NURS6531 Week 4 Assignment: Practicum Experience – Journal Entry 

NURS6531 Week 4 Assignment: Practicum Experience – Journal Entry

NURS6531 Week 4 Assignment: Practicum Experience – Journal Entry

Week 1 question

Assignment: Practicum Experience – Journal Entry

As a future advanced practice nurse, it is important that you are able to connect your classroom experience to your Practicum Experience. By applying the concepts that you study in the classroom to clinical settings, you enhance your professional competency. Each week, you complete an Assignment such as Journal Entries and SOAP Notes that prompts you to reflect on your Practicum Experiences and relate them to the material presented in the classroom. This week, you begin documenting your Practicum Experiences in your Practicum Journal.

To prepare for this course’s Practicum Experience, address the following in your Practicum Journal:

Select and describe a nursing theory to guide your practice.

Develop goals and objectives for your Practicum Experience in this course. When developing your goals and objectives, be sure to keep the seven domains of practice in mind.

Create a timeline of practicum activities based on your practicum requirements.

By Day 7 of Week 4

This Assignment is due. You will submit this Week 1 Journal Entry, along with the Week 2 Journal Entry, the Week 3 SOAP Note, and Week 4 Journal Entry by Day 7 of Week 4.

Week 2 question

Assignment: Practicum Experience – Journal Entry

After completing this week’s Practicum Experience, reflect on pattern recognition in diagnoses. Explain how pattern recognition of patient symptoms might help lead to a diagnosis. If you have not yet been placed at a practicum site, please contact your Instructor.

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By Day 7 of Week 4

This Assignment is due. You will submit this Week 2 Journal Entry, along with the Week 1 Journal Entry, the Week 3 SOAP Note, and Week 4 Journal Entry by Day 7 of Week 4.

Week 3 question

Journal

In addition to Journal Entries, SOAP Note submissions are a way to reflect on your Practicum Experiences and connect these experiences to your classroom experience. SOAP Notes, such as the ones required in this course, are often used in clinical settings to document patient care. Please refer to the Seidel, et. al. book excerpt and the Gagan article located in this week’s Learning Resources for guidance on writing SOAP Notes.

After completing this week’s Practicum Experience, select a patient that you examined during the last 3 weeks. With this patient in mind, address the following in a SOAP Note:

Subjective: What details did the patient provide regarding his or her personal and medical history?

Objective: What observations did you make during the physical assessment?

Assessment: What were your differential diagnoses? Provide a minimum of three possible diagnoses. List them from highest priority to lowest priority. What was your primary diagnosis and why?

Plan: What was your plan for diagnostics and primary diagnosis? What was your plan for treatment and management including alternative therapies?

Reflection notes: What would you do differently in a similar patient evaluation?

By Day 7 of Week 4

This Assignment is due. You will submit this Week 3 SOAP Note along with your Journal Entries (Weeks 1, 2, and 4) by Day 7 of Week 4.

Week 4 question

Assignment: Practicum Experience – Journal Entry

After completing this week’s Practicum Experience, reflect on a patient with a known history of a cardiovascular disorder such as a blood clot or arrhythmia. Describe the patient’s personal and medical history, drug therapy and treatments, and follow-up care. If you did not evaluate a patient with this background during the last four weeks, you may select a related case study from a reputable source or reflect on previous clinical experiences.

By Day 7 of Week 4

This Assignment is due. You will submit this Week 4 Journal Entry along with the Week 1 and Week 2 Journal Entries, and the Week 3 SOAP Note by Day 7.

Note: Be sure to submit your Assignment to the appropriate submission link below.

Submissions should match the following:

Week 1 Theory for Practice: Submit to the Assignment Part 1 – Week 4 submission link.

Week 2 Pattern Recognition: Submit to the Assignment Part 2 – Week 4 submission link.

Week 3 SOAP Note: Submit to the Assignment Part 3 – Week 4 submission link.

Week 4 CV Disorder: Submit to the Assignment Part 4 – Week 4 submission link

The Journal Entries are assessed with a Satisfactory (S) or Unsatisfactory (U) score. This concept also applies to Weeks 7 and 10.

Submission and Grading Information

To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:

Please save your Assignment using the following naming convention: “WK4PTXAssgn+lastname+first initial”.

Click the Week 4 Assignment Part X links.

Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK4PTXAssgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open. If you are submitting multiple files, repeat until all files are attached.

Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.