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| The "Lab". |
- My mentor wanted me to tour the Natural Birth Center and Women's Wellness in Whittier, to compare and write a comparative analysis on the Birth Center to a normal hospital setting like Kaiser Permanente. Let me tell you right now, there is such a huge difference between the two!
- The Birthing Center was nothing like how I expected it to be. It consists of only one waiting room, a front desk, two restrooms, lunch and food area, a small room that is suppose to be their "Lab", and two birthing rooms. I didn't even know I was in the "Lab" until one of the front desk ladies told me otherwise. The birthing rooms completely caught me by surprise. The rooms had actual beds, chairs, and one tub to give birth in.
- One major difference between the Birthing Center and Kaiser Permanente, is the services that they both provide and offer. For instance, the Birthing Center focuses more on "letting birth take its course and time" while the hospital tends to "speed things up" and provide medication to the mother when needed.
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| A Birthing Room. |
1. Who is your mentor and where do they work?
- My mentor is Deborah Nakielski, CNM., who works at Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, in Baldwin Park.
2. What five questions will you ask them about their background and/or the background of the organization/company where they work?
- How long have you been working at Kaiser Permanente Hospital and what made you choose to work there?
- Over the years, how has the OB/GYN Department changed?
- Has any new technologies and/or discoveries affected you, your work, and the hospital?
- When it comes to the protection of the patients and their newborn(s), how has the security advanced?
- Are the patients usually satisfied with their care and hired staff?
1. Describe your experience on how you found your mentorship.
- I happened to find my mentorship, with no intention of finding one at the time. A substitute teacher (whos name I don't recall), was asking me what topic I had planned to do for my Senior Project; I then explained to her what I wanted to do and why. She had then referred me to Noah Nakielski (a recent graduate from iPoly) to find and ask his mother, if she could be my mentor, since she just happens to be a certified Nurse Midwife. Contacting Noah was not uncomfortable at all, we had taken a college course together at Citrus College and often spoke to each other at iPoly.
- Once Noah had given me his mothers information, I contacted her right away. She had agreed willingly and was very nice about it. We soon set up a meeting together to discuss future plans of my mentorship. I guess you can say, I was lucky!
2. What has been your most important article you have read so far and why?
- I would say that the most important article I have read so far is, "Lesson 5: Special Situations in Labor and Delivery" written by the Medical Education Division, Bookside Associates, Ltd., because this article provides me with important and detailed information, along with pictures, definitions, conditions, responses, nursing interventions, and the delivery of the labor situation(s).
