· Review your Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form you submitted last week and think about areas for which you would like to gain application-level experience and/or continued growth as an advanced practice nurse. How can your experiences in the practicum help you achieve these aims?
· Review the information related to developing objectives provided in this week’s Learning Resources. Your practicum learning objectives that you want to achieve during your practicum experience must be:
· Specific
· Measurable
· Attainable
· Results-focused
· Time-bound
· Reflective of the higher-order domains of Bloom’s taxonomy (i.e., application level and above)
Note: Please make sure your objectives are individualized and outlined in your Practicum Experience Plan (PEP). While you may add previous objectives to continue to work toward. You must have 3 new objectives for each class, each quarter.
Now, write three to four (3–4) possible goals and objectives for this practicum experience. Ensure that they follow the SMART Strategy, as described in the Learning Resources.
1.
Goal: Increase my diagnostic reasoning.
a.
Objective: Identify and evaluate diagnosis with the use DSM 5.
b.
Objective: Identify in adults the difference between symptoms and physiological and psychological changes, both normal and abnormal according to age.
c.
Objective: Identify in children and adolescents the difference between symptoms and physiological and psychological changes, both normal and abnormal according to age.
2. Goal: Increase my pharmacotherapeutic skills.
a.
Objective: Develop a plan with patient preferences and symptom management based on clinical practice guidelines for the medication plan.
b.
Objective: Identify the patient’s response based on the medication plan.
c.
Objective: Correctly document the medication plan and the patient’s response.
3. Goal: Increase my skill in psychotherapeutic treatment planning.
a.
Objective: Develop psychotherapeutic plan using clinical evidence.
b.
Objective: Develop appropriate techniques in psychotherapeutic counseling, individual, family, and group.
c. Objective: Develop appropriate techniques in psychoeducation, individual, family, and group.
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:
Note
: this objective should relate to a specific skill you would like to improve from your self-assessment)
Planned Activities:
Mode of Assessment: (Note: Verification will be documented in Meditrek)
PRAC Course Outcome(s) Addressed:
1. (for example) Develop professional plans in advanced nursing practice for the practicum experience
1. (for example) Assess advanced practice nursing skills for strengths and opportunities
Objective 2:
Note
: this objective should relate to a specific skill you would like to improve from your self-assessment)
Planned Activities:
Mode of Assessment: (Note: Verification will be documented in Meditrek)
PRAC Course Outcome(s) Addressed:
1.
Objective 3:
Note
: this objective should relate to a specific skill you would like to improve from your self-assessment)
Planned Activities:
Mode of Assessment: (Note: Verification will be documented in Meditrek)
PRAC Course Outcome(s) Addressed: