Alyssa Osborne ISM- Fall 2017 Mrs. Click Mentor Introduction Mentor- Lori Douglas Location- Texas Children's Hospital, 6621 Fannin St, Houston, TX 7703 Pediatric Oncology Nurse What is ISM? Independent Study Mentorship (ISM), 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 mentors 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. Students in this course must perform at a collegiate or professional level. ISM Requirement's 1. Complete an in-depth mentorship/study in an area of interest. 2. Document a minimum of 3 hours of mentorship each week. 3. Complete a Journal Entry each week documenting mentorship experiences. 4. Complete an ISM Professional Portfolio, showcasing assignments completed during the course and the final project. 5. Complete all of the required assignments. 6. Complete a Mid-Term Presentation. 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. Project Topic For my project topic I chose to do overcoming depression in pediatric oncology patients. I chose this topic because I feel it is a very important to help prevent/ overcome depression in oncology patients especially with them being just children when first being diagnosed. Body Slides Define depression -Related to diagnosis - Clinical related to diagnosis Body slides Statistics - Prevalence in pediatric oncology patients Body Slides Clinical Support -(how do we help) Psychosocial Support - Social work, Chaplain, Psychiatrist, psychiatry Body slides Social work- How does it affect patient/ family - Stages of grief Body Slide Child life - Activities, Treatment support Body Slide Chaplin - Faith/ spiritual support for the child and family. Body Slide Psychology and psychiatry -patient vs family -medicine vs talk support Research First I will need to look up the definition of depression. Next I will look up the statistic of depression in pediatric oncology patients. Then I will define and psychosocial support and why it is important that it be available for patients I will then research the stages of grief Then I will look and research the different activities that Texas Childrens offers for their patients and also look up the different treatment supports used. Also I will look up how the Chaplin help supports the family. I will then define Psychology and psychiatry and state why they are important. Product For my product I will have a video demonstration of why it is important that patients have different activities to prevent depression and why it is important to keep them busy. My goals to accomplish this is: 1. Interview different nurses (3-4) regarding why they think it is important that they help prevent depression in oncology patients. By mid-November 2. Ask what they feel medically is the best way to prevent depression and why. By mid- October. 3. Next, I will include a calendar that has all the different activities for the kids during the month of December, and will include that in my final product. By November 27th. 4. Edit my final video for final presentation. By November 27. Conclusion During my mentorship I hope to learn more about Texas Children's Hospital and about their hopes and prevention of overcoming depression in pediatric oncology patients. Thank you! Finally I would like to thank my mentor Mrs. Lori Douglas for being my mentor and for teaching me. I would also like to thank Mrs. click for being my teacher and teaching me also. Lastly I would like to thank my mom and dad for helping me be where I am today Work cited Texas Children's Hospital. The rest of the photographs in my PowerPoint were from clip art.