NURS FPX 6080 Assessment 5 Practicum Hours Reflection

During the first 25 hours of my Practicum, I focused on finishing a project that was on the professional nursing identity and core nursing values. During this time, I reflected on the roles of nurses and other health care professionals in their everyday interactions by observing them, and critically viewed how the values of care (nursery) are represented in practice. I had informal discussions with my colleagues and preceptors to have a better understanding of the processes and experiences of professional identity construction in the clinical space. Working on Assessment 3, a 25-hour project that is related to person-centered self-care management and motivational interviewing, has taken the next 25 hours. At this point, 25 hours after practicum, I identified a client, Mr. R (54-year-old Hispanic Male), for my practicum who has just been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. Interviewed the clients using a structured motivational interview with OARS. In the clinical hours I spent preparing for the interview, I reviewed Mr. R’s health history to determine what self-care management techniques he employs and looked into technology used or available for health care management, such as continuous glucose monitoring devices and diabetes management mobile apps.

Assessment 4 (last 25 hours practicum) was a review of the organisational settings within which I will be working to lead, and an opportunity to reflect upon how I will be doing this in my setting. During my practicum hours, I recorded and assessed my practicum workplace culture, the well-being of my practicum team, and informal focus groups and informational conversations I had with staff members, and the feasibility of the practicum site’s policies related to employee health. The information collected during my hours in practicum was compiled into a PowerPoint presentation with detailed information on how to use evidence-based approaches to foster the health of the workforce, Kotter’s 8-Step Change Model, the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) approach to Quality Improvement, and a critical analysis of my leadership and change capabilities. The final 25 hours of the practicum were spent doing a recap of the knowledge that I gained, other clinical duties, and getting ready to provide and submit my practicum hours as needed in Assessment 5. I completed the Capella practicum requirements for this course by entering all 100 hours of my confirmed practicum hours in the Capella Academic Portal (CAP) and having it signed off by my preceptor.