Patient Assessments, Vitals, Circulatory System... Oh My!

Good Evening Fabulous Med Occs Students!

I am so excited for you! Super Excited!  I have been working very hard to get your sites lined up and to make sure there is one specific for each of you.  Please know that I am doing everything in my power to make this an awesome educational experience for you!

PATIENT ASSESSMENTS - VITAL SIGNS

DAILY BLOG THOUGHT

We learned lots of different acronyms today for patient assessments! Can you remember them all? Luckily, you don't have to! At least not for now! Write down five things that you learned today in class that you did not know.  It could be anything!

UPCOMING DATES / ACTIVITIES

Vitals and Circulatory Test - Friday, October 24th

Medical Explorers Meeting / RN Surgery - Monday, October 28th

Do you have a site YOU want to be at? Get me that info ASAP before the end of this week!

THANK YOU's

Let's THANK Sara and Alex by putting together a thank you card for both of them tomorrow! Anyone willing to make or bring in a thank you card tomorrow and OWN this project? Let me know. Thank YOU! 

PROPS & CONGRATULATIONS

Congrats to Anna in my PM class for deciding on Cal Poly.  Let me know if you already know where you are headed in the Fall!

Also, HUGE props to my students who stayed in during lunch to practice vitals - nice impression!

HOMEWORK

Vitals Assignment/Project - Due Tomorrow

Keenan - Due October 30th

You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. Steve JobS

TONIGHT

IS AN INVESTMENT IN YOUR FUTURE!

TRI-VALLEY COLLEGE & CAREER FAIR

6:30-8:30

LIVERMORE HIGH SCHOOL

TAKE A SELFIE TO CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE!

(remember you get points for this!)

INITIATIVE

We need to have a conversation about how you act in class. I need to start seeing MORE ENERGETIC, POSITIVE, INITIATIVE TAKING STUDENTS! Remember - I will be placing you and if you want your top spot you need to be bringing your "A" game EVERY DAY!

I am looking for...

• Independent Thinkers
• Initiative Takers
• Go Getters
• Self Starters
• People who manage their class time well and make the most of it (Hint: this does not look like being given time to practice and then sitting around and having a social conversation)
• People who communicate ahead of time and clearly.
• People who smile and are kind to others.
• People who help others.
• I realize not all adults in your world expect you to be independent thoughtful adults but I DO! Note the irony in the cartoon below!

DAILY BLOG THOUGHT

A Problem A Day. At the beginning of each day (perhaps driving to work or going to school) choose a problem to work on when you have free moments. Figure out the logic of the problem by identifying its elements. In other words, systematically think through the questions: What exactly is the problem? How can I put it into the form of a question. How does it relate to my goals, purposes, and needs?

1) Wherever possible take problems one by one. State the problem as clearly and precisely as you can. 2) Study the problem to make clear the “kind” of problem you are dealing with. Figure out, for example, what sorts of things you are going to have to do to solve it. Distinguish Problems over which you have some control from problems over which you have no control. Set aside the problems over which you have no control, concentrating your efforts on those problems you can potentially solve. 3) Figure out the information you need and actively seek that information. 4) Carefully analyze and interpret the information you collect, drawing what reasonable inferences you can. 5) Figure out your options for action. What can you do in the short term? In the long term? Distinguish problems under your control from problems beyond your control. Recognize explicitly your limitations as far as money, time, and power. 6) Evaluate your options, taking into account their advantages and disadvantages in the situation you are in. 7) Adopt a strategic approach to the problem and follow through on that strategy. This may involve direct action or a carefully thought-through wait-and-see strategy. 8) When you act, monitor the implications of your action as they begin to emerge. Be ready at a moment’s notice to revise your strategy if the situation requires it. Be prepared to shift your strategy or your analysis or statement of the problem, or all three, as more information about the problem becomes available to you.

Don't Wish For It, Work For It!

Good Afternoon Med Occs!

You have a very important assignment today!

Improving Your Mood!

You MUST go out and use your body, get the heart pumping and sweat a little - minimum 30 minutes!

Ideas - Running (LOL - of course!), shoot hoops, swim, jump on a trampoline, dance, jump rope, go hiking...

IMPORTANT DATES
Tomorrow Night - Tri-Valley College and Career Fair @ LHS 6:30-8:30 Be there and take a selfie!
Monday, Oct. 20th - Second day with Sara and Alex! Be prepared to have your vitals tested!
Monday, October 20th - Flu shot documentation DUE!
Tuesday, October 28th - Medical Explorers Meeting - RN Surgery


HOMEWORK
You will be practicing taking your resting heart rate and your active heart!
Click HERE for TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK!

VITAL SIGNS ASSIGNMENT
Click HERE for the VITALS assignment - It is due next week!
ANTICIPATE YOUR NEEDS AND DO NOT PROCRASTINATE!

PRACTICE
Click HERE for a link to my lecture notes! Hope it helps!

MED OCCS HUMOR
Enjoy!

Lub A Dub Dub...

THANK YOU to Sara and Alex for coming in today! Remind me that we need to make thank you cards for them!

THIS WEEKS WORD WALL
Systolic, Diastolic, Palpated, Diaphoretic, CAP - Make sure you know the definitions by tomorrow!

BINDER CHECK
Hi y'All - Some of you do NOT have grades for a binder check.  Please check in with me tomorrow so we can get that assessed! Thanks - Ms. B

HOMEWORK
Click HERE to study the pathway of blood through the heart - Take notes!
Click HERE to do a virtual blood pressure cuff lab.

WEDNESDAY - Tri- Valley College & Career Fair 6:30-8:30 Be there! It is an assignment!
Wednesday is also SUPER WACKY - Make sure you know where you are going and when!

“Never worry about the numbers. Help one person at a time and start with the person nearest you.” Mother Teresa

Med Occs - Are YOU ready?!...

We start Vital Signs on Monday - BE THERE!

ANTICIPATE YOUR NEEDS AND BRING A BAG LUNCH AM CLASS

That way you can stay and hang and practice!

HOMEWORK
Please click HERE to review the Medical Assistants Requirements for Vital Signs.
Know them by Monday!

Didn't have time to do this?  DO IT NOW!
Please watch THIS video on how to take resting heart rate.  Practice on any willing participant! Write down any questions you may have - Which method do you prefer?

LHS and FHS have a FABULOUS Homecoming! Be Safe and Responsible.  Remember you not only represent yourselves, but our class and our program! Carry yourself with Pride and integrity!

NEXT WEDNESDAY

                TRI-VALLEY COLLEGE & CAREER FAIR

Click HERE to see a list of participating schools and programs! Remember, this is a MANDATORY assignment!ANTICIPATE YOUR NEEDS and make sure to get off work and get a ride there - This IS your future we are talking about here, people!

We have a CRAZY PSAT schedule on Wednesday, October 15th.

Look on the board for class times!

Time Management...How are you doing with yours?

Click HERE for those AWESOME Calendars that I passed out in class!

Click HERE to check out the TIME MANAGEMENT TOOL KIT - Super Awesome!

REMINDERS

GHS - Parent Night - Tonight 6-7:30!

GETSET - Ladies - Are you really interested in Medical Occupations? If yes, join GETSET it will definitely be worth your time! See me if you have any questions.  You can earn hours and a certificate!

NEXT WEDNESDAY

                TRI-VALLEY COLLEGE & CAREER FAIR

Click HERE to see a list of participating schools and programs! Remember, this is a MANDATORY assignment! ANTICIPATE YOUR NEEDS and make sure to get off work and get a ride there - This IS your future we are talking about here, people!

OTHER INFO

Here is a LINK to my lecture slides - Hope this helps with your studying!

HOMEWORK:

Skeletal Quiz/Test/Exam :) will be Wednesday!

Binder Check Wednesday

Plastic Sheet Covers in class Wednesday!

Please watch THIS video on how to take resting heart rate.  Practice on any willing participant! Write down any questions you may have - Which method do you prefer?

Thinking about Your Personal Procrastination and Making a Plan to Prevent it!

Daily Blog Thought 

PROCRASTINATION…….How do you break the pattern?

TACKLE IT NOW!

1.       Prioritize tasks.  Create a “to do” list.  Categorize these tasks.  Create lists that save you time, like setting up your errands by time and geographic location.  Plan some play time.

2.       Question your beliefs.  Do you tell yourself that you work better under pressure? Prove it. Do one task at the last minute and one ahead of time.  Test other myths, such as “I don’t have the ability” and “it has to be done perfectly”

3.       Control impulsiveness. Most procrastinators jump from one task to another and rarely finish anything. Make yourself complete one task before starting another.

4.       Old habits die hard. Don’t expect to change overnight.  If you change one thing a week, you are making progress!  Acknowledge that and be proud of yourself.  This helps you realize that more change is possible!

Click on the picture to enlarge it and read what the excerpt says.  What attitudes, beliefs, or ideas might have shaped your work habits?  

HOMEWORK:

Click HERE for tonight's Homework

Skeleton Study Guide will be stamped tomorrow as well.  AM class - We will be stamping the Medical Technician Assignment from last week so have everything ready to go!

Skeletal Quiz/Test/Exam :) will be Wednesday!

Binder Check Wednesday

Plastic Sheet Covers in class Wednesday!

REMINDERS

GHS - Parent Night - Tomorrow Night 6-7:30!

GETSET - Ladies - Are you really interested in Medical Occupations? If yes, join GETSET it will definitely be worth your time! See me if you have any questions.  You can earn hours and a certificate!

OTHER INFO

Here is a LINK to my lecture slides - Hope this helps with your studying!