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July 4, 2025PRAC 6635 Week 1 Assignment 3
July 4, 2025Week 1 Assignment 2: Clinical Skills Self-Assessment
Before embarking on any professional or academic activity, it is important to understand the background, knowledge, and experience you bring to it. You might ask yourself, “What do I already know? What do I need to know? And what do I want to know?” This critical self-reflection is especially important for developing clinical skills, such as those for advanced practice nursing.
The PRAC 6635 Clinical Skills List and PRAC 6635 Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form, provided in the Learning Resources, can be used to celebrate your progress throughout your practicum and identify skills gaps. The list covers all necessary skills you should demonstrate during your practicum experience.
For this Assignment, you assess where you are now in your clinical skill development and make plans for this practicum. Specifically, you will identify strengths and opportunities for improvement regarding the required practicum skills. In this practicum experience, when developing your goals and objectives, be sure to keep assessment and diagnostic reasoning in mind.
Weekly Learning Resources
- 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 Â
- · American Psychiatric Nurses Association. (2013). Population-focused nurse practitioner competencies. https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmgr/competencies/compilationpopfocuscomps2013.pdf
- Note:Â 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: PRAC 6635 Clinical Skills List
- · Document: PRAC 6635 Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
To prepare: Â
- Review the clinical skills in the PRAC 6635 Clinical Skills List document. It is recommended that you print out this document to serve as a guide throughout your practicum.
- Review the “Developing SMART Goals” resource on how to develop goals and objectives that follow the SMART framework.
- Download the PRAC 6635 Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form to complete this Assignment.  
Assignment
Use the PRAC 6635 Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form to complete the following:
- Rate yourself according to your confidence level performing the procedures identified on the Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form. Â
- Based on your ratings, summarize your strengths and opportunities for improvement.  Â
- Based on your self-assessment and theory of nursing practice, develop three to four (3–4) measurable goals and objectives for this practicum experience. Include them on the designated area of the form.  Â
By Day 7
Submit your completed Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form.
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Rubric
| PRAC_6635_Week1_Assignment2_Rubric | ||
| Criteria | Ratings | Pts |
| This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Rate yourself according to your confidence level performing the skills identified on the Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form. | 25 to >22.0 pts Excellent The response provides ratings for all skills on the form. 22 to >19.0 pts Good The response provides ratings for most of the skills on the form. 19 to >17.0 pts Fair The response provides ratings for some of the skills on the form. 17 to >0 pts Poor The response provides ratings for only a few skills on the form, or ratings are missing. | 25 pts |
| This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Based on your ratings, summarize your strengths and opportunities for improvement. | 30 to >26.0 pts Excellent The response provides an accurate, clear, and complete summary of both the strengths and opportunities for improvement. 26 to >23.0 pts Good The response provides an accurate summary of both the strengths and opportunities for improvement. 23 to >20.0 pts Fair The response provides a somewhat vague, inaccurate, or incomplete summary of both the strengths and opportunities for improvement. 20 to >0 pts Poor The response provides a vague, inaccurate, or incomplete summary of the strengths and/or opportunities for improvement, or the summaries are missing. | 30 pts |
| This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Based on your self-assessment and theory of nursing practice, develop three to four (3–4) measurable goals and objectives for this Practicum experience. Include them on the designated area of the form. | 30 to >26.0 pts Excellent The response provides three to four (3–4) clear, appropriate, and measurable goals and objectives for the practicum experience. 26 to >23.0 pts Good The response provides three to four (3–4) appropriate, measurable goals and objectives for the practicum experience. 23 to >20.0 pts Fair The response provides three to four (3–4) somewhat unclear or inappropriate goals and objectives for the practicum experience. 20 to >0 pts Poor The response provides three to four (3–4) unclear or inappropriate goals and objectives for the practicum experience, or goals and objectives are missing. | 30 pts |
| This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Written Expression and Formatting—Paragraph Development and Organization:Paragraphs make clear points that support well-developed ideas, flow logically, and demonstrate continuity of ideas. Sentences are carefully focused—neither long and rambling, nor short and lacking substance. A clear and comprehensive purpose statement and introduction is provided, which delineates all required criteria. | 5 to >4.0 pts Excellent Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity. … A clear and comprehensive purpose statement, introduction, and conclusion is provided, which delineates all required criteria. 4 to >3.5 pts Good Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity 80% of the time. … Purpose, introduction, and conclusion of the assignment is stated, yet is brief and not descriptive. 3.5 to >3.0 pts Fair Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity 60%–79% of the time. … Purpose, introduction, and conclusion of the assignment is vague or off topic. 3 to >0 pts Poor Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity < 60% of the time. … No purpose statement, introduction, or conclusion was provided. | 5 pts |
| This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Written Expression and Formatting—English Writing Standards: Correct grammar, mechanics, and proper punctuation. | 5 to >4.0 pts Excellent Uses correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation with no errors. 4 to >3.5 pts Good Contains a few (1 or 2) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. 3.5 to >3.0 pts Fair Contains several (3 or 4) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. 3 to >0 pts Poor Contains many (≥ 5) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors that interfere with the reader’s understanding. | 5 pts |
| This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Written Expression and Formatting—APA Format: The paper follows correct APA format for title page, headings, font, spacing, margins, indentations, page numbers, parenthetical/in-text citations, and Reference List. | 5 to >4.0 pts Excellent Uses correct APA format with no errors. 4 to >3.5 pts Good Contains a few (1 or 2) APA format errors. 3.5 to >3.0 pts Fair Contains several (3 or 4) APA format errors. 3 to >0 pts Poor Contains many (≥ 5) APA format errors. | 5 pts |
Total Points: 100
