Degree:  Master of Science in Nursing 

There are many ways of knowing. Think about how you learn in both your personal and professional life. Discuss various ways you have gained knowledge through your observational experiences during your capstone practicum by answering the following questions:

• What is the focus of your capstone practicum?
• What have you observed thus far?
• How do you determine if the information presented is valid and accurate?
• Review the “hierarchy of evidence” model and determine where you seek most of your information for both your personal and professional life and why.
• Provide personal examples.
• Include at least 2 scholarly articles supporting your statements.

Review your Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form you submitted last week and think about areas for which you would like to gain application-level experience and/or continued growth as an advanced practice nurse. How can your experiences in the practicum help you achieve these aims?  

Review the information related to developing objectives provided in this week’s Learning Resources. Your practicum learning objectives that you want to achieve during your practicum experience must be: 

Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Results-focused, Time-bound.

Reflective of the higher-order domains of Bloom’s taxonomy (i.e., application level and above)  

Note: Please make sure your objectives are individualized and outlined in your Practicum Experience Plan (PEP). While you may add previous objectives to continue to work toward. You must have 3 new objectives for each class, each quarter. 

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 and one counseling/psychotherapy theory 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 main Assignment

POST : 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.  

 LEARNING Resources

Carlat, D. J. (2017). The psychiatric interview (4th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.For review as needed:

“Section I. General Principles of Effective Interviewing” (Chapters 1–13)

“Section III. Interviewing for Diagnosis: The Psychiatric Review of Symptoms” (Chapters 19–22) Appendixes A–C

MeditrekLinks 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.

Links to an external site.

Walden University Academic Skills Center. (2017). Developing SMART goalsLinks to an external site..

https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/ld.php?content_id=51901492

Complete this schedule.

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 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.

 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.

Objective 1: (Note: this objective should relate to a specific skill you would like to improve from your self-assessment)

Planned Activities:

Mode of Assessment: (Note: Verification will be documented )

PRAC Course Outcome(s) Addressed:

(for example) Develop professional plans in advanced nursing practice for the practicum experience

(for example) Assess advanced practice nursing skills for strengths and

opportunities

Objective 2: (Note: this objective should relate to a specific skill you would like to improve from your self-assessment)

Planned Activities:

Mode of Assessment: (Note: Verification will be documented)

PRAC Course Outcome(s) Addressed:

Objective 3: (Note: this objective should relate to a specific skill you would like to improve from your self-assessment)

Planned Activities:

Mode of Assessment: (Note: Verification will be documented )

PRAC Course Outcome(s) Addressed:

please use the attached book. 

Choose one of the following to respond to in Week 1 Discussion Board;

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Chapter 1, Exercise 1.5 or

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Chapter 2, Exercise 2.1 or

·
Chapter 2, Exercise 2.4

Respond with a minimum of two (2) paragraphs of 4-5 sentences each.

1.
You should address each bullet point in the exercise you select.

2.
Your work should have in-text citations integrating at a minimum one scholarly article from this week's readings and course textbook.

3.
APA format should be utilized to include a reference list.

4.
Correct grammar, spelling, and APA should be adhered to when writing, work should be scholarly without personalization or first person use.

To prepare: the key requirements are to identify a hypothetical practice problem as the focus of an evidence-based quality improvement project; a hypothetical health care setting for the project based on investigating actual sites; stakeholders for project approval and implementation within health care settings; and a presentation outlining the basic steps of a specific framework/model for translating research and evidence to improved practice.

The Assignment:Part 1: Key Project Elements

Complete your p a p e r of 6–8 pages, plus cover page and references page, explaining your investigation of three hypothetical practice sites for an Evidence based practice QI project.

Part 2: Implementation Science Presentation

Complete your PowerPoint presentation of 3–5 slides, plus cover and reference slides, to inform hypothetical stakeholders.