Helpful

• Thanks to my mentor Deborah, I have always provided my audience with the visual of a woman's cervix's opening and stretching during labor, throughout my presentations. Not only does the Cervical Dilatation Chart provide my audience and I with a visual, but to feel how thin a woman's cervix can get throughout her labor.

Blog 22: Final Lesson Reflection

1. What are you most proud of in your Final Lesson Presentation and/or your Senior Project? Why?

• What I am most proud of in my Final Lesson Presentation is, my activity. I felt that students were very engaged and had fun participating. The activity also taught the students various pain relief methods, labor and birthing positions many didn't know. 

2. A) What assessment would you give yourself on your Final Lesson Presentation?

• If I were to assess myself on my Final Lesson Presentation, I would give myself a P. Due to my presentation meeting all requirements for P consideration. My volume, eye contact, content clarity, and powerpoint was precise and clear; along with my references to my research, examples, and mentorship.

     B) What assessment would you give yourself on your overall Senior Project?

• The assessment I would give myself on my overall Senior Project, would be a P. I have completed and turned in all assignments. I've also worked really hard through out this school year and dedicated a lot of time, most others won't do.

3. What worked for you in your Senior Project?

• What worked for me in my Senior Project was, my mentorship and research. My mentorship had provided me with a full hands-on experience, while my research provided me with an a bundle amount of information and statistics, that I was not going to learn from mentorship itself.  

4. What would you have done differently to improve your Senior Project? 

• What I would have done differently to improve my Senior Project, would have definitely been to include a variety of settings. Such as birthing centers and home births, rather than to be mentoring at a hospital solely.  

5. How has the Senior Project been helpful to you in your future endeavors? 

• The Senior Project has been helpful to my future endeavors by, providing me with a professional mind set and a career goal setting.

Blog 21: Mentorship

1. Literal 

• My Senior Project Hours link, on the upper right hand side of my blog, contains the total number of mentorship hours completed along with descriptions to describe my tasks. 
• My mentor's name is, Deborah Nakielski and I have mentored at Kaiser Permanente Hospital, in Baldwin Park. 

2. Interpretive

• The most important thing that I have gained from my mentorship, would be the hands-on experience. Through my hands-on experience, I was able to interact with various nurses and be a part of their daily routines. Which was very exciting and unlikely for someone else my age to participate in.  

3. Applied 

• What I have done at mentorship helps me answer my essential question by, helping and teaching me to understand the different roles and positions a Labor and Delivery Nurse must be and take before, during, and after a woman's labor. 

Blog 20: Exit Interview

1. What is your essential question, and what are your answers? What is your best answer and why?

• My essential question is, Which role of a Labor and Delivery Nurse is most important to ensure a successful birth?
• My answers are: 
• Labor and Delivery Nurses must be educated of a woman's body before, during, and after birth.
• Labor and Delivery Nurses must be able to provide emotional support, care, comfort, and fulfill the needs of the patient. 
• Labor and Delivery Nurses must be able to cope, move quick, understand, and handle stress at any time, given the type of situation and current condition the patient is in. 
• My best answer would be, Labor and Delivery Nurses must be able to provide emotional support, care, comfort, and fulfill the needs of the patient. Due to statistics and research showing that the behaviors of labor support from nurses, can have the ability to affect a woman's birthing experience. 

2. What process did you take to arrive at your best answer?

• The process that I took in order for me to arrive at my best answer, would definitely be through research and mentorship. From my research, not only have I learned that labor support can affect birthing experiences, but is also one of the most important keys to a successful birth. Mentorship has also provided me with an hands-on experience, which has taught me the real job of a Labor and Delivery Nurse. 

3. What problems did you face? How did you resolve them? 

• I didn't encounter any sort of problems, while trying to come across my best answer or trying to prove it. Since I have both research and mentorship to support my findings. 

4. What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why?

• My first significant source that I used to answer to my essential question is, "Factors Associated With Labor Support Behaviors of Nurses" by Samantha J. Barrett and Mary Ann Stark. I used this source because it has provided me with research and statistics, which I needed to really support my best answer.  
• My second significant source would be, "Lesson 5: Special Situations in Labor and Delivery". This source was also helpful, because it provided me with a list of instructions and duties a Labor and Delivery Nurse must complete and be in a variety of situations, which supports my third answer. 

Guidance

• For the majority of my research, I have used a book called, "Labor and Delivery Nursing" by Michelle L. Murray and Gayle M. Huelsmann. This book has really helped me understand the different roles and positions a Labor and Delivery Nurse must be and take. Not only has this book provided me with insight, but with an education on different topics such as Functional, Mechanical, and Emotional Dystocia I would have never come across on my own. I don't just use this book for research, but also for my own personal use and enjoyment. I know that may sound a bit funny for some people, but being as passionate as I am on Labor and Delivery Nursing, it's exciting and intriguing.

Blog 19: Independent Component 2

1. Literal 

• I, Seanna Vasquez, affirm that I completed my Independent Component which represents 30 hours of work.
• The instructor who has helped me complete my Independent Component is, Mandi Woolery who can be contacted at (909) 609-7558. 
• I have updated my Independent Component 2 hours in my Senior Project Hours link. 
• What I have done in order to complete my Independent Component 2, is by attending a birthing class called The Bradley Method.  

2. Interpretive 

Women and their coaches discussing their week, with the instructor. 

• The birthing class that I have taken shows my time, effort, and commitment. I have demonstrated 30 hours of work by learning, taking notes, and participating. The class has provided my senior project topic with significance by supporting my answers for my essential question. 

3. Applied 

• This Independent Component has helped me answer my essential question by providing me with insight on how to really care for a woman in labor. From what not to do, what to do, communicating, emotional support, birthing positions, to pain relief methods.

M.I.A. (Missing In Action) Part 2

• Sadly, I was not able to attend the STD presentation that was scheduled today with my mentor, due to unexpected events at home. However, I was able to set up an interview date with a Labor and Delivery Nurse, who seems very polite and easy-going. So I'm excited for that, and relieved that I am not procrastinating. 
• We'll see how April goes!