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WEEK 8: Reflection

I was in a pediatric clinic for the past 8 weeks

Through this assignment, the student will:  

• Review clinical encounters to identify gaps in experience. 
• Propose a plan to narrow the gaps in experience. 
• Identify their own feelings regarding their progress, achievement of personal goals and weaknesses. 
• Chose two (2) NONPF CORE competencies and discuss how the student has met or plans to meet them in the future.  

Requirements:

There are two parts to this assignment.   

• In part 1, students will review their clinical experience documentation in to write a narrative about their experience thus far.  Students should: 
  • Review their patient encounters and identify experience gaps in terms of age, acuity, certain procedures, level of complexity, etc. 
  • State how they plan to narrow this gap in future practicums (i.e., focus on seeing pediatric patients under the age of 5, finding a separate pediatric site for a later practicum, et cetera) 
  • Discuss how they have progressed throughout the practicum by identifying the goals that they have achieved and/or are still working toward 
  • Identify areas of weakness and communicate a plan to address these areas  
• Choose two of the NONPF CORE competencies and describe either (a) how you have met them or (b) how you plan to work toward meeting them in the future. Provide specific examples from your clinical rotation as support.  FNP NONPF CORE competencies can be found at:  https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmgr/competencies/2017_NPCoreComps_with_Curric.pdf (Links to an external site.) 

Preparing the paper

• The written portion of this assignment is to be completed in a WORD document (.doc) and submitted to the course.  
• Grammar, punctuation, spelling should be observed.  In-text citations and reference page should follow APA format.  
• Assignments will not be accepted once the course closes in Week 8.

  

ASSIGNMENT CONTENT

 

Category

Points

%

Description

 

Identify gaps in patient experiences 

10 

20% 

After reviewing the clinical encounter summary, the student   identifies any gaps in specific patient experiences (i.e. ages, acuities,   complexities, procedures, assessments, etc.) and introduces a plan to narrow   this gap in future practicum experiences.  The student also outlines   their practicum plan for the remaining classes. 

 

Discuss progression in clinical 

10 

20% 

The student discusses their overall progression in this   clinical rotation; specifically identifying personal goals that were achieved   or how the student plans to achieve in future practicum experiences. 

 

Identify areas of weakness  

10 

20% 

The student identifies specific areas of weakness in the   clinical setting and communicates a plan to address these deficiencies. 

 

NONPF competencies  

10 

20% 

Student choses two NONPF CORE competencies and   describes how the competencies were met or how the student plans to   meet.  Specific examples from the clinical rotation should be   provided. 

   

40

80%