Assignment 2: Practicum–Week 1 Journal Entry PRAC 6650

Assignment 2: Practicum–Week 1 Journal Entry PRAC 6650 

Assignment 2: Practicum–Week 1 Journal Entry PRAC 6650 

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Assignment 2: Practicum–Week 1 Journal Entry (Due in Week 4)

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 you study in

the classroom to clinical settings, you enhance your professional competency. Each week,

you complete an Assignment 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.

Note: Be sure to use the Practicum Journal Template, located in this week’s Learning

Resources.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

 Analyze nursing and counseling theories to guide practice in psychotherapy*

 Summarize goals and objectives for personal practicum experiences*

 Produce timelines for practicum activities*

*The Assignment related to this Learning Objective is introduced this week and

submitted in Week 3.

 In preparation for this course’s practicum experience, address the following in your

Practicum Journal:

 Select one nursing theory and one counseling theory to best guide your practice in

psychotherapy.

Note: For guidance on nursing and counseling theories, refer to this week’s

Learning Resources.

 

 Explain why you selected these theories. Support your approach with evidence-

based literature.

 Develop at least three goals and at least three objectives for the practicum

experience in this course.

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

No Assignment due this week.

Submit Assignment By Day 7 of Week 4

 

Making Connections

This week, you began preparing for your practicum experience by verifying your

practicum preceptor and site information and your first Practicum Journal.

Next week, you will begin your second Practicum Journal.

 

Looking Ahead: Practicum Assignments

Each week, you will complete practicum-related Assignments. It is highly recommended

that you review the practicum assignments for Weeks 2–11 before Day 7 of Week 1. This

will give you time to meet with your preceptor so that you can fulfill the requirements of

each Assignment.

 Week 2: You will write about two clients from a family you observed or counseled.

(Assignment to be submitted by Day 7 of Week 4)

 Week 3: You will complete a comprehensive client family assessment. (Assignment

to be submitted by Day 7 of Week 5)

 Week 5: You will write about two clients from a family you observed or counseled

and explain whether solution-focused or cognitive behavioral therapy would be

effective with the family. (Assignment to be submitted by Day 7 of Week 7)

 Week 7: You will write a progress note and privileged psychotherapy note for the

client family you assessed in Week 3 for the comprehensive client family assessment.

(Assignment to be submitted by Day 7 of Week 7.)

 Week 8: You will write about two clients you observed or counseled during a group

therapy session and explain whether cognitive behavioral therapy would be effective

with the group. (Assignment to be submitted by Day 7 of Week 10)

 Week 10: You will write about two clients you observed or counseled during a group

therapy session for children and adolescents. (Assignment to be submitted by Day 7

of Week 10)

 

 Week 10: You will write a client termination summary for a client who is ready to

complete group therapy. (Assignment to be submitted by Day 7 of Week 11)

Practicum – Upcoming Deadline

In the Nurse Practitioner programs of study (FNP, AGACNP, AGPCNP, and PMHNP) you

are required to take several practicum courses. If you plan on taking a practicum course

within the next two terms, you will need to submit your application via Meditrek .

For information on the practicum application process and deadlines, please visit the Field

Experience: College of Nursing: Application Process – Graduate web page.

Please take the time to review the Appropriate Preceptors and Field Sites for your courses.

Please take the time to review the practicum manuals, FAQs, Webinars and any required

forms on the Field Experience: College of Nursing: Student Resources and Manuals web

page.

 Field Experience: College of Nursing Quick Answers

 Field Experience: MSN Nurse Practitioner Practicum Manual

 Student Practicum Resources: NP Student Orientation

 

To go to the next week:

Week 2

 

Learning Resources

Required Readings

 

Document: Practicum Site Information form (Word document)

 

Document: Practicum Experience Time Log and Journal Template (Word document)

 

Document: NP Student Clinical Orientation (PowerPoint file)

Optional Resources

 

American Nurses Association. (2014). Psychiatric-mental health nursing: Scope and

standards of practice (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

 

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental

disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

 

Wheeler, K. (Ed.). (2014). Psychotherapy for the advanced practice psychiatric nurse: A how-

to guide for evidence-based practice. New York, NY: Springer.