PRAC 6645 Practicum Experience Plan (PEP)
Part 2: Individualized Practicum Learning Objectives
Objective 1: Over the next ten weeks, I will conduct clinical evaluations on at least three persons who have been diagnosed with numerous mental illnesses, following the diagnostic criteria specified in the DSM-V.
Planned Activities: For the purpose of reducing avoidable disruptions in medication distribution, I will diligently review the health records of each patient during my routine hourly inspections (Fraino & Selix, 2021).
Mode of Assessment: In order to achieve my objectives, I need to conduct a minimum of ten diagnostic evaluations per week (Wesemann & Handrup, 2021).
PRAC Course Outcome(s) Addressed:
- Consider both the present and future ability of a person to become an exceptionally skilled psychiatric-mental health nurse.
- Enhance the diagnosis procedure for individuals receiving mental health care in a hospital or comparable environment, irrespective of their age.
- Utilize modern nursing techniques to assess, recognize, and oversee patients with mental health disorders.
Objective 2: Within the next eight weeks, I will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to accurately identify the most effective screening instrument and its optimal use for detecting a minimum of five persons each day who have coexisting mental health issues.
Planned Activities: I will explore many approaches to diagnosing mental disorders. Consequently, I will employ the most efficient diagnostic methodologies customized for each individual, using data that is both subjective and objective (Wesemann et al., 2022).
Mode of Assessment: The DSM-V diagnostic guidelines will be used to see how well the information gathered matches up with the diagnostic tool’s data (Frissora & Ranz, 2021).
PRAC Course Outcome(s) Addressed:
- Apply the acquired expertise in advanced nursing practice to assess patients with mental illness, provide diagnoses, and deliver treatment in mental healthcare environments.
- Analyze many instances of pioneering therapies for mental disorders that have been delivered to individuals across various age groups.
- Recognize the need to make a differential diagnosis when offering mental health assistance to persons across all age ranges.
Objective 3: During the following eleven weeks, I will include offering advice to at least five patients on how to maximize the effectiveness of psychotropic drugs. Additionally, I will actively engage in group counseling sessions and lead family therapy sessions, all with the aim of improving their treatment results.
Planned Activities: My everyday responsibilities will include helping clients comprehend their mental health conditions, including the root reasons and available treatment choices, such as psychological counseling (Vick et al., 2024).
Mode of Assessment: In order to assess satisfaction among patients, I will proactively solicit feedback and promptly address any inquiries they may have regarding the information I have provided (Haefner & Filter, 2022).
PRAC Course Outcome(s) Addressed:
- Explore the development of novel therapies for mental disorders that impact individuals across all age ranges.
- Developing treatment plans that optimize patient outcomes involves integrating pharmaceuticals and counseling within the therapeutic process.
- Work alongside diverse teams to improve treatment protocols in psychiatric centers.
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 understand I may not complete my practicum hours sooner than eight weeks. I understand 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 | 15 | 10 | 8 |
Week 2 | 14 | 6 | 6 |
Week 3 | 15 | 8 | 8 |
Week 4 | 15 | 8 | 6 |
Week 5 | 14 | 6 | 6 |
Week 6 | 15 | 8 | 6 |
Week 7 | 14 | 10 | 6 |
Week 8 | 15 | 8 | 6 |
Week 9 | 16 | 8 | 6 |
Week 10 | 13 | 8 | 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
Fraino, J. A., & Selix, N. (2021). Facilitating Well-Rounded Clinical Experience for Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Students. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 17(8), 1004–1009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2021.05.015
Frissora, K. M., & Ranz, J. M. (2020). A Community Psychiatry Nurse Practitioner Fellowship: Preparing Nurse Practitioners for Mental Health Workforce Expansion. Psychiatric Services, appi.ps.2019004. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900420
Haefner, J., & Filter, M. (2022). Educating mental health nurse practitioners on interprofessional collaboration and preparing them for collaborative practice. The Journal of Doctoral Nursing Practice/the Journal of Doctoral Nursing Practice, 15(1), 3–10. https://doi.org/10.1891/jdnp-2021-0006
Vick, R., Walker, J., Ketel, C., Zsamboky, M., & Simmons, M. (2024). Utilizing an HRSA Training Grant to promote PMHNP Student Resilience: Answering the Call to Enhance Trauma-Informed Teaching and Learning Practices in Nursing Education. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, pp. 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2024.2308554
Wesemann, D. E., & Handrup, C. (2021). Where is the psychotherapy content in PMHNP programs? Perspectives in Psychiatric Care. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppc.12904
Wesemann, D., Convoy, S., Goldstein, D., & Melino, K. (2022). How PMHNP Program Directors Facilitate Psychotherapeutic Skill Acquisition. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 107839032210919. 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 psychotherapy approaches and techniques in mind.
Resources
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
Learning Resources
Required Readings
- American Psychiatric Nurses Association. (2020). APRN psychiatric-mental health nursing practice.
- Links to an external site. https://www.apna.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3846
- Center for Connected Health Policy
- Links to an external site.
https://www.cchpca.org/
- Meditrek
- Links 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.
- Walden University Academic Skills Center. (2017). Developing SMART goals.
- Download Developing SMART goals.
https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/ld.php?content_id=51901492
- Document: Practicum Experience Plan Template
- Download Practicum Experience Plan Template (Word document)
- Document: Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Note Exemplar
- Download Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Note Exemplar
- Document: Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Note Template
Required Media
- Kilcrease, D. (2018). Chapter 4: Theoretical foundations of nursing practice [Video].
- Links to an external site. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuXWJeoV9j8
- Les Services Psychologiques Medipsy Psychological Services. (2015). The different models (theories) of psychotherapy
- Links to an external site. [Video].
- Links to an external site. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCQNtQA9Lg0
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.
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.
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_6645_Week2_Assignment2_Rubric
Criteria | Ratings | Pts | ||||
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This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Record the required information in each area of the Practicum Experience Plan (PEP):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 Outcome Part 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 Outcome Part 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 |
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15 pts | ||||
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Written Expression and Formatting—English Writing Standards: Correct grammar, mechanics, and proper punctuation. |
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5 pts | ||||
Total Points: 100 |