Daily Journal
Day 1: 6/3/19
Waited in the lobby of building one of Hondros College of Nursing for my employer, Angela Turner, RN, to pick me up. We exchanged greetings when she arrived and she led me to her office. She explained what she does here and what she had to do today. We had to prepare sim labs for the nursing students. This involved giving medical mannequins IVs, wigs, tracheal tubes, fake cuts with fake blood and gauze, cleaning them, and resetting them. When the class arrived, I was introduced to other faculty members and sat in on the class. I then sat in on Professor Turner as she voiced one of the medical mannequins in a SimLab. This is where nursing students interact with the mannequins as if they were real life patients. We finished the SimLab and continued the lecture until I had to leave. Total Worktime: 6 hours.
Day 3: 6/5/19
Today I arrived an hour early and around the same time as the professor. We went to her office and proceeded to prep the day's simulations for the nursing students. We dressed and redressed certain mannequins. We prepped their arms for IV labs. We then broke for lunch. I left an hour early as the professor had to go to a conference in Cincinnati. Total Worktime: 6 hours.
Day 5: 6/12/19
Today I arrived around 9. They did skill test checks for individual medical students. We set about prepping more sim labs and then inventoried the medical supply closet. I counted and opened a lot of packages. I sat in on a few lectures. Went home. Total Worktime: 6 hours.
Day 7: 6/14/19
Arrived 2 hours later than normal at 11 am. Sat in on a lecture and watch a special simulation. This simulation was longer than normal and covered the admission process and the birth of a child. They call the mannequin "SimMom". Basically I watched a mannequin give birth. Then I helped Professor Turner deliver stuff and clean the lab. Then I went home at 4. Total Worktime: 5 hours.
Day 9: 7/9/19
Arrived around 9 as usual. Prepped a mannequin for a simulation (this included adding a beanie, arm band, and IV pull. Also cleaning his nose from sticky gunk). Helped create fake labels and fixed errors with white out. Proceeded to fill up simulated packets with distilled water for future sims. Sat in on two lectures and one simulation. Total Worktime: 8:15 hours.
Day 11: 7/11/19
Arrived on time at noon. Supervisor was forty minutes late due to dead car battery. Re-assembled dry injectipads. Total Worktime: 8:15 hours
Day 2: 6/4/19
I arrived and headed straight for Professor Turner's office. We began prepping more mannequins for more SimLabs. A single nursing student arrived to make up missed classes. Professor Turner turned on an educational video for the student and I sat in on it for a while. I then continued helping Professor Turner. The rest of the class arrived and Professor Turner and I could not prep the mannequins while the students were there. We sat in on their lecture and then headed to another building to check her mailbox. We came back and then she graded papers while I say in on the lecture. We are lunch and then supervised students during an exam. Then we headed back and continued prepping mannequins until I had to leave. Total Worktime: 6 hours.
Day 4: 6/11/19
Today I arrived and headed straight for Professor Turner's office. We sat in on lectures and I helped her prep more mannequins. Today we made fake poop and put it into an adult diapers for a simulation. We were then interviewed by Hondros College media people. We got our pictures taken and prepped more mannequins. Then we broke for lunch. After lunch, I helped her with more simulations and sat in on lectures. Then I left. Total Worktime: 6 hours.
Day 6: 6/13/19
Arrived an hour later than normal. They did skill test checks for individual medical students. We went to the other building and looked in her mailbox and for a certain staff member. We prepped sim labs. Then we had lunch. I sat in a lecture afterwards. I watched a simulation lab. Went home. Total Worktime: 6 hours.
Day 8: 7/8/19
Arrived around 9 as usual. Printed papers, relabeled manilla folders, wrote on the whiteboard, got out supplies for a new class coming in later that day. Set out sharps containers for IV practice. Went home at three. Total Worktime: 6:15 hours.
Day 10: 7/10/19
Arrived ten minutes early at 10:50. Sat in on lecture. Stapled many handouts for nursing students. Sat in on lecture. Went to lunch. Came back, set up simulation. Unfolded/broke down cardboard boxes. Washed pocket nurse "injectipads" and "popped their pimples." Left at 7:15. Total Worktime: 8:15 hours
Clara Schulze
Digital Portfolio
7th Grade Overview
My greatest growth out of the 5 Qualities (Persistence, Inquiry, Collaboration, Communication, and Creativity) I improved on this year is persistence. The 5 Qualities are 5 different things students at DRSS strive to be. Persistence will help me as a student because it teaches me to work hard and try again. I’ll need that when I work on future projects. Without that, how am I going to make drafts, revisions, or projects in general? Persistence is a great quality to grow in because it is such a healthy-to-have quality, and it is perfect for doing great things for the world. Like our president had to work hard to be the president, there are lots of stairs that lead to greatness. Persistence is my greatest growth because looking over all my reflections, they seem to all point to persistence. Like when we did the Jump Rope Routine, my partner Maria and I had to get the routine just right and get through it without messing up or getting exhausted. Since we had to recreate it and try our best over and over again, we were “exercising” our persistence. The Jump Rope Routine was where we got a partner and then created a routine of at least 3 different types of jumping (ex: jump forward on one foot) that lasted at least a minute. Persistence is important at DRSS because it teaches us good habits that can be used in the future, DRSS wants us to be successful. I also realized that my Irish dancing proved my persistence increased because I have been stuck in the same level for almost two years. But since my persistence improved, I practiced more. Since I practiced more, I moved up to the next level which was champs. Since then my dancing has improved more and more, which only further proves my growth. Go to my Projects page here.
This is my partner Maria and I doing our Jump Rope Routine
Reflections
Labeling and Identifying Angle Measures
Class: Math
In math I grew in geometry, more specifically, I grew in identifying angle measures and labeling them. This is my math reflection where I explain how I grew this year. Click the picture to go to my math reflection.
Stamina
Class: Wellness and Fitness
This is where you will see my Wellness and Fitness reflection (one of three I referred to in the first paragraph) and artifacts proving my growth. This year in W&F I grew in stamina. Stamina is basically your physical endurance, how long you can last without getting really tired. Click the picture to go to my Reflection.
Critiquing
Class: Language Arts
This is where you will see my Language Arts Reflection and artifacts proving my growth. I grew in critiquing. The Storybook project proves it. The Storybook project was a project where we partnered up with someone else and made a children's book that teaches them about refusal skills, effective communication, or conflict resolution. Click the picture to go to my Language Arts Reflection.
