Week 1 Assignment 1: Practicum Site Information

Prior to starting the course, you should have applied for a practicum site following the guidelines for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) practice. Now it is time to make it official. For this Assignment, you provide your Clinical Faculty with information about your practicum site, your Preceptor, and your clinical calendar.

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources

Weekly Learning Resources & 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 Site Information Form
• ·  Document: PRAC 6635 Clinical Skills List
• ·  Document: PRAC 6635 Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form
• ·  Document: Practicum Experience Plan Template

To prepare:

• Verify that your practicum application has been approved by logging in to Meditrek.
• Access the Practicum Site Information Form from the Learning Resources. 

Assignment

Complete the designated areas of the Practicum Site Information Form. Include your practicum site and contact information; your Preceptor and contact information; and a schedule of when you plan to engage in onsite practicum activities. 

Students must provide their schedule in the form of a monthly calendar with the time written out on the appropriate date. For example, writing 8 hours on the 5th day of the monthly calendar slot is not acceptable.  You must enter 8am-4pm or 10pm-6pm in the day slot of the monthly calendar.  Students need to complete the calendar for the whole quarter to demonstrate to the faculty the total number of hours to be completed this quarter.  

NOTE: Students have a responsibility to notify faculty of any schedule changes throughout the quarter. 

By Day 7

Submit your completed Practicum Site Information Form. 

submission information

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