PRAC 6635 Week 1: Assignment 2
October 23, 2025PRAC 6635 Week 2 Assignment
October 23, 2025Week 1 Assignment 3: Clinical Hour and Patient Logs
Clinical Hour Log
For this course, all practicum activity hours are logged within the Meditrek system. Hours completed must be logged in Meditrek within 48 hours of completion to earn the points associated with this assignment. You may only log hours with Preceptors that are approved in Meditrek.
Students must complete a minimum of 160 practicum hours.
You may not complete your hours sooner than 8 weeks. You will enter your approved preceptor and clinical faculty as part of each time and patient encounter you log.
Your clinical hour log must include the following:
- Dates
- Course
- Clinical Faculty
- Approved Preceptor
- Total Time (for the day)
- Notes/Comments
Weekly Learning Resources & Required Readings
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. (2018). CPT code training module. https://www.aacap.org/App_Themes/AACAP/docs/clinical_practice_center/business_of_practice/cpt/2018_CPT_module_revised_March_2018.pdf
- · American Association of Nurse Practitioners. (2019). Discussion paper: Standards of practice for nurse practitioners. https://storage.aanp.org/www/documents/advocacy/position-papers/StandardsOfPractice.pdf
- · American Psychiatric Association. (n.d.). CPT coding and reimbursement. https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/practice-management/coding-and-reimbursement
- · American Psychiatric Nurses Association. (2013). Population-focused nurse practitioner competencies. https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmgr/competencies/compilationpopfocuscomps2013.pdf
- Note: Review the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Competencies.
- · HSoft Corporation. (2020). Meditrek: Home. https://edu.meditrek.com/Default.html
- Note: Use this website to log into Meditrek to report your clinical hours and patient encounters.
- · International Council of Nurses. (2020). Guidelines on advanced practice nursing 2020. Author. https://www.icn.ch/system/files/documents/2020-04/ICN_APN%20Report_EN_WEB.pdf
- · The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. (n.d.). Retrieved August 24, 2020, from https://www.nonpf.org/
- · The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. (2017). Nurse practitioner core competencies content. https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmgr/competencies/20170516_NPCoreCompsContentF.pdf
- · Walden University Academic Skills Center. (2017). Developing SMART goals. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/ld.php?content_id=51901492
- · Walden University. (2020). College of Nursing practicum manual: Master of science in nursing (MSN) and post-master’s certificate programs. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/fieldexperience/son/formsanddocuments
- · Walden University Field Experience. (2020a). Field experience: College of Nursing . https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/fieldexperience/son/home
- · Walden University Field Experience. (2020b). Student practicum resources: NP student orientation. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/StudentPracticum/NP_StudentOrientation
- · Document: Practicum Experience Plan Template
Patient Log
Throughout this course, you will also keep a log of patient encounters using Meditrek. You must record at least 80 patients by the end of this practicum. Note: Of those minimum 80 encounters, students must see at least 5 pediatric patients, 5 adolescent patients, 5 adult patients, and 5 older adult patients.
The patient log must include the following:
- Date
- Course
- Clinical Faculty
- Approved Preceptor
- Patient Number
- Client Information
- Visit Information
- Practice Management
- Diagnosis
- Student Notes—Students must include a brief summary/synopsis of the patient visit—this does not need to be a SOAP note; however, the note needs to be sufficient to remember your patient encounter
By Day 7 of Week 1
Record your clinical hours and patient encounters in Meditrek.
Rubric
| PRAC_6635_Week1_Assignment3_Rubric | ||
| Criteria | Ratings | Pts |
| This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Part 1: Time logs and patient logs are completed within 48 hours of completing clinical time. | 5 pts Excellent *Time logs are completed within 48 hours of completing clinical time. *Patient logs are completed within 48 hours of completing clinical time. 0 pts Poor *Time logs are completed more than 48 hours after completing clinical time. *Patient logs are completed more than 48 hours after completing clinical time. | 5 pts |
| This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome *Each entry includes Date, Course, Clinical Instructor, Preceptor, Patient number, Client information, Visit information, Practice management, Diagnosis, Procedures (if applicable), Treatment plan and notes, Notes section (Students must include a brief summary/synopsis of the patient visit—this must include enough information to understand how the patient presnted and the student intervention. Do NOT include EMR SOAP notes. *LOGS MUST BE SUBMITTED WITHIN 48 HOURS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ANY POINTS | 5 pts Excellent *Patient logs include all of the required documentation elements. 0 pts Poor *Patient logs do NOT include all of the required documentation elements. There are some elements missing or the logs are incomplete. *Patient logs were submitted more than 48 hours after completion of the clinical time. | 5 pts |
Total Points: 10
