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
Developing Strength
Writing & Acting
The Imperial Monologue project was a project where we researched an event that occurred in a certain country’s history of our choosing. We then created a character from this location and time period. Finally, we created an inner monologue of everything our character thought about the event and acted it out for an audience. This audience was about half of the grade, the teachers who oversaw the project, and even the high school principal for a short time. During this project, I developed a strength in acting, as well as writing skills.
To begin this project, we started out by selecting 3 countries we might be most interested in. The teachers then tried to assign a country from that list. After that we learned about every country we were allowed to choose from that suffered under imperial rule. We then watched videos for Language Arts that showed us how to research and cite properly. Then we researched our individual countries more in detail. We found different events that we might focus on and then started writing our script for our monologues. Once finished critiquing and revising, we memorized our scripts and finally presented them.
My final printed monologue is my first artifact. This artifact, when compared to earlier writings from, say, last year, is a significantly better piece. Firstly, instead of playing the victim, I wanted to see if I could play the villain in the story. So I wrote my monologue from a more challenging view and played the oppressor in South Africa. It was originally written in a story format, which made things hard later on because it was supposed to be an inner monologue. But I eventually worked with what I had, and I think I wrote a pretty compelling monologue. My very first draft of my monologue was not well thought out and I didn’t really know where I was taking it—it was not written well. When we focused on developing our plot first—before actually writing the piece—I think it actually really helped me. I ended up focusing on what I wanted my monologue to look like with a lot more precision. This leads me to my second artifact.
The second artifact that might showcase how I’ve grown is my plot roller coaster paper. This paper was where we brainstormed the plot to our story. It shows the actual storyline but with no details. After creating this, I was able to lay out my thoughts. All I had to do was write the piece. It served as a skeleton for my monologue.
Something else that might prove my claim would be my actual monologue presentation itself, which I had a friend record on my cell phone (please keep in mind that the views expressed in this video are in no way actually mine, and were purely written for entertainment/assignment purposes). I am definitely not an actor, and I’m not a particularly good liar because I end up smiling or laughing —giving myself away. But during this performance, I actually did pretty well (despite forgetting about two whole paragraphs due to nerves). I would like to say that I was a convincing actor.
Even though I look back on the whole presentation with embarrassment, I do believe that it not only helped me grow as an actor, but as a person as well. Embarrassing experiences aren’t necessarily bad—they help us learn from our mistakes and grow as people. After all, don’t we all have things we regret from our past?
