you agree that this is true? why or why not?
8. Why would you say it is important to not treat each patient the same?
9. Do advancements in medical equipment happen often?
10. How long does it take to learn to properly use?
11. Is it important to be up to date with all the technological advancements?
12. If you were to answer my essential question, how would you? (What is the best way to be a successful surgical technician? by successful i mean, feeling great accomplishment with yourself, pushing yourself to be the greatest, and just having great overall performance as a health care worker.)
13. What procedures do you take to assure the sterilization of instruments?
14. Why is there a certain way you must wrap the instruments?
15. What are the steps you take to sterilize instruments?
16. Do the instruments ever become unsterilized when in the storage room for too long?
17. What are possible negative effects from not having an operating room routine?
18. How often do you have to wash your hands to keep them clean from germs?
19. What type of attire do you wear in the OR?
20. What would you say is your biggest accomplishment, while being a surgical technician?
1. Do you believe that having an operating room routine would greatly reduce the amount of mistakes that may occur during an operation?
2. How would you define a successful surgical technician?
3. Do you have an operating room routine you follow every time? If so what does it consist of?
4. Why is sanitation important to a hospital?
5. What would happen if one did not sterilize the instruments properly?
6. What would you say is the most common mistake in the operating room? How is it able to be prevented?
7. One of my answers to my essential question is "Treat each patient according to his/ her individual needs" do you agree that this is true? why or why not?
8. Why would you say it is important to not treat each patient the same?
9. Do advancements in medical equipment happen often?
10. How long does it take to learn to properly use?
11. Is it important to be up to date with all the technological advancements?
12. If you were to answer my essential question, how would you? (What is the best way to be a successful surgical technician? by successful i mean, feeling great accomplishment with yourself, pushing yourself to be the greatest, and just having great overall performance as a health care worker.)
13. What procedures do you take to assure the sterilization of instruments?
14. Why is there a certain way you must wrap the instruments?
15. What are the steps you take to sterilize instruments?
16. Do the instruments ever become unsterilized when in the storage room for too long?
17. What are possible negative effects from not having an operating room routine?
18. How often do you have to wash your hands to keep them clean from germs?
19. What type of attire do you wear in the OR?
20. What would you say is your biggest accomplishment, while being a surgical technician?
Blog 22: Answer #3
- EQ = What is the best way to become a successful surgical technician?
- Answer 3 = Properly sterilize each instrument to reduce the risk of harming the patients health.
- Evidence = -Equipment may contaminate health care workers.
- -could potentially harm and spread throughout the whole hospital to infect.
- -Instruments not properly sterilized could spread diseases.
- Source = AST standards of decontamination.
- Association of Surgical Technologists.
Blog 20: Room Creativity
(1) How do you plan to address the room creativity expectation?
I havent put much thought into how im going to have the room but i think im going to put the taples in groups of six facing each other and put cloth and stuff over it to resemble an operating room.
(2) What activity ideas do you have for answer 1 or 2?
-I have some ideas but im not sure al to what exactly or how many i would like to do, i think i might just do 2.
-Wrap a sterilized instruments to make is accessible to the nurse or anyone who is sterile to use in the OR.
I havent put much thought into how im going to have the room but i think im going to put the taples in groups of six facing each other and put cloth and stuff over it to resemble an operating room.
(2) What activity ideas do you have for answer 1 or 2?
-I have some ideas but im not sure al to what exactly or how many i would like to do, i think i might just do 2.
-Wrap a sterilized instruments to make is accessible to the nurse or anyone who is sterile to use in the OR.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Blog 16: Independent Component 2 Plan Approval
(1) Write a description of what you plan on doing for your independent study component.
I plan on doing 30 hours of extra service learning with my dad at the hospital.
I plan on doing 30 hours of extra service learning with my dad at the hospital.
(2) Describe in detail how you think your plan will meet the 30 hours work requirement.
By completing 30 hours and adding it to my service log.
(3) How does your independent study component relate to your EQ?
I'm learning how to become a surgical technician and get ideas on how to become a successful one.
Blog 23: Helping 2013
Who did you interview: Ana Soto
What day and time: April 26th, at 4:00 pm
What day and time: April 26th, at 4:00 pm
Content: You will be asking an assigned junior some questions and
giving them feedback regarding their senior project ideas. It is your
job to document the experience on the blog.
(1) What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?
- "The only idea I have so far is to do my project on baking. Although it's not a for sure thing yet because I'm trying to see if I come up with anything else."
- "You're not the first to do baking and I'm pretty sure that about two people are doing it this year, so it can be done, it sounds like an interesting topic.
(2) What do you plan to do to complete the 10 hours of service learning
(working with an expert) which is due prior to senior year starting?
Note: They also have to complete the 50 hours during the school year.
- "If I do baking, I have thought about getting my hours with a family friend who happens to bake for a living. But I'm not sure if that works since it's not an actual class. It would just be him teaching me everything he can."
- "I'm sure that as long as he is a professional that it should be fine."
(3) What do you hope to see or expect to see when watching the class of 2012 present their two hour presentations?
- "I am hoping to get more ideas on the presentation itself. In other words, seeing as many things as I can that can take up the presentation time requirement. In addition to getting more ideas of the kinds of projects I can so my project on."
- "yeah just pay attention because some presentations you see and think are a good idea you might want to do for yours."
(4) What questions do they have about senior project? What additional
recommendations would you give the 2013 student about senior project?
Be specific and note what you told them.
- "So far, my only question is based off of what I answered in question #2. Would that work or do I have to go to an actual class?"
- "I'm not sure just if he is a professional you should be fine."
Friday, March 16, 2012
Blog 19: Answer 2
- EQ = What is the best way to be a successful Surgical Technician?
- Answer 2 = Treat each patient according to their own individual needs.
- Evidence = - Every patient is different and posses different needs.
- Patient may have different illnesses, which means they may need more care than the next
- Patients vary in age, body type, and medical conditions so what helps one patient, may harm or even kill the next.
- Source = Price, Paul. Surgical Technician for the Surgical Technologists. 2nd. Clifton Park, NY: Delmar Learning, 2004. 43-53. Print.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Blog 18: The poduct
The end product to my whole senior project is building a closer relationship with my father, through him being my mentor to my service learning and through him teaching me everything i know about this field. He was able to show me what it's like in this field through a first hand experience, he did not only tell me how to do things but he showed me. I was able to rekindle my passion for this field, I was beginning to think I did not have a plan for my life after high school, because I lost hope in myself but through this I'm beginning to believe I have a shot.
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Friday, February 10, 2012
blog 15 : Independent Component 1
Literal
(a) I, Sophia Mendez, affirm that I completed my independent component
which represents 30 hours of work.
(b) I completed an MIT introduction to biology course online
Interpretive
I worked on the assignments, study material, recitations, and looked at all the handouts. The lectures were 30 minutes long and there were about 40 lecture videos.
Applied
My EQ is what is the best way to become a successful surgical technician so i decided learning about biology and being really good in the subject would increase your chances of becoming more successful. Knowing about bacteria would greatly improve your chances.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Blog 14: Presentation 2 Rough Draft
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B_ahybGzsc03M2ZkZGZhYzgtNjI3MS00ZGJhLWEzY2UtNDE1ZjQ2ZmExYmRk&hl=en_US
Friday, January 20, 2012
Blog 13: Answer 1
(1) What is answer 1 to your EQ? The best way to become a successful surgical technician is to develop an operating room routine.
(2) What possible evidence do you have to support this answer?
(2) What possible evidence do you have to support this answer?
- In most of the books i've read they state that surgical technicians must work efficiently at a fast pace. When in the Operating room it is literally someone else's life or death so mistakes aren't acceptable.
- In a book i've been reading by the name of Surgical Technology for the Surgical Technician.
- My Father who has 23 years of experience in this profession.
- In another book called Techniques for the Operating Room.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Blog 12: Service Learning
- Where are you working for your service learning? Mission Community Hospital
- Who is your contact? My father, Byron Mendez
- Summarize the services you have performed to complete the 10 hour requirement
- cleaned instruments, wrapped them, sterilized instruments, cleaned a scope, and watched a hysterectomy surgery.
- How many hours have you worked? 10hrs.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Blog 11: Third Interview Questions
EQ: What is the best way to be a successful surgical technician?
1. What are common mistakes, if any that occur in the operating room?
2. How do you prevent these mistakes from happening?
3. In the research I have done, it says that leaving instruments in the patient is the most common, would you agree or disagree?
4. What do you believe is the best way to be a successful surgical technician?
5. In your opinion what would you say is the definition of a successful surgical technician?
6. When taking care of a pediatric patient, is it more difficult than an adult?
7. My answer is to develop an operating room routine, would you agree or disagree?
8. Do you have an operating room routine you follow?
9. When a pediatric patient goes through the OR are they usually very nervous? if so, how do you help them calm down?
10. When do you believe is a surgical technician truly successful in your eyes?
1. What are common mistakes, if any that occur in the operating room?
2. How do you prevent these mistakes from happening?
3. In the research I have done, it says that leaving instruments in the patient is the most common, would you agree or disagree?
4. What do you believe is the best way to be a successful surgical technician?
5. In your opinion what would you say is the definition of a successful surgical technician?
6. When taking care of a pediatric patient, is it more difficult than an adult?
7. My answer is to develop an operating room routine, would you agree or disagree?
8. Do you have an operating room routine you follow?
9. When a pediatric patient goes through the OR are they usually very nervous? if so, how do you help them calm down?
10. When do you believe is a surgical technician truly successful in your eyes?
Blog 10: Self Reflection
(1) How do you think you are doing so far in your senior
project and why? AE, P, AP, CR, or NC because i have been falling behind, i'm trying to catch up but it's becoming a challenge.
(2) What one thing do you think you have done well on and why? I think i'm improving on my research, because i'm beginning to go back and finished unfinished articles.
(3) What is one thing you would like to improve on and why? My science project and my independent tasks. I just don't know how to go about them fully.
(2) What one thing do you think you have done well on and why? I think i'm improving on my research, because i'm beginning to go back and finished unfinished articles.
(3) What is one thing you would like to improve on and why? My science project and my independent tasks. I just don't know how to go about them fully.
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