Ronan Castronuevo

Independent Study Mentorship – Spring 2018

Mrs. Click
 MY MENTOR Mentorship Site
Mrs. Cherry Abuy BSN Mainland Medical Center
• Works at Mainland Medical • Texas City
Center • Galveston County
• RN in the ICU
• 223 beds
• 6 operating rooms
• Studied at Mary Chile’s
College for 4 years

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Hospitals, www.ratehospitals.com/hospitals/texas-city/mainland-medical-center-14470/.
Course Description:
The Independent Study Mentorship (ISM) Advanced Academic course is designed for students wishing to mentor an adult professional in a
chosen career. With the mentor and the teacher-facilitator, each student will create a unique plan of study and receive individual
instruction. Students leave the high school campus and go to the mentor’s place of business to study with professionals. This course is ideal
for the self-motivated student with a passion for a particular area of study. ISM is a full year course. Students in this course must perform at
a collegiate or professional level. Students must provide their own transportation to mentorship sites. This course is recommended for
students in grades 11-12
Requirements:
1. Complete an in-depth mentorship/study in an area of interest (must be approved by ISM teacher)
2. Document a minimum of 3 hours of mentorship each week (Mentorship Activity Log)
3. Complete a Journal Entry each week documenting mentorship experiences (ISM Journal)
4. Complete an ISM Professional Portfolio (online format/Weebly) showcasing assignments completed during the course and the final
project
5. Complete all of the required assignments (See YAG and ISM Grading Sheet)
6. Complete a Mid-Term Presentation (must include PowerPoint or Prezi)
7. Develop a final product and presentation at the collegiate/professional level that is presented to a panel of graders at the conclusion
of the semester (must include PowerPoint, visuals, completed product, portfolio and handouts (See Product Guidelines section for
guidance). The final presentation will count as the FINAL EXAM Grade for this course. The grade is based on the Mentor’s Evaluation
50% and Grader Evaluations 25% each of the presentation.
What is it?
Nurses will be required to learn a variety of skills in order to provide care for a
patient—wound care is one of them. This topic will go over things such as assessing
open wounds, cleaning wounds, changing dressings, and controlling infections.
Why?
Whenever I go to the ICU for my mentorship days, I frequently encounter patients
with some sort of open wound, the most common being pressure ulcers. This is
because most of the patients are older, and they are much more susceptible to
ulcers. I often find myself helping my mentor with moving and holding the patient
on their side, while my mentor changes their dressings or assess it.
Identify the different classifications for wounds.
 Burns

 Lacerations

 Pressure Ulcers

 Stab Wounds
Be able to identify how severe the most common wounds are and how to
assess them with the NE1 Assessment Tool.
 How to use NE1 tool

 When to use NE1 tool

 Other methods of assessment

“Medline NE1 Tool.” CIA Medical, Central Infusion Alliance, www.ciamedical.com/medline-

mscne1tool-box-tool-wound-assessment-ne1-100-bx-100-ea-bx.
Brief overview on the different phases of the healing process.
 Basics of tissue anatomy

 Process of tissue formation

 How to accelerate healing process

Go over the preventative procedures concerning infections, both to and
from the patient.
 PPE

 Types of infections
 Will be going over the different types of dressings and their uses for
different kinds of wounds/situations. An example is tegaderm, which is
will mostly be used on IV sites, but can also be used for patients with
more sensitive skin.
 Go through the most common wounds that nurses will have to treat in
the ICU (mainly pressure ulcers) and the techniques employed to provide
better healing, such as bed positioning.
 Current Event
Treating Trauma | Behind the curtain look inside Arkansas's only Level 1 Trauma Center

• My project goes over wound care, so the stories from the trauma center provides a perspective
of wound and trauma care at a high level.
• In the article, Laura Monteverdi with THV11 goes behind the scenes at the health care facility to
get a closer look at what it is like in the daily routine of the UAMS trauma unit, by interviewing a
variety of doctors and nurse.
• UAMS is classified as a level 1 trauma center; level 1 classification for trauma units indicate that
they provide the highest level of care possible for the most life-threatening conditions.
 I will be researching four topics which are; Types of Dressings and
Bandages, Types of Wounds, Stages of Severity, and Healing Stages of
Wounds, and I’ll incorporate them into my key points.
 Product
I. Preparation
• Research the techniques required
to change dressings
• Find appropriate model to
demonstrate on, and someone to
record on video
II. Demonstrate and Record
• Finish during the break at home
III. Editing and Incorporating into
Slide
• Start editing with Adobe
Premiere
• Finish at least the week before
the PowerPoint is due.
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Personally, I hope to gain more experience with patient care in the ICU,
especially with communicating with patients that are less compliant or
more difficult. Hopefully, I’ll be able to see more instances of managing a
patient’s wound to supplement my project this semester. As for my
project, I want to learn as many skills as I can from it—so that I have a
good understanding of what to do if I were to care for a patient.
 Mrs. Cherry Abuy – Mentor
Sara Thomas – Secondary Mentor
Mrs. Click – ISM Teacher
And to all my evaluators
“Featured Products.” VataINC, VATA Anatomical Healthcare Models, www.vatainc.com/.
“Mainland Medical Center, 6801 Emmett Lowry Expressway, Texas City | Hospital in Texas City - Reviews.” Rate Hospitals,
www.ratehospitals.com/hospitals/texas-city/mainland-medical-center-14470/.
“Medline NE1 Tool.” CIA Medical, Central Infusion Alliance, www.ciamedical.com/medline-mscne1tool-box-tool-wound-
assessment-ne1-100-bx-100-ea-bx.
Monteverdi, Laura, and Lara Woloszyn. “Treating Trauma | Behind the Curtain Look inside Arkansas's Only Level 1 Trauma
Center.” KTHV, Tegna, 14 Feb. 2018, www.thv11.com/news/health/treating-trauma-behind-the-curtain-look-inside-
arkansass-only-level-1-trauma-center/517785384.