Assignment 2: Practicum Experience Plan (PEP)

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. 

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 outlined in your Practicum Experience Plan (PEP).  

  • Discuss your professional aims and your proposed practicum objectives with your Preceptor to ascertain if the necessary resources are available at your practicum site. 

grading rubric

Record 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:
ᵒ Identify Quarter/Term/Year:

ᵒ Identify Student Contact Information, including:
Name, Street Address, City, State, Zip, Home Phone, Work Phone, Cell Phone, Fax, and Walden University Email

ᵒ Identify Preceptor Contact Information, including:
Name, Organization, Street Address, City, State, Zip, Work Phone, Cell Phone, Fax, and Professional/Work Email.–

Excellent

5 (5%) – 5 (5%)Good

4 (4%) – 4 (4%)Fair

3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%)Poor

0 (0%) – 3 (3%)

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.–

Excellent

69 (69%) – 75 (75%)Good

60 (60%) – 68 (68%)Fair

53 (53%) – 59 (59%)Poor

0 (0%) – 52 (52%)

Part 3: Projected Timeline/Schedule:

Describe your Practicum timeline/schedule, including:

ᵒ Number of weekly hours projected to work on your Practicum

ᵒ Number of weekly hours for Professional Development

ᵒ 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.–

Excellent

14 (14%) – 15 (15%)Good

12 (12%) – 13 (13%)Fair

11 (11%) – 11 (11%)Poor

0 (0%) – 10 (10%)

Written Expression and Formatting—English Writing Standards: Correct grammar, mechanics, and proper punctuation.–

Excellent

5 (5%) – 5 (5%)Good

4 (4%) – 4 (4%)Fair 3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%)

Student Resources and Manuals – Field Experience: College of Nursing – Academic Guides at Walden UniversityExisting Account: If students and preceptors already have Meditrek credentials created but lost their username and/ password, they request their username and password to be reset directly on the Meditrek home page at https://edu.meditrek.com by clicking on the link for “Forgot your password or username?” at the bottom of the screen. New Account: If students and preceptors do not already …academicguides.waldenu.edu

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