Clinical Skills and Procedures Self-Assessment
Before embarking on any professional or academic activity, it is important to understand the background, knowledge, and experience you bring to it. You might ask yourself “What do I already know? What do I need to know? And what do I want to know?” This critical self-reflection is especially important for developing clinical skills, such as those for advanced practice nursing.
The Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Procedures List and Resource Review and FNP Clinical Skills and Procedures Self-Assessment Form or Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP) Clinical Skills Resource List and AGPCNP Clinical Skills and Procedures Self-Assessment Form provided in the Learning Resources can be used to celebrate your progress throughout your practicum and identify skills gaps. The lists cover all necessary skills you should demonstrate during your practicum course.
For this Assignment, you assess where you are now in your clinical skill development and make plans for your practicum. Specifically, you will identify strengths and opportunities for improvement regarding the required practicum skills and procedures.
In this practicum experience, when developing your goals and objectives, be sure to keep adult health guidelines and best practices in mind.
Resources
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity. Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
To prepare:
· Review the resources and clinical skills in the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Procedures List and Resource Review and FNP Clinical Skills and Procedures Self-Assessment Form or Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP) Clinical Skills Resource List and AGPCNP Clinical Skills and Procedures Self-Assessment Form specific to your selected NP track. It is recommended that you print out these documents to serve as guides throughout your practicum.
· Download the Clinical Skills and Procedures Self-Assessment Form that applies to your NP track to complete this Assignment.
Advanced Nursing Practice Competencies and Guidelines
· American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2010). Adult-Gerontology primary care nurse practitioner competencies Links to an external site. . https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmgr/competencies/adult-geropccomps2010.pdf?hhSearchTerms=Adult-GeroPCComps2010+and+pdf
· National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS). (2018). Family across the lifespan: The viability of taking pediatric and adult-gerontology certification examinations to attain CNS population certification in family across the lifespan.Links to an external site. http://www.nacns.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Report-FINAL-4-3-18.pdf Links to an external site.
· The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) (n.d.). National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties Links to an external site. . https://www.nonpf.org/
· The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. (2012). Nurse practitioner core competencies .Links to an external site. https://www.pncb.org/sites/default/files/2017-02/NONPF_Core_Competencies.pdfLinks to an external site.
· Chatterjee, D., & Corral, J. (2017). How to write well-defined learning objectivesLinks to an external site. . The Journal of Education in Perioperative Medicine, 19(4). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5944406/
Practicum Resources
· Document: Practicum Site Information Form (Word document) Download Practicum Site Information Form (Word document)
· Document: FNP Clinical Skills List and Resource Review (Word document) Download FNP Clinical Skills List and Resource Review (Word document)
· Document: FNP Procedures List and Resource Review (Word document) Download FNP Procedures List and Resource Review (Word document)
· Document: FNP Clinical Skills and Procedures Self-Assessment Form (Word document) Download FNP Clinical Skills and Procedures Self-Assessment Form (Word document)
· Document: AGPCNP Clinical Skills List and Resource Review (Word document) Download AGPCNP Clinical Skills List and Resource Review (Word document)
· Document: AGPCNP Procedure List and Resource Review (Word document) Download AGPCNP Procedure List and Resource Review (Word document)
· Document: AGPCNP Clinical Skills and Procedures Self-Assessment Form (Word document) Download AGPCNP Clinical Skills and Procedures Self-Assessment Form (Word document)
· HSoft Corporation. (2019). Meditrek: Home .Links to an external site. https://edu.meditrek.com/Default.html Note: Use this website to log into Meditrek to report your clinical hours and patient encounters.
· Walden University Field Experience. (2019a). Field experience: College of NursingLinks to an external site. . https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/fieldexperience/son/home
· Walden University Field Experience. (2019b). Student practicum resources: NP student orientation. Links to an external site. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/StudentPracticum/NP_StudentOrientation
· Walden University. (2019). MSN nurse practitioner practicum manual .Links to an external site. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/fieldexperience/son/formsanddocuments
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Assignment
Using the Clinical Skills and Procedures Self-Assessment Form specific to your NP track (i.e., FNP or AGPCNP):
· Rate yourself according to your confidence level performing the procedures identified on the Clinical Skills and Procedures Self-Assessment Form.
· Based on your ratings, summarize your strengths and opportunities for improvement.
· Based on your self-assessment and theory of nursing practice, develop 3–4 goals and objectives for this practicum experience. Include them on the designated area of the form.
** YOU MUST HAVE 3 NEW OBJECTIVES EACH QUARTER. You may include previous practicum objectives; however, you still must have 3 new objectives for your current course.
By Day 7
Submit your completed FNP or AGPCNP Clinical Skills and Procedures Self-Assessment Form.
submission information
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