Assignment
Journal Entry
Critical reflection of your growth and development during
your practicum experience in a clinical setting has the benefit of helping you
to identify opportunities for improvement in your clinical skills, while also
recognizing your strengths and successes.
Use this Journal to reflect on your clinical strengths and
opportunities for improvement, the progress you made, and what insights you
will carry forward into your next practicum
To Prepare
Refer to the “Advanced Nursing Practice Competencies and
Guidelines” found in the Week 1 Learning Resources, and consider the quality
measures or indicators advanced nursing practice nurses must possess in your
specialty of interest.
Refer to your “Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form” you
submitted in Week 1, and consider your strengths and opportunities for
improvement.
Refer to your Patient Log in Meditrek, and consider the
patient activities you have experienced in your practicum experience. Reflect
on your observations and experiences.
In 450–500 words, address the following:
Learning From Experiences
Revisit the goals and
objectives from your Practicum Experience Plan. Explain the degree to which you
achieved each during the practicum experience.
Reflect on the three (3) most challenging patients you
encountered during the practicum experience. What was most challenging about
each?
What did you learn from this experience?
What resources did you have available?
What evidence-based practice did you use for the patients?
What new skills are you learning?
What would you do differently?
How are you managing patient flow and volume?
Communicating and Feedback
Reflect on how you might improve your skills and knowledge
and how to communicate those efforts to your Preceptor.
Answer the questions: How am I doing? What is missing?
Reflect on the formal and informal feedback you received
from your Preceptor.
Week
one clinical template and skills uploaded will guide you on what to write.
Thanks
