Interview 3

For my third interview I interviewed my mentor, Deborah Nakielski. I asked her questions that would help me answer my essential question. Her answers were very thorough and detailed which benefitted me a lot. One of my questions to her was "which do you think is the best prenatal diagnostic?" This question stood out to me a lot because its the one she was most thorough with. She went into detail about what each was, how they worked, their benefits, their drawbacks, and when they were presented to the medical field. I enjoyed interviewing her because she gave me her full and undivided attention and wasn't in a rush to get it over with. I had previously interviewed her for my second interview and she was just as thorough and provided in depth information about her background and midwifery's background. Whenever I interview her she shows me more and goes more in depth by doing something that involved the topic during mentorship. She shows me first hand and provides me with more insight to fully understand what she was talking about. She is very helpful and patient and is the ideal person to interview.

Answer 2

1. What knowledge most affects a midwives ability to best serve her patients?
2. If a midwife has an extensive knowledge in maternity care, then she can prevent her patients from having a caesarean section.
3. If a midwife is knowledgeable and experienced in primary care, then she can provide her patients with cost effective health care.
4. My answer is real in the true world because generally midwives are cheaper than a physician, they recently because independent practitioners, and they specialize in women's primary care from adolescence through menopause.
5. - Rosenthal, Elisabeth. "Getting Insurance to Pay for Midwives." New York Times. N.p., 03 July 2013. Web. 22 Aug. 2014.
   - Clift-Matthews, Victoria. "Providing High-quality Midwifery Care." British Journal of Midwifery, 17.7 (2009): 412.
   -Walker, Deborah, Barbara Lannen, and Debra Rossie. "Midwifery Practice And Education: Current Challenges And Opportunities." Online Journal Of Issues In Nursing 19.2 (2014): 9. Academic Search Premier. Web. 4 Sept. 2014
6. Varney's Midwifery by Helen Varney
    Your Best Birth by Rikki Lake 
7. This is the second best answer to my essential question because it focuses on an aspect other than pregnancy and labor and delivery. It goes more into depth of what other things midwife's specialize in. 

Independent Component 2 Approval

1. For my independent component 2 I will be taking a series of childbirth classes to fulfill the 30 hour requirement such as lamaze, bradley, hypnobirthing, prenatal yoga, etc.
2. I will provide evidence for what I do by taking videos, photos, and if possible by brining in props.
3. Attending these classe will help  me explore my topic more in depth because often times midwives are the ones who teach these types of classes.They will give me more of an insight on what full scope midwives do inside and outside of the hospital. Attending these classes will also help me better understand the different tasks midwives have such as counseling.

Independent Component 1

(a) I, Ariami, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 34 hours of work.
(b)  Jennice Burris (909)342-0827
      Amanda Woolery (909)609-7558
      Deborah Nakielski (626)485-9344
(c) Updated
(d) For my first independent component I took two birthing classes. I took a prepared childbirth class which focused on what to expect during pregnancy and during the labor. I also took a Bradley class which focused more on natural birth, nutrition, exercise, and coaching. The Bradley class was more detailed and provided more in depth information because it had more sessions than the prepared childbirth course.
Applied: Taking these classes for my independent component further helped me understand the pregnancy aspect of midwifery because I was able to work closely with expectant mothers. I was able to see the sort of things midwife's advice their patients to do such as take childbirth classes to educate and prepare themselves for labor. These classes also helped me learn more in depth about pregnancy in an emotional,physical, and physiological way. These classes helped me work on my answer for my essential question as well because I learned more about the knowledge a midwife needs to possess in order to help their patients.
EVIDENCE:

Lesson 2

The month of January is coming to an end and along with that came our second lessons. This time around I was very proud of my quality of work. I was really happy and proud of all the research I gathered for my answer. I think that I was very thorough and detailed and did a great job presenting. I went into depth about my answer and then broke it up into tiny parts and explained it further. For this lesson I was definitely more calm which helped me greatly because during my first lesson I was really nervous and that affected me greatly. It was really noticeable that I was nervous which made me speak very very fast and in the end ended up affecting my grade. Despite all this I still got an AP+ because I was 45 seconds short of the 20 minute minimum. I didn't really take enough time to debrief so that affected me. Even though I didn't get the grade I desired, I'm still very proud of my work. The second lesson served to teach me what to do and what not to do on my final presentation. (:

Lesson 2 Reflection

1. What I am most proud of in my Lesson 2 was my ability to stay calm and speak calmly to deliver a great presentation. During my Lesson 1 thats something I struggled with greatly and I know it took away from me because I was highly nervous and it was noticeable. I think that this time around I did great and spoke well and delivered all my information nicely.
2. a) I'd give myself an AE
    b) I believe I deserve and AE because as I mentioned before I stayed calm and presented very confidently. I was able to present without stuttering or having a trembly voice. I knew all my information from the top of my head and didn't rely on my powerpoint nor did I read off it directly. I also incorporated and referred back to my sources as I did my 10 mins of content rather then just listing them at the end which I feel not many people did. I also felt that my powerpoint was a good length because it didn't have too much information but it had the right amount to give people an idea. With all that being said, I maintain that I deserve an AE because I was very informative and I was able to answer my essential question and clearly provide evidence to back it up.
3. What worked well during my lesson was my activity. People seemed to be really into it and I was able to describe more about my answer as I had volunteers demonstrate the exercises.
4. What didn't work was that I didn't have many photos in my powerpoint and people critiqued me on it. I strayed away from photos because some of them can be very graphic due to my topic and thats why I focused solely on the information that I was putting on the slides. If i had a time machine I would definitely go back and try to find some pictures that would have been appropriate to enhance my powerpoint presentation.
5. I think my answer #2 is going to be, "In order for a a midwife to be able to serve her patients she needs to be knowledgeable and an expert in women's primary and gynecological care."

Mentorship 10 Hours Check

1. I am doing my mentorship at Kaiser Permanente and working closely with my mentor at her home.
2. My contact is Deborah Nakielski who is a CNM at Kaiser.
3. I have 23 hours of mentorship in total without including the 10 hours I did over the summer.
4. For my service hours I was able to attend presentations relating to the job of a midwife, I was able to make visits to Kaiser to observe midwives in action, and I worked closely with my mentor in her home learning about the different jobs, characteristics, attributes, etc that a midwife needs/ does.