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
Math
Labeling and Identifying Angle Measures
This year in math class I grew in labeling and identifying angle measures (geometry). Two endeavors I think prove that are the Scaled Characters Project and Investigation 3 from Stretching and Shrinking (the last book). The purpose of the Scaled Characters Project was to create a figure enlarged and shrunk and create a table with all the points, this was what the product was as well. The process was simple, we got paired up with 2-3 partners and brainstormed what the original character would look like. Then we chose a character and plotted its x and y coordinates and used the points to create an enlarged and shrunk version of the original. We kept working on it, had a critique session and turned it in. The purpose of Investigation 3 from Stretching and Shrinking (the previous book) was to learn how to answer all the questions correctly and look back on it with MR Questions. The process was just every day doing one part. So on the first day we did 3.1 then 3.2 then 3.3 and then MR Questions. The product was a packet with all four of those items.
My first artifact is my Check Up for use after Investigation 1. It happened before my second artifact so I improved because this test shows I didn’t understand very much because I got the angle measure for 2 wrong on b and c. B should have been 60 degrees and c should have been 120 degrees but I put 62 and 123 instead. I also didn’t have the little v shaped thing that goes before the letters on number 5 and I lost points. I didn’t include it because I didn’t know but I do now. Ex: ABC. On number 5 we had to find a supplementary and complementary of a certain angle. Supplementary angles are two or more angles who’s measurements add up to 180 degrees. Complementary angles are two or more angles who’s measurements add up to 90 degrees. It shows my growth because Ms. Slone -my math teacher- showed me that it was wrong and the correct way to do it. Since I knew how to do it properly, I grew in my geometry skills.
My second artifact is the packet for/from Investigation 3. You can see we experimented with shapes and design, trying to shrink, enlarge, or trying to reptile the shapes. Reptile means to fill up a space using the exact same shape and having no white space leftover. The MR Questions are stapled to the back because the packet is arranged in chronological order. On 3.2 (second page) I discovered all triangles can be reptiled. I explained that in E3. This proves I grew in my understanding of geometry because I made discoveries and the questions were interesting and fun to answer. When I am interested in what I am doing, I understand a lot more, it makes more sense, and I really do learn.
In conclusion, over the year I have understood more and more about geometry. I now understand a lot more like that all triangles can be reptiled and the shapes are basically mathematical equations. Based on the evidence I have given you I think you will agree. My evidence shows how I didn’t understand and how I overcame the challenge and pushed on.
This is my 1st artifact, Check Up for use after Investgation 1
This is my 2nd artifact, 3.1