Assignment:
You will write a Journal Entry, reflecting on your clinical (practicum) strengths and opportunities for improvement.
To prepare:
• Refer to the "Advanced Nursing Practice Competencies and Guidelines" Microsoft Word - NPCoreCompetenciesFinal2012 (pncb.org)and consider the quality measures or indicators advanced nursing practice nurses must possess.
• consider your strengths and opportunities for improvement.
• consider the patient activities you have experienced in your practicum experience and reflect on your observations and experiences.
Journal Entry (450 to 500 words):
Learning from Experiences
• Reflect on the three most challenging patients. What was most challenging for each?
• What did you learn from this experience?
• What resources did you have available?
• What evidence-based practice did you use for this patient?
• 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 to improve on your skills and knowledge and how to communicate that back to your Preceptor.
• How are you doing? What is missing?
• What type of feedback are you receiving from your Preceptor?