NU668: Roles and Issues in Advance Practice NursingSU123 Course Syllabus
July 19, 2025WEEK 11 : AT a GLANCE
Journal
assignment
Reminder
resources
practicum review
| What do I have to do? | When do I have to do it? |
|---|---|
| Review your Learning Resources. | Days 1–7 |
| Retrieve your Patient Log | Log into Meditrek and print out your Patient Log for this quarter. |
| Assignment: Journal | Submit your Journal by Day 7. |
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the last week of your practicum! As you have proceeded through the practicum experience, you have been regularly challenged to reflect on your growth and development as you made progress on your goals. Additionally, your Preceptor has evaluated your skills and has provided feedback. As you end this practicum, consider what you have gained from the experiences in your practicum setting. Did you meet your goals and objectives? What were the challenges and how did you manage them? What were the successes and what lessons can you take from those experiences and apply to future experiences? Use your reflections to seek opportunities for growth in the areas you found challenging, while simultaneously celebrating your successes.
This week, your complete a reflective journal on your practicum experience. Additionally, you must log in to Meditrek and download and print out your Patient Log. This serves as a record to provide to healthcare organizations when requested.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
- Assess clinical skills related to advanced psychiatric-mental health nursing practice
- Assess achievement of goals and objectives for the practicum experienceÂ
Journal Entry
Critical reflection of your growth and development during your practicum experience in a clinical setting has the benefit of helping you to identify opportunities for improvement in your clinical skills, while also recognizing your strengths and successes.
Use this Journal to reflect on your clinical strengths and opportunities for improvement, the progress you made, and what insights you will carry forward into your next practicum.
Resources
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
To Prepare
- Refer to the “Population-Focused Nurse Practitioner Competencies” found in the Week 1 Learning Resources, and consider the quality measures or indicators advanced nursing practice nurses must possess in your specialty of interest.
- Refer to your Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form you submitted in Week 1, and consider your strengths and opportunities for improvement.
- Refer to your Patient Log in Meditrek, and consider the patient activities you have experienced in your practicum experience and reflect on your observations and experiences.
Journal Entry (450–500 words)
Learning From Experiences
- Revisit the goals and objectives from your Practicum Experience Plan. Explain the degree to which you achieved each during the practicum experience.
- Reflect on the three (3) most challenging patients you encountered during the practicum experience. What was most challenging about each?
- What did you learn from this experience?
- What resources were available?
- What evidence-based practice did you use for the patients?
- What would you do differently?
- How are you managing patient flow and volume?
- How can you apply your growing skillset to be a social change agent within your community?
Communicating and Feedback
- Reflect on how you might improve your skills and knowledge, and communicate those efforts to your Preceptor.
- Answer the questions: How am I doing? What is missing?
- Reflect on the formal and informal feedback you received from your Preceptor.
By Day 7 of Week 11
Submit your Journal.
submission information
Before submitting your final assignment, you can check your draft for authenticity. To check your draft, access the Turnitin Drafts from the Start Here area.
- To submit your completed assignment, save your Assignment as WK11Assgn+last name+first initial.
- Then, click on Start Assignment near the top of the page.
- Next, click on Upload File and select Submit Assignment for review.
Rubric
PRAC_6665_Week11_Assignment_Rubric
| Criteria | Ratings | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Assimilation and Synthesis: Content Reflection | 50 to >44.0 pts Excellent Reflection demonstrates a high level of critical thinking in applying and integrating key course concepts and theories from readings, lectures, and/or experiences. Insightful and relevant connections are made through contextual explanations and examples. 44 to >39.0 pts Good Reflection demonstrates moderate level of critical thinking in applying and integrating key course concepts and theories from readings, lectures, and/or experiences. Connections are made through explanations and/or examples. 39 to >34.0 pts Fair Reflection demonstrates minimal critical thinking in applying and integrating key course concepts and theories from readings, lectures, and/or experiences. Minimal connections made through explanations and/or examples. 34 to >0 pts Poor Reflection lacks critical thinking. Superficial connections are made with key course concepts and resources, and/or assignments. | 50 pts |
| This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Assimilation and Synthesis: Personal Growth | 30 to >26.0 pts Excellent Expresses solid evidence of reflection on own work. Demonstrates substantial personal growth and awareness of deeper meaning through inferences, well developed insights, and significant depth in awareness and challenges. Synthesizes current experience into future implications. 26 to >23.0 pts Good Expresses moderate evidence of reflection on own work. Demonstrates satisfactory personal growth and awareness through some inferences, insights, and challenges. There is mention of the future implications of student’s current experience. 23 to >20.0 pts Fair Expresses minimal evidence of reflection on own work. Demonstrates less than adequate personal growth and awareness through limited or simplistic inferences made, insights, and/or challenges that are not well developed. Minimal thought of future implications of student’s current experience. 20 to >0 pts Poor Expresses inadequate evidence of reflection on own work. Personal growth and awareness are not evident and/or demonstrate an impersonal experience. Lacks personal insights, challenges, inferences, and/or future implications are overlooked. | 30 pts |
| This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Written Expression and Formatting | 15 to >13.0 pts Excellent Well written and clearly organized using standard English, characterized by elements of a strong writing style and basically free from grammar, punctuation, usage, and spelling errors. 13 to >11.0 pts Good Above average writing style and logically organized using standard English with minor errors in grammar, punctuation, usage, and spelling. 11 to >10.0 pts Fair Average writing style that is sometimes unclear and/or with some errors in grammar, punctuation, usage, and spelling. 10 to >0 pts Poor Poor writing style lacking in standard English, clarity, language used, and/or frequent errors in grammar, punctuation, usage, and spelling. Needs work. | 15 pts |
| This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome APA | 5 to >4.0 pts Excellent Contains no APA errors. 4 to >3.5 pts Good Contains one to two (1–2) APA errors. 3.5 to >3.0 pts Fair Contains three to five (3–5) APA errors. 3 to >0 pts Poor Contains more than five (>5) APA errors. | 5 pts |
Total Points: 100
