CLINICAL SKILLS 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 PRAC 6635 Clinical Skills List and PRAC 6635 Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form, provided in the Learning Resources, can be used to celebrate your progress throughout your practicum and identify skills gaps. The list covers all necessary skills you should demonstrate during your practicum experience.
For this Assignment, you assess where you are now in your clinical skill development and make plans for this practicum. Specifically, you will identify strengths and opportunities for improvement regarding the required practicum skills. In this practicum experience, when developing your goals and objectives, be sure to keep assessment and diagnostic reasoning in mind.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
WEEKLY RESOURCE
To prepare:
• Review the clinical skills in the PRAC 6635 Clinical Skills List document. It is recommended that you print out this document to serve as a guide throughout your practicum.
• Review the “Developing SMART Goals” resource on how to develop goals and objectives that follow the SMART framework.
• Download the PRAC 6635 Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form to complete this Assignment.
ASSIGNMENT
Use the PRAC 6635 Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form to complete the following:
• Rate yourself according to your confidence level performing the procedures identified on the Clinical Skills 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 three to four (3–4) measurable goals and objectives for this practicum experience. Include them on the designated area of the form.
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• American Association of Nurse Practitioners. (2019). Discussion paper: Standards of practice for nurse practitionersLinks to an external site.. https://storage.aanp.org/www/documents/advocacy/position-papers/StandardsOfPractice.pdf
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• American Psychiatric Nurses Association. (2013). Population-focused nurse practitioner competencies.Links to an external site.https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmgr/competencies/compilationpopfocuscomps2013.pdf
Note: Review the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Competencies.
• HSoft Corporation. (2020). Meditrek: HomeLinks 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.
• International Council of Nurses. (2020). Guidelines on advanced practice nursing 2020Links to an external site.. Author. https://www.icn.ch/system/files/documents/2020-04/ICN_APN%20Report_EN_WEB.pdf
• The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner FacultiesLinks to an external site.. (n.d.). Retrieved August 24, 2020, from https://www.nonpf.org/
• The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner FacultiesLinks to an external site.. (2017). Nurse practitioner core competencies content. https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmgr/competencies/20170516_NPCoreCompsContentF.pdf
• Walden University Academic Skills Center. (2017). Developing SMART goalsLinks to an external site.. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/ld.php?content_id=51901492
• Walden University. (2020). College of Nursing practicum manual: Master of science in nursing (MSN) and post-master’s certificate programsLinks to an external site.. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/fieldexperience/son/formsanddocuments
• Walden University Field Experience. (2020a). Field experience: College of NursingLinks to an external site.. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/fieldexperience/son/home
• Walden University Field Experience. (2020b). Student practicum resources: NP student orientationLinks to an external site.. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/StudentPracticum/NP_StudentOrientation
