PRAC 6635 WEEK 2 Practicum Experience Plan (PEP)
Practicum Experience Plan
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
Objective 1: To enhance my diagnostic abilities, I will conduct clinical assessments on at least five patients each week for the next ten weeks using the diagnostic criteria found in the fifth edition of the DSM-V.
Planned Activities: During my regular hourly check-ins, I will thoroughly review each patient’s health records to minimize preventable interruptions in the provision of medication (Aggarwal et al., 2022).
Mode of Assessment: Online telemedicine consultations for combined psychotropic medication and joint care.
PRAC Course Outcome(s) Addressed:
- Enhance the diagnostic process for individuals receiving mental health care in a hospital or comparable environment, regardless of their age.
- Apply contemporary nursing methodologies to evaluate, identify, and provide treatment for individuals with mental health disorders (Wesemann et al., 2022).
Objective 2: After ten weeks, I will have improved my pharmacological knowledge by understanding how to give pharmaceuticals based on the patient’s age, as well as their classifications, uses, adverse reactions, and interactions, by evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
Planned Activities: Analyze drug classification, interactions, and administration techniques. When creating a treatment plan, consider the side effects and circumstances in which the medication should not be administered (Kaas, 2019).
Mode of Assessment: Online telemedicine consultations for combined psychotropic medication and joint care.
PRAC Course Outcome(s) Addressed:
- Compile a comprehensive list of potential diagnoses for anybody, regardless of age, experiencing mental health problems.
- Utilize advanced nursing practice clinical guidelines to diagnose and treat patients in psychiatric hospitals (Muench & Fraze, 2022).
Objective 3: I will help at least five individuals utilize psychotropic meds as prescribed, participate in group psychotherapy, and engage in family therapy throughout the following eleven weeks.
Planned Activities: I will collaborate with my preceptor and other team members to create treatment plans, conduct assessments, and provide suggestions (Kaas, 2019).
Mode of Assessment: Online telemedicine consultations for combined psychotropic medication and joint care.
PRAC Course Outcome(s) Addressed:
- Provide successful psychopharmacology-based therapy regimens and psychotherapy to mentally ill patients.
- Participating in multidisciplinary teams to enhance therapeutic processes in mental health facilities is a crucial aspect of being a catalyst for social change (Johnson et al., 2020).
The Nursing Theory and Counselling Theory
In nursing, theories are essential because they provide organized practice frameworks and function as guiding concepts for practice tasks. I have chosen Person-Centered Therapy as the counseling theory and Callista Roy’s Roy Adaptation Model as the nursing philosophy for my clinical work. The Roy Adaptation Model emphasizes the interconnection of a person’s psychological, social, and biological systems while concentrating on that person’s ability to adapt to internal and external influences. This concept applies primarily to clinical settings when patients encounter intricate health issues necessitating thorough evaluation and solutions. This paradigm promotes adaptation, thereby contributing to maintaining the state of well-being and health while encouraging broad patient care. Studies have shown that using the Roy Adaptation Model can positively impact patient outcomes, as it promotes the development of effective coping mechanisms and enhances patients’ overall care (Morrow & Roy, 2022).
Person-centered therapy (PCT) emphasizes the significance of therapeutic connections and an individual’s self-directed development. PCT fosters a receptive and encouraging atmosphere, allowing participants to articulate their views, experiences, and emotions freely. Implementing this method is crucial for cultivating a therapeutic relationship, which strongly indicates favorable treatment results. The approach promotes authenticity, unwavering acceptance, and understanding from the therapist, fostering clients’ personal growth and resilience (Tudor, 2022). Integrating the Roy Adaptation Model with Person-Centered Therapy is crucial for delivering comprehensive and patient-focused therapy. This combination facilitates addressing patients’ mental and physical requirements, boosting their total health and well-being.
Part 3: Projected Timeline/Schedule
I intend to complete the 144 or 160 Practicum 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 may not complete my practicum hours sooner than eight weeks. I may not be in the practicum setting longer than 8 hours per day unless pre-approved by my faculty.
| 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 hours) | Number of Weekly Hours for Practicum Coursework (these are not practicum hours) | |
| Week 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 |
| Week 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 |
| Week 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 |
| Week 4 | 14 | 10 | 6 |
| Week 5 | 15 | 8 | 8 |
| Week 6 | 15 | 8 | 6 |
| Week 7 | 14 | 8 | 8 |
| Week 8 | 16 | 8 | 6 |
| Week 9 | 16 | 6 | 6 |
| Week 10 | 14 | 10 | 6 |
| Week 11 | 14 | 8 | 6 |
| Total Hours (must meet the following requirements) | 160 Hours | 90 Hours | 70 Hours |
Part 4 – Signatures
Student Signature (electronic): Date:
Practicum Faculty Signature (electronic)**: Date:
References
Aggarwal, R., Cowley, D. S., Tang, J., Lundquist, R. S., Wolf, K. M., & Walaszek, A. (2022). Understanding the training of psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners. Academic Psychiatry, 47(3), 304–308. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-022-01679-0
Johnson, D. S., Ling, A., & Melino, K. (2020). Exploring readiness for teleprecepting in Psychiatric Mental Health nurse practitioner training. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 27(2), 169–173. https://doi.org/10.1177/1078390320948127
Kaas, M. J. (2019). Will we be ready? Preparing Psychiatric-Mental Health nurses for future practice. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 26(1), 112–119. https://doi.org/10.1177/1078390319878767
Morrow, M. R., & Roy, C. (2022). A Nurse Theorist’s Life of Providence: A dialogue with sister Callista Roy. Nursing Science Quarterly, 35(3), 311–314. https://doi.org/10.1177/08943184221092439
Muench, U., & Fraze, T. K. (2022). The Future of Behavioral Health—Harnessing the potential of Psychiatric Mental Health nurse practitioners. JAMA Network Open, 5(7), e2224365. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.24365
Tudor, K. (2022). There and back again: re-envisioning ‘relationship therapy’ as the center of contemporary, cultural, and contextual person-centered therapy. Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies, 21(2), 188–206. https://doi.org/10.1080/14779757.2022.2066562
Wesemann, D., Convoy, S., Goldstein, D., & Melino, K. (2022). How PMHNP Program Directors Facilitate Psychotherapeutic Skill Acquisition. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 30(2), 288–299. https://doi.org/10.1177/10783903221091980
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Practicum Experience Plan (PEP)
As you establish your goals and objectives for this course, you are committing to an organized plan that will frame your practicum experience in a clinical setting, including planned activities, assessment, and achievement of defined outcomes. In particular, they must address the categories of clinical reasoning, quality in your clinical specialty, and interpersonal collaborative practice.
For this Assignment, you will consider the areas you aim to focus on to gain practical experience as an advanced practice nurse. Then, you will develop a Practicum Experience Plan (PEP) containing the objectives you will fulfill in order to achieve your aims. In this practicum experience, when developing your goals and objectives, be sure to keep psychiatric assessment and diagnostic reasoning in mind.
Resources
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
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To Prepare
- 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.
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Assignment
Record the required information in each area of the Practicum Experience Plan template, including three to four (3–4) practicum learning objectives you will use to facilitate your learning during the practicum experience.
By Day 7
Submit the?Practicum Experience Plan for?assessment?and?Faculty?approval.?When your Instructor has approved your plan, forward the signed PEP to your Preceptor, and retain a copy for your records.
submission information
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Rubric
PRAC_6635_Week2_Assignment2_Rubric
| Criteria | Ratings | Pts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeRecord the required information in each area of the Practicum Experience Plan (PEP), including three (3) individualized Practicum Learning Objectives you will use to facilitate your learning during the Practicum experience.Part 1: Quarter/Term/Year and Contact Information: ? Identify Quarter/Term/Year:? Identify Student Contact Information, including: Name, Street Address, City, State, Zip, Home Phone, Work Phone, Cell Phone, Fax, and Walden University Email ? Identify Preceptor Contact Information, including: Name, Organization, Street Address, City, State, Zip, Work Phone, Cell Phone, Fax, and Professional/Work Email. |
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5 pts | ||||
| This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePart 2: Individualized Practicum Learning Objectives: Explain three Individualized Practicum Learning Objectives that address your self-assessment of the skills found in the Clinical Skills Self-Assessment, are SMART (i.e., Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Results-focused, Time-focused), and meet the requirements for this course. Each Practicum Learning Objective must describe planned activities, mode of assessment, and PRAC course outcome(s) addressed for the skills you would like to improve from your self-assessment. Select one nursing theory and one counseling/psychotherapy theory to best guide your clinical practice, explaining these 2 chosen theories with supporting evidenced-based literature. |
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75 pts | ||||
| This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePart 3: Projected Timeline/Schedule: Describe your Practicum timeline/schedule, including: ? Number of weekly hours projected to work on your Practicum ? Number of weekly hours for Professional Development ? Number of weekly hours for Practicum Project Per the Practicum guidelines, you may use no more than one-third of your hours for your Practicum Project. |
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15 pts | ||||
| This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWritten Expression and Formatting—English Writing Standards: Correct grammar, mechanics, and proper punctuation. |
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5 pts | ||||
| Total Points: 100 | ||||||