Practicum Experience Plan
Overview:
Your Practicum experience includes working in a clinical setting that will help you gain the knowledge and skills needed as an advanced practice nurse. In your practicum experience, you will develop a practicum plan that sets forth objectives to frame and guide your practicum experience.
As part of your Practicum Experience Plan, you will not only plan for your learning in your practicum experience but also work through various patient visits with focused notes as well as one (1) journal entry.
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Part 1: Quarter/Term/Year and Contact Information
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Student Contact Information
Name: Teresa Peterson
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Preceptor Contact Information
Name: Reynald Omega
Organization: Omega Advanced Health Practice
Street Address: 8465 Phoenician Ct
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Part 2: Individualized Practicum Learning Objectives
Refer to the instructions in Week 2 to create individualized practicum learning objectives that meet the requirements for this course. These objectives should be aligned specifically to your Practicum experience. Your objectives should address your self-assessment of the skills found in the “PMHNP Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form” you completed in Week 1.
As you develop your individualized practicum learning objective, be sure to write them using the SMART format. Use the resources found in Week 2 to guide your development. Once you review your resources, continue and complete the following. Note: Please make sure each of your objectives are connected to your self-assessment. Also, consider that you will need to demonstrate how you are advancing your knowledge in the clinical specialty.
Objective 1: To differentiate between psychophysiology and psychopathological conditions and understand the differences between psychophysiological and psychopathological conditions within three months of the practicum.
Planned Activities: I intend to utilize varied resources to bolster my knowledge of psychophysiological and psychopathological conditions. In this regard, I will watch videos on this topic for 45 minutes every day. I will also read journals and other educative resources on these conditions for thirty minutes daily.
I also intend to work with my preceptor and members of the clinical team to evaluate these conditions and have better insight into mental health illnesses and how to distinguish them.
Mode of Assessment:
This objective will be assessed through reflective journaling. Learning-related incidents and the major learning points in psychophysiological and psychopathological conditions will be captured as the learning process progresses. This documentation will help me reflect on these learned aspects and distinguish psychopathological and psychophysiological conditions.
PRAC Course Outcome(s) Addressed:
- Assess advanced practice nursing skills in psychiatric care.
- Distinguishing various mental health illnesses is the hallmark of psychiatric care (Hurley et al., 2022). Thus, it is important that psychiatric nurses have the knowledge and skills to differentiate between psychophysiological and psychopathological conditions.
- Demonstrate the ability to distinguish psychiatric presentations.
Objective 2: To accurately select, implement and interpret psychiatric screening tools within 10 weeks of the practicum.
Planned Activities:
To complete 16-20 hours performing a psychiatric examination. I will work closely with my preceptor and constantly seek his assistance in areas where I find difficulties selecting and interpreting psychiatric screening tools. I also intend to enhance my knowledge in selecting and interpreting psychiatric screening tools by reading literature on the same and watching tutorials on the same throughout the practicum period.
Mode of Assessment:
This objective will be assessed through a self-assessment tool that tracks the number of hours spent in the psychiatric evaluation and the number of times I accurately select, interpret, and implement psychiatric screening tools.
PRAC Course Outcome(s) Addressed:
- Assess advanced practice nursing skills in selecting, interpreting, and implementing psychiatric screening instruments.
- Demonstrate the ability to accurately diagnose various mental health illnesses through appropriate selection and interpretation of mental health screening tools.
- Xu et al. (2022) report that screening tools help in the early identification of various mental health illnesses. By accurately selecting psychiatric screening tools, caregivers give a better guarantee of improving the clinical outcomes of patients.