Week 1 of the NURS 6551 Practicum Journal Entry: You must be able to relate your classroom learning to your clinical experience if you want to become an advanced practice nurse. Your professional competency will improve as a result of applying the concepts you learn in the classroom to clinical settings. You complete a weekly assignment, like as journal entries or SOAP notes, that asks you to consider your practicum experiences and connect them to the knowledge you’ve learned in class. You start recording your practicum experiences in your practicum journal this week.
Address the following in your Practicum Journal to get ready for the Practicum Experience in this course:
This is a course on women’s health.
To inform your clinical practice, pick and describe a nursing theory or feminist perspective.
In this session, create goals and objectives for the practicum experience. Be sure to keep the recommendations and best practices for women’s health in mind while creating your goals and objectives.
Based on your practicum requirements, create a schedule of your practicum activities.
Entry in the practice journal
References should come right after the content.
For your journal entry and references, use APA style.
Also Read: PRAC 6635 Assignment 2: Clinical Skills Self-Assessment
You must be able to relate your classroom learning to your clinical experience if you want to become an advanced practice nurse. Applying what you learn in the classroom to real-world situations improves your professional competency.
Write about the following in your practicum journal in order to get ready for the practicum experience for this course.
•Choose and explain a nursing theory that will inform your practice.
•Set goals and objectives for your in-class practicum experience. Keep in mind the seven realms of practice when you create your goals and objectives.
•Build a schedule of practicum tasks depending on the demands of your practicum.
References
Readings
- •Buttaro, T. M., Trybulski, J., Polgar Bailey, P., & Sandberg-Cook, J. (2013). Primary care: A collaborative practice (4th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby
. ◦Part 1, “Introduction” (pp. 1–48)
◦Consensus Model for APRN Regulation
http://www.nursecredentialing.org/APRN-ConsensusModelReport.aspx
◦National Organization for Nurse Practitioner Faculties Competencies
http://nonpf.com/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=14
•Visit the NONPF website for the Core Competencies: http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmgr/competencies/npcorecompetenciesfinal2012.pdf
•For Family/Across the Lifespan competencies: http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmgr/competencies/populationfocusnpcomps2013.pdf?hhSearchTerms=PopulationFocusNPComps2013+and+pdf
NURS 6531 WK 8 ASSIGN 1
To prepare:
- Review Chapter 149 in Part 13 of the Buttaro et al. text in this week’s Learning Resources and other references . Reflect on the clinical presentation of chronic kidney disease.
- Think about how you might diagnose a patient with chronic kidney disease. Consider the role that patient history, physical exams, and diagnostics play in diagnosis.
- Reflect on potential treatment options for chronic kidney disease including the implications of prescribed drugs.
- Consider the following patient factors: genetics, gender, ethnicity, age, and behavior. Think about how these factors might impact the diagnosis and treatment of patients with chronic kidney disease.
To complete:
Write a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following:
- •Describe the clinical presentation of chronic kidney disease.
- •Explain how you might diagnose a patient with chronic kidney disease including the role that patient history, physical exams, and diagnostics play in diagnosis.
- •Explain implications of potential treatment options for this disease including prescribed drugs.
- •Describe how patient factors might impact the diagnosis and treatment of patients with chronic kidney disease.
Reminder: The School of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references.
Reference
Readings
- •Buttaro, T. M., Trybulski, J., Polgar Bailey, P., & Sandberg-Cook, J. (2013). Primary care: A collaborative practice (4th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
◦Part 13, “Evaluation and Management of Genitourinary Disorders” (For review pp. 723–793)
Adams, D., de Jonge, R., van der Cammen, T., Zietse, R., & Hoorn, E. J. (2011). Acute kidney injury in patients presenting with hyponatremia. Journal of Nephrology, 24(6), 749–755.
National Kidney Foundation. (n.d.). Retrieved November 28, 2012, from http://www.kidney.org/index.cfm
