N479 Professional Activity Evaluation Form

Your Name: John Fernandez Date of Activity: 9/16/17 Faculty name: Mary
OConnell

Describe the community service/professional activity/s you attended or participated with (be
specific about the purpose and your role):

I participated in a PAD screening event where people came to be screened and assessed by a
vascular doctor for free. I helped use dopplers to find the pulses of participants, and I calculated
the pressures and elasticity of their blood vessels to come up with PAD scores to be looked
through by an MD. I also helped clean beds and direct participants to the stations they were
going to during the clinic.

Where was this held and what was was program/activity length?

St. Marys Hospital, 6 hours.

Discuss the value of this experience to you (be specific).

This experience taught me how to calculate the pressures and elasticity of blood vessels to assess
PAD. It was also valuable because it gave me a greater appreciation for preemptive screening for
disease in the community. This experience was also beneficial to me because a number of nurses
from a wide variety of critical care backgrounds volunteered for this event. I was able to talk to
them about their experiences, and they imparted a lot of wisdom on me ranging from patient care
to politics as a nurse.

Would you recommend this specific communnity/professional experience in the future; why or
why not? (Describe)

I would recommend this experience for the future because of how simple and easy the
experience was. It was also very informative, and it was a great way to represent the college of
nursing in the community.

Brochure or proof of attendance obtained? Signature on validation of clinical hours

form obtained? (could not obtain )