Assignment Instructions

In 450–500 words, address the following:

Learning From Experiences

1-Revisit the goals and objectives from your Practicum Experience Plan. Explain the degree to which you achieved each during the practicum experience.

2-Reflect on the 3 most challenging patients you encountered during the practicum experience. What was most challenging about each?

3- What did you learn from this experience?

4- What resources were available?

5- What evidence-based practice did you use for the patients?

6-What would you do differently?

7-How are you managing patient flow and volume?

8- How can you apply your growing skillset to be a social change agent within your community?

Clinical Goals and objectives

Goal # 1 Become confident in selecting appropriate evidence based clinical practice guidelines for medication plan by the end of this practicum.

Objective #1: Study the risk and benefit, patient preference, developmental considerations for medication groups associated with each modality.

Objective #2: Become familiar with the process of informed consent, symptom management.

Goal #2 Improve my professionalism skills in Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to improve clinical practice in mental health settings by the end of this practicum.

Objective#1: Review the scope of practice of the different healthcare professional involved in the care of the patient and know who to reach out to for each situation.

Objective #2: Learn different ways of communication to pass across patient’s data.

Goal#3 Become confident in the use of screening instruments in the care of most psychiatric disorders and psychotherapy by the end of this practicum.

Objective#1: Selecting and implementing appropriate screening instrument.

Objective #2: Interpreting results, and making recommendations and referrals

American Psychiatric Nurses Association. (2013). Population-focused nurse practitioner competencies. https://www.apna.org/files/Councils/Population-Focused-NP-Competencies-2013.pdf