Date: April 27, 2011
Time Spent: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time: 15 hours 30 minutes
How am I Doing: I met with Pauline for the last time. We talked about the overall project and I asked her for suggestions that I can include in my presentation. I showed her my finalized essay and she read it over. I also presented one more time in front of her, but I didn't have my visial aid with me. She helped me with my speech and gave me tips about posture, speaking and habits while presenting. She wished me luck and we said our goodbyes.
Meeting with Pauline gave me a better understanding of life working with cancer patients. She gave me alot of information, and insight, and I plan to incorporate it into my speech. She has helped me a great deal and has also led me to realize the emotional struggles cancer. When she walked me through her department in the hospital, seeing the chairs and needles lined up in rows scared me. It made me realize that cancer patients have it hard and that they feel scared and initmidated all the time because that's how i felt walking through her ward.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Eighth Meeting with Mentor
Date: April 25, 2011
Time Spent: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time: 14 hours 30 minutes
How am I Doing: Today I presented my senior projected to Pauline. I brought a power point I put together and included some statistics, facts and pictures on it. I tried not to rely on the visual aid part too much, because the majority of the presentation is supposed to be my speech. I prepared notecards and used them as reference, I didn't want to read it because I won't be able to have notecards during my presentation for the panelists. She thinks I am doing well, but she advised me not to use a powerpoint and encouraged my to construct a posterboard. She also thinks I need to better organize my information so I am not stumbling on too many ideas at once or jumping from topic to topic.
Next action: Final meeting with my mentor to finalize my senior project
Time Spent: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time: 14 hours 30 minutes
How am I Doing: Today I presented my senior projected to Pauline. I brought a power point I put together and included some statistics, facts and pictures on it. I tried not to rely on the visual aid part too much, because the majority of the presentation is supposed to be my speech. I prepared notecards and used them as reference, I didn't want to read it because I won't be able to have notecards during my presentation for the panelists. She thinks I am doing well, but she advised me not to use a powerpoint and encouraged my to construct a posterboard. She also thinks I need to better organize my information so I am not stumbling on too many ideas at once or jumping from topic to topic.
Next action: Final meeting with my mentor to finalize my senior project
Friday, April 15, 2011
Seventh Meeting with Mentor
Date: April 15, 2011
Time Spent: 1 hour
Total Time: 13 hours
How am I Doing: Today we talked about my involvement in Relay for Life. I told her what I was doing, and how me and my mom both signed up for the event in May. I explained what it was, and how the organization raises money for cancer patients and survivors, and also to raise money for research towards a cure. I also talked about my involvement in illuminaria, and what it was. She seemed really interested about the event and I invited her to come by for the event. The more I tell people about Relay for Life, the more i feel i am doing my part. I was surprised to find how many people didn't know what the event was or they had never heard of it. Thisonly makes me realize that things like this should be promoted and I need to do my part and spread the word.
Next Action: I am going to present my senior project to her and ask for some constructive criticism. I will use it as a practice performance.
Time Spent: 1 hour
Total Time: 13 hours
How am I Doing: Today we talked about my involvement in Relay for Life. I told her what I was doing, and how me and my mom both signed up for the event in May. I explained what it was, and how the organization raises money for cancer patients and survivors, and also to raise money for research towards a cure. I also talked about my involvement in illuminaria, and what it was. She seemed really interested about the event and I invited her to come by for the event. The more I tell people about Relay for Life, the more i feel i am doing my part. I was surprised to find how many people didn't know what the event was or they had never heard of it. Thisonly makes me realize that things like this should be promoted and I need to do my part and spread the word.
Next Action: I am going to present my senior project to her and ask for some constructive criticism. I will use it as a practice performance.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Sixth Meeting with Mentor
Date: April 8, 2011
Time Spent: 2 hours 30 minutes
Total Time: 12 hours
Actions: Most common types of cancer that she encounters and the age range.
How am I Doing: Pauline takes care of a wide range of patients everyday. Most of the patients she takes care of are mostly middle-aged. (50's) However, she takes care of patients at early ages as well, 30's. She took care of a young guy at his 30's who was newly diagnosed with colon cancer. Most of the patients that she takes care of are breast cancer patients. Although there are cancer patients with different diagnosis, breast cancer is the most common cancer she encounters everyday.
Next Action: Ask suggestions and insight regarding my project. Talk about my community involvement with Relay for Life.
Time Spent: 2 hours 30 minutes
Total Time: 12 hours
Actions: Most common types of cancer that she encounters and the age range.
How am I Doing: Pauline takes care of a wide range of patients everyday. Most of the patients she takes care of are mostly middle-aged. (50's) However, she takes care of patients at early ages as well, 30's. She took care of a young guy at his 30's who was newly diagnosed with colon cancer. Most of the patients that she takes care of are breast cancer patients. Although there are cancer patients with different diagnosis, breast cancer is the most common cancer she encounters everyday.
Next Action: Ask suggestions and insight regarding my project. Talk about my community involvement with Relay for Life.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Fifth Meeting with Mentor
Date: April 4, 2011
Time Spent: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time: 8 hours 30 minutes
Actions: Myth versus Fact: Question about hair loss
How am I Doing: A big misconception when people think of cancer is hair falling out. Alot people think that your hair falls out because of the cancer. They believe that if your hair starts to fall out, then it means you have cancer. I thought this to be true as well, but I learned people losing their hair is an effect of the treatment, the chemo. According to Pauline, most of the cancer patients lose their hair during the course of their treatment. Some of them cut their hair very short and some of them wear hats. One of her patients lost all of the hair she had including eyebrows and eyelashes.
Next Action: I will ask her about the age range she encounters everyday and the most common kind of cancer that she encountered at her work.
Time Spent: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time: 8 hours 30 minutes
Actions: Myth versus Fact: Question about hair loss
How am I Doing: A big misconception when people think of cancer is hair falling out. Alot people think that your hair falls out because of the cancer. They believe that if your hair starts to fall out, then it means you have cancer. I thought this to be true as well, but I learned people losing their hair is an effect of the treatment, the chemo. According to Pauline, most of the cancer patients lose their hair during the course of their treatment. Some of them cut their hair very short and some of them wear hats. One of her patients lost all of the hair she had including eyebrows and eyelashes.
Next Action: I will ask her about the age range she encounters everyday and the most common kind of cancer that she encountered at her work.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
3rd Committe Meeting
Date of Service: March 22, 2011
Time spent: 1 hour
Total time: 5 hours
Action: Met up with the other committee members for our monthly meeting at Grace Covenant church. We
gave status reports and reported our progress and how we are doing.
Next action: I will meet again with the committee members on April 30. We are going to "paint the town
purple" and get the word out about relay for life. We will be hanging up posters and putting up
signs around the neighborhood for people to see.
How am I Doing: I arrived at Grace Covenant church for the monthly committee meeting. We reported our
statuses and gave updates on how we were doing. It seems not toom many of the youth
volunteers have been doing their job to promoting the event. Our goal by May is to raise
at least $75,000 and so far we have fundraised $2,875. Other goals are a total of 45
teams, which so far we have 9.
My mom and I have been sending out letters to our relatives, asking for donations towards
the illuminaria. So far, we have collected $250 from our family and friends. It feels good to
do my part, but i feel as though i can do more. Next, I'm going to try and encourage my
friends and people I know to join relay and create teams. I would like to help the committe
reach our goal of 45 teams.
Time spent: 1 hour
Total time: 5 hours
Action: Met up with the other committee members for our monthly meeting at Grace Covenant church. We
gave status reports and reported our progress and how we are doing.
Next action: I will meet again with the committee members on April 30. We are going to "paint the town
purple" and get the word out about relay for life. We will be hanging up posters and putting up
signs around the neighborhood for people to see.
How am I Doing: I arrived at Grace Covenant church for the monthly committee meeting. We reported our
statuses and gave updates on how we were doing. It seems not toom many of the youth
volunteers have been doing their job to promoting the event. Our goal by May is to raise
at least $75,000 and so far we have fundraised $2,875. Other goals are a total of 45
teams, which so far we have 9.
My mom and I have been sending out letters to our relatives, asking for donations towards
the illuminaria. So far, we have collected $250 from our family and friends. It feels good to
do my part, but i feel as though i can do more. Next, I'm going to try and encourage my
friends and people I know to join relay and create teams. I would like to help the committe
reach our goal of 45 teams.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Fourth Meeting with Mentor
Date: March 15, 2011
Time Spent: 2 hours 30 minutes
Total Time: 7 hours
Actions performed: Described her daily routine at work.
How am I Doing: Pauline works from 9:30 am to 4 pm everyday. Her assignment for the day is already assigned by her charge nurse at work, so she already has an idea of how many patients she will have the next day. As soon as she arrives at work, she will check patient's list on the computer. This gives her an idea which patient's are registered through the computer. After getting her patients, she will check their blood pressure, heart rate and temperature. After that, she will start their chemo treatment. Some of the infusions last for 2-3 hours.
Next action: I will be asking her about the side effects of the medications that the patients are having. This will give me an insight on the kinds of things i should be keeping in mind, because i plan to become a pharamcist.
Time Spent: 2 hours 30 minutes
Total Time: 7 hours
Actions performed: Described her daily routine at work.
How am I Doing: Pauline works from 9:30 am to 4 pm everyday. Her assignment for the day is already assigned by her charge nurse at work, so she already has an idea of how many patients she will have the next day. As soon as she arrives at work, she will check patient's list on the computer. This gives her an idea which patient's are registered through the computer. After getting her patients, she will check their blood pressure, heart rate and temperature. After that, she will start their chemo treatment. Some of the infusions last for 2-3 hours.
Next action: I will be asking her about the side effects of the medications that the patients are having. This will give me an insight on the kinds of things i should be keeping in mind, because i plan to become a pharamcist.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Third Mentor Meeting
Date: March 12, 2011
Time spent: 2 hours 30 minute
Total Time: 4 hours 30 minutes
Actions Performed: Discussed the different types of chemo she performs at work.
How am I Doing: Most of the chemo treatments she administers are given (IV) in travenously. Most of their patients have series of treatments and most of the patients require long term IV infusion. Many of her patients go home with IV's in their arms. These IV's are used to prevent infections.
Time spent: 2 hours 30 minute
Total Time: 4 hours 30 minutes
Actions Performed: Discussed the different types of chemo she performs at work.
How am I Doing: Most of the chemo treatments she administers are given (IV) in travenously. Most of their patients have series of treatments and most of the patients require long term IV infusion. Many of her patients go home with IV's in their arms. These IV's are used to prevent infections.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Second Mentor Meeting
Date of Service: March 4, 2011
Time spent: 1 hour
Total time: 2 hours
Next Action: topics on types of chemotherapy
How am I Doing: Met with Pauline, my mentor, and discussed her job as an oncology nurse. For her to be an oncology nurse, she had to undergo training and certification for chemotherapy. Her certification has to be renewed every year. She also had to take some other certification classes. Besides from the chemotherapy certification classes, she also has to take her BLSor Basic Life Support certification. This class has to be taken every two years.
Time spent: 1 hour
Total time: 2 hours
Next Action: topics on types of chemotherapy
How am I Doing: Met with Pauline, my mentor, and discussed her job as an oncology nurse. For her to be an oncology nurse, she had to undergo training and certification for chemotherapy. Her certification has to be renewed every year. She also had to take some other certification classes. Besides from the chemotherapy certification classes, she also has to take her BLSor Basic Life Support certification. This class has to be taken every two years.
Monday, February 28, 2011
First Meeting With Mentor
Date of Service: Febrauary 28, 2011
Time Spent: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour
Actions Performed: Met with mentor from 430pm - 530pm at the Orchid Center in Kaiser.
Next Action: I plan to schedule another meeting with my mentor to discuss more about her job and have her answer any questions i may have.
How am I doing: I met with my mentor, Pauline Dizon, at the Orchid center in Kaiser. She is an oncology nurse, and she works with cancer treated patients in the oncology department. We talked a little bit about her job and what she does. She told me a little bit about cancer as well, that the earlier the stage, themore affective the treatment. She told me about all the kinds of cancer patients they get, the youngest being in their twenties or as old as eighty. She also walked me through her department. I was able to see the different procedural rooms and the different equipment that they use. Pauline gives her patients chemotherapy, which I learned was an injected medicine. I had it mixed up with radiation treatment. She answered all the questions i had for her, as well as cleared up the information I mixed up. Seeing the department and prcedural rooms gave me insight on what the patients have to go through. It was really scary to be in there.
Time Spent: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour
Actions Performed: Met with mentor from 430pm - 530pm at the Orchid Center in Kaiser.
Next Action: I plan to schedule another meeting with my mentor to discuss more about her job and have her answer any questions i may have.
How am I doing: I met with my mentor, Pauline Dizon, at the Orchid center in Kaiser. She is an oncology nurse, and she works with cancer treated patients in the oncology department. We talked a little bit about her job and what she does. She told me a little bit about cancer as well, that the earlier the stage, themore affective the treatment. She told me about all the kinds of cancer patients they get, the youngest being in their twenties or as old as eighty. She also walked me through her department. I was able to see the different procedural rooms and the different equipment that they use. Pauline gives her patients chemotherapy, which I learned was an injected medicine. I had it mixed up with radiation treatment. She answered all the questions i had for her, as well as cleared up the information I mixed up. Seeing the department and prcedural rooms gave me insight on what the patients have to go through. It was really scary to be in there.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Kick Off Party
Date of Service: February 22, 2011
Time spent: 2 hours
Total Spent: 4 hours
Action: Helped at the Luminaria table by selling luminaria bags, as well as answering questions about relay for life
Next Action: Sometime before March 22, i will meet with the other people in my group and help raisde money for our group. I will get the relay for life out and tell as many people as i can.
How am I Doing: The kick off party was a big success. Up until today, i wasn't entirely sure what the luminaria was about, but after hearing Matt and Mikka's short presentation, I was sure this is the committee i want to be in. It was inspiring to hear the different stories and experiences of the other members, as well as meeting the survivors. I also met a few other students from my school who are getting involved in the event.
When I found out about this event, I agreed to commit with only the intention of getting my community hours in. After the meeting however, my eyes were opened with new insight. This event is more than just getting my hours in for senior project, its more than just getting a good grade and graduating. It is so much bigger than that. The people i meet and work with are all fighting for a cure. It's really inspiring. I not only want to do this for me, but for the many other survivors and cancer patients who are also fighting.
Time spent: 2 hours
Total Spent: 4 hours
Action: Helped at the Luminaria table by selling luminaria bags, as well as answering questions about relay for life
Next Action: Sometime before March 22, i will meet with the other people in my group and help raisde money for our group. I will get the relay for life out and tell as many people as i can.
How am I Doing: The kick off party was a big success. Up until today, i wasn't entirely sure what the luminaria was about, but after hearing Matt and Mikka's short presentation, I was sure this is the committee i want to be in. It was inspiring to hear the different stories and experiences of the other members, as well as meeting the survivors. I also met a few other students from my school who are getting involved in the event.
When I found out about this event, I agreed to commit with only the intention of getting my community hours in. After the meeting however, my eyes were opened with new insight. This event is more than just getting my hours in for senior project, its more than just getting a good grade and graduating. It is so much bigger than that. The people i meet and work with are all fighting for a cure. It's really inspiring. I not only want to do this for me, but for the many other survivors and cancer patients who are also fighting.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Confirmation
Date of Service: February 1, 2011
Time Spent: half hour
Total Time: 2 hours
Action: -Met with Jeff and Allison at Starbucks
Next Action: I plan to meet with Mikka and Matt within the next week, two other people in my committee. Our next job, as workers for the Luminaria ceremony, is to coordinate and create a short five minute ceremony, similiar to the actual one. We will plan this for the kick-off party on the 22nd of February.
How am I Doing: I went to Starbucks in San Bruno to meet with Jeff and Allison, the coordinators of relay for life. We waited for the two other members in my committee, Mikka and Matt. While waiting, I filled out a volunteer profile form, as well as signing a contract for volunteering.
Allison and Jeff went over the Illuminaria ceremony, and clarified what I would need to do to fufill my duties. They answered some of my questions, for it is my first time doing relay for life. Allison gave me a handbook, something that will help guide my process and answer any further questions I may have.
I am slowly starting to understand my task and what is at hand. The Illuminaria, as Jef called it, is the "make or break" of the event. I am determined to work hard and ensure the event is successful.
Time Spent: half hour
Total Time: 2 hours
Action: -Met with Jeff and Allison at Starbucks
Next Action: I plan to meet with Mikka and Matt within the next week, two other people in my committee. Our next job, as workers for the Luminaria ceremony, is to coordinate and create a short five minute ceremony, similiar to the actual one. We will plan this for the kick-off party on the 22nd of February.
How am I Doing: I went to Starbucks in San Bruno to meet with Jeff and Allison, the coordinators of relay for life. We waited for the two other members in my committee, Mikka and Matt. While waiting, I filled out a volunteer profile form, as well as signing a contract for volunteering.
Allison and Jeff went over the Illuminaria ceremony, and clarified what I would need to do to fufill my duties. They answered some of my questions, for it is my first time doing relay for life. Allison gave me a handbook, something that will help guide my process and answer any further questions I may have.
I am slowly starting to understand my task and what is at hand. The Illuminaria, as Jef called it, is the "make or break" of the event. I am determined to work hard and ensure the event is successful.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
First Meeting
Date of Service: January 25, 2011
Time spent: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Action: -meeting with the committe of Relay for Life
-signing up for a team/ committee
Next Action: I plan to think about which team I want to join. Then work with members in my team to coordinate what we are in charge of.
How am I doing: I attended my first relay for life meeting at Grace Covenant Church. The meeting took place at 6pm. I met with the coordinator, Jeff, and met other people who were active members in the program. We introduced ourselves and went over everyone's position. I chose my role and decided to help out with the luminaria ceremony. We talked about the many things we will be doing over the next few months.
Time spent: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Action: -meeting with the committe of Relay for Life
-signing up for a team/ committee
Next Action: I plan to think about which team I want to join. Then work with members in my team to coordinate what we are in charge of.
How am I doing: I attended my first relay for life meeting at Grace Covenant Church. The meeting took place at 6pm. I met with the coordinator, Jeff, and met other people who were active members in the program. We introduced ourselves and went over everyone's position. I chose my role and decided to help out with the luminaria ceremony. We talked about the many things we will be doing over the next few months.
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