Purpose
Students will complete a self-reflection assignment for the purpose of validating their clinical progress. The goal for this activity is to engage the student in considering how their clinical abilities and professional growth are changing.
Activity Learning Outcomes
Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to:
Through this assignment, the student will:
Review clinical encounters to identify gaps in experience.
Propose a plan to narrow the gaps in experience.
Identify their own feelings regarding their progress, achievement of personal goals and weaknesses.
Chose two (2) NONPF CORE competencies and discuss how the student has met or plans to meet them in the future.
Requirements:
There are two parts to this assignment.
In part 1, students will review their clinical experience documentation in to write a narrative about their experience thus far. Students should:
Review their patient encounters and identify experience gaps in terms of age, acuity, certain procedures, level of complexity, etc.
State how they plan to narrow this gap in future practicums (i.e., focus on seeing pediatric patients under the age of 5, finding a separate pediatric site for a later practicum, et cetera)
Discuss how they have progressed throughout the practicum by identifying the goals that they have achieved and/or are still working toward
Identify areas of weakness and communicate a plan to address these areas
Choose two of the NONPF CORE competencies and describe either (a) how you have met them or (b) how you plan to work toward meeting them in the future. Provide specific examples from your clinical rotation as support. FNP NONPF CORE competencies can be found at: https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmgr/competencies/2017_NPCoreComps_with_Curric.pdf
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmgr/competencies/2017_NPCoreComps_with_Curric.pdf
Preparing the paper
The written portion of this assignment is to be completed in a WORD document (.doc) and submitted to the course.
Grammar, punctuation, spelling should be observed. In-text citations and reference page should follow APA format.
Identify gaps in patient experiences: After reviewing the clinical encounter summary, the student identifies any gaps in specific patient experiences (i.e. ages, acuities, complexities, procedures, assessments, etc.) and introduces a plan to narrow this gap in future practicum experiences. The student also outlines their practicum plan for the remaining classes.
Discuss progression in clinical: The student discusses their overall progression in this clinical rotation; specifically identifying personal goals that were achieved or how the student plans to achieve in future practicum experiences.
Identify areas of weakness: The student identifies specific areas of weakness in the clinical setting and communicates a plan to address these deficiencies.
NONPF competencies: Student choses two NONPF CORE competencies and describes how the competencies were met or how the student plans to meet. Specific examples from the clinical rotation should be provided.
Organization, spelling, grammar and APA format: Narrative summary is provided with consideration to organization, spelling, grammar and APA format.
