Practicum Experience Plan Paper

Practicum Experience Plan Paper

Introduction

The practicum experience is the forms a central part of nursing education as it transforms the class thinking of the student to the things they are meant to meet in the field. The practicum course is structured and supervised to assess the practical experience in learning. The practicum experience will rely on transcultural nursing theory advocating for culturally competent nurses in mental health (Johnson-Lafleur et al., 2019). Besides, the plan will depend on counseling/psychotherapy theory because the theory is significant in interpreting the patient behavior and feelings. The practicum allows the student to get in touch with the real-world setting by observing and learning from experts. This practicum plan will be used to facilitate my learning during the practicum experience.

Overview:

Your Practicum experience includes working in a clinical setting that will help you gain the knowledge and skills needed as an advanced practice nurse. In your practicum experience, you will develop a practicum plan that sets forth objectives to frame and guide your practicum experience.

As part of your Practicum Experience Plan, you will not only plan for your learning in your practicum experience but also work through various patient visits with focused notes as well as one (1) journal entry.

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Complete each section below

Part 1: Quarter/Term/Year and Contact Information

Section A

Quarter/Term/Year:

Student Contact Information

Name:

Street Address:

City, State, Zip:

Home Phone:

Work Phone:

Cell Phone:

Fax:

E-mail:

 

Preceptor Contact Information

Name:

Organization:

Street Address:

City, State, Zip:

Work Phone:

Cell Phone:

Fax:

Professional/Work E-mail:

Part 2: Individualized Practicum Learning Objectives

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: To educate patients and families on the appropriate psychotherapeutic skills that would give a positive outcome within the within the first month of the practicum.

Planned Activities: Discuss with my mentor on effective ways of meeting patients and their families for training on the required psychotherapeutic services.

Mode of Assessment: Practical online and physical meetings with patients and families after approval by the preceptor

PRAC Course Outcome(s) Addressed:

• Develop a better connection between patients and their families of different mental disorders.
• Develop necessary skills to understand various mental disorders facing the patients.

Objective 2: By the end of the practicum, I will be able to prescribe medication for range of mental illnesses and propose an appropriate plan of care.

Planned Activities: Focus on empirical studies on the current changing dynamic for psychiatric conditions by using screening techniques.

Mode of Assessment: Use the help of my mentor in understanding the screening and diagnostic results.

PRAC Course Outcome(s) Addressed:

• Heighten my diagnostic skills and minimizing errors in diagnosis and screening.
• Acquire adequate assessment and treatment skills on range of mental illnesses.

Objective 3: I will be able to interpret the lab tests of different patients by the end of the fourth week of my practicum.

Planned Activities: Performing lab tests and analyzing the lab results. Learning about severity of illness on patients.

Mode of Assessment: Advising various patients on their conditions as relayed from the lab tests sand the effective plans to manage their condition. Besides, I will be taking the results for accuracy assessment from my mentor.

PRAC Course Outcome(s) Addressed:

• Develop an in-depth understanding of the lab tests and interpretations
• Develop necessary skills required in formulating the management options based on the tested patients.

Part 3: Projected Timeline/Schedule

Estimate how many hours you expect to work on your Practicum each week

This timeline is intended as a planning tool; your actual schedule may differ from the projections you are making now.

I intend to complete the 144 or 160Practicum hours (as applicable) according to the following timeline/schedule. I also understand that I must see at least 80 patients during my practicum experience. I understand that I may not complete my practicum hours sooner than 8 weeks. I understand I may not be in the practicum setting longer than 8 hours per day unless pre-approved by my faculty.

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	Number of Clinical Hours Projected for Week (hours you are in Practicum Setting at your Field Site)	Number of Weekly Hours for Professional Development (these are not practicum hour)	Number of Weekly Hours for Practicum Coursework (these are not practicum hours)
Week 1	15	6	8
Week 2	16	7	6
Week 3	14	10	6
Week 4	16	8	6
Week 5	13	8	8
Week 6	14	6	6
Week 7	12	6	6
Week 8	14	10	8
Week 9	12	8	8
Week 10	16	8	6
Week 11	16	8	8
Total Hours(must meet the following requirements)	160 Hours

Part 4 – Signatures

Student Signature (electronic):                                Date:

Practicum Faculty Signature (electronic) **:         Date:

** Faculty signature signifies approval of Practicum Experience Plan (PEP)

Submit your Practicum Experience Plan on or before Day 7 of Week 2for faculty review and approval.

Once approved, you will receive a copy of the PEP for your records. You must share an approved copy with your Preceptor. The Preceptor is not required to sign this form.

Conclusion

Incorporating culture in my PMNHP role as a nurse will be one of the recent measures of improving quality in patient care. Transcultural nursing theory has been effective in defining the tactics and treatments that can best support patients’ health. This theory was chosen for the practicum plan because of its impact in meeting the need of many patients who are inclined towards their cultural adherence. Counselling theory was also chosen because psychiatric patients needs a nurse that understand their feelings and can use their behavior patterns to improve care outcomes. In particular, the humanistic aspect of the counseling theory will be implemented to motivate the individuals to achieve the set health goals. The nurses need to prepare adequately in treating patients with a belief system or patients whose cultural background does not readily embrace the suggested standard treatments. My practicum will be an incredible experience. It will help me grow personally and professionally. I will have an idea of what nursing is by understanding the theoretical concepts acquired in class. The experience plan will have the list of activities I will be undertaking to meet the needs of my patients as a transcultural nurse.

References

Hohashi, N. (2019). A Family Belief Systems Theory for transcultural family health care   nursing. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 30(5), 434-443.          https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1043659619853017

Johnson-Lafleur, J., Papazian-Zohrabian, G., & Rousseau, C. (2019). Learning from partnership    tensions in transcultural interdisciplinary case discussion seminars: A qualitative study of        collaborative youth mental health care informed by game theory. Social Science &         Medicine, 237, 112443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112443

Rosa, W. E. (2018). Transcultural pain management: theory, practice, and nurse-client       partnerships. Pain Management Nursing, 19(1), 23-33.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmn.2017.10.007

Watson, J. C. (2018). Mapping patterns of change in emotion-focused psychotherapy: Implications          for theory, research, practice, and training. Psychotherapy Research, 28(3), 389-405.             https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2018.1435920

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• Discuss your professional aims and your proposed practicum objectives with your Preceptor to ascertain if the necessary resources are available at your practicum site.
• Select one nursing theory (use Transcultural nursing theory.)
• and one counseling/psychotherapy theory (not cognitive behavioral).to best guide your clinical practice. Explain why you selected these theories. Support your approach with evidence-based literature.
• Create a timeline of practicum activities that demonstrates how you plan to meet these goals and objectives based on your practicum requirements.

The Assignment
Record the required information in each area of the Practicum Experience Plan template, including 3–4 measurable practicum learning objectives you will use to facilitate your learning during the practicum experience.