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:  

1. Review clinical encounters to identify gaps in experience. 
2. Propose a plan to narrow the gaps in experience. 
3. Identify their own feelings regarding their progress, achievement of personal goals and weaknesses. 
4. Chose two (2) NONPF CORE competencies and discuss how the student has met or plans to meet them in the future.

Solution

In part 1, students will review their clinical experience documentation to write a narrative about their experience thus far. Students should: •Review their patient encounters and identify experience gaps regarding age, acuity, specific procedures, level of complexity, etc.

With respect to my experience thus far, I have rotated in the Internal medicine department and the department of women’s health. My patient encounters have been based on age and gender. In two cases I have had patient experiences with the female gender, two between 22-35 years, one between 56-65 years, and the other 66-75 years. In all these cases, there was a difference in approach and management of a patient presenting complaints. Perhaps, I found ease dealing with the younger population because they presented with acute conditions that would be managed…

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

Competency 1: Critically analyzes data and evidence for improving advanced nursing practice chosen from family /across lifespan NP competencies category Scientific Foundation and competencies# 1 (2018. Appendix D)

To achieve these competencies, I combined everything I had learned from the entire course outline including the crucial aspects of patient examination. Throughout the course, the study was largely based on understanding the need for and performing a complete history with a thorough physical exam. During the course, we were also taught how to use the “OLD CART” when assessing and inquiring on the reasons for the patient visit to the facility of care. The understanding of these two key elements from classwork enabled me to come up with differential diagnoses for every patient and ultimately arrive at the main diagnosis (Thomas et al., 2012). I…………………..please follow the link below to purchase the solution at $10