Nurs 6600 Assignment 1: Practicum Professional Experience Plan (PPEP)

Section 2: Practicum Professional Development Objectives

 Refer to the instructions in Week 1 to create practicum professional development objectives that meet the requirements for this course. 

Objective 1: Analyze three common barriers to effective communication, then compare and contrast two effective resolution strategies as defined in evidence-based literature.

 

Objective 2: Contrast units that have success with retention and recruitment of novice nursing staff and those who have high turnover; identifying factors of influence and comparing to peer reviewed literature.

Assignment 1:
Practicum Professional Experience Plan (PPEP)Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.
— John Wooden, My Personal Best: Life Lessons from an All-American JourneyAs you considered in this week’s Discussion, your experiences in the practicum can provide a vital avenue for professional development.For this Assignment, you develop a Practicum Professional Experience Plan (PPEP) to outline how your involvement in the practicum will contribute to your growth as a professional and allow you to hone your specialization knowledge and skills. The PPEP consists of two or three objectives related to professional development that you will address during your Practicum Experience.Note: In the practicum manual these are referred to as your individualized learning objectives.To prepare:As necessary, review the information related to developing objectives provided in this week’s Learning Resources.Revisit the objective(s) you crafted for this week’s Discussion, and reflect on the ideas exchanged in this forum. Refine the objective(s) as needed, making sure they reflect the higher-order domains of Bloom’s Taxonomy (i.e., Application level and above). Note: You will be developing two to three professional development objectives for this assignment.Think more deeply about areas for which you would like to gain application-level experience and/or continued professional growth. How can your experiences in the practicum help you achieve these aims?Discuss your professional aims and your proposed practicum professional development objectives with your Preceptor to ascertain if the necessary resources are available at your practicum site.Download and save the Practicum Professional Experience Plan Form provided in this week’s Learning Resources.

To complete your Practicum Professional Experience Plan:Record the required information in each area of the Professional Practicum Experience Plan, including two or three objectives you will use to facilitate your professional development during the practicum.

Objective 3: Develop and prioritize a one-month productivity expense report that will be used to budget upcoming expenditures and incorporate a balanced unit financial statement in accordance with previous budgets and evidence based literature. 

Resources

Cipriano, P. F., & Murphy, J. (2011). The future of nursing and health IT: The quality elixir. Nursing Economic$, 29(5), 286–289.
Note: Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. “Technology tools will continue to revolutionize how we plan, deliver, document, review, evaluate, and derive the evidence about care” (p. 289). This article examines how nurses can use information technology to transform nursing and redesign the health care system. It focuses on the use of technology to promote quality and notes that technology can also be used to address challenges in education, research, leadership, and policy.McKimm, J., & Swanwick, T. (2009). Setting learning objectives. British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 70(7), 406–409.
Note: Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. This article clarifies the terminology associated with learning objectives and explains how learning objectives relate to professional development and the transformation from novice to expert. It also introduces common pitfalls when setting learning objectives and provides suggestions for avoiding them.Murphy, J. (2011). The nursing informatics workforce: Who are they and what do they do? Nursing Economic$, 29(3), 150–153.
Note: Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. The author examines the nursing informatics workforce, explaining that professionals in this well-established specialty area can play an integral role in transforming health care.Sørensen, E. E., Delmar, C., & Pedersen, B. D. (2011). Leading nurses in dire straits: Head nurses’ navigation between nursing and leadership roles. Journal of Nursing Management, 19(4), 421–430.
Note: Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. “Successful nursing leaders navigate between nursing and leadership roles while nourishing a double identity” (p. 421). In this article, the authors examine how individuals in key professional roles negotiate between and apply nursing and leadership skills.

 
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