Assignment 1: PRAC 6635 WEEK 10 Clinical Hour and Patient Logs

Assignment 1: PRAC 6635 WEEK 10 Clinical Hour and Patient Logs

Assignment 1: PRAC 6635 WEEK 10 Clinical Hour and Patient Logs

Week 10: Final Clinical Evaluation

What do I have to do? When do I have to do it?

Review your Learning Resources.
Days 1

Assignment: Clinical Hour and Patient Logs
Record your clinical hours and patient encounters in Meditrek.
Final Clinical Evaluation Your Preceptor will evaluate your clinical skills by Day 7.
Assignment 3: Practicum Application Assignment Submit Assignment 3 by Day 7.

Advanced practice nurses are lifelong learners, partly due to necessity and partly due to mindset. Naturally, nurses need to stay abreast of advances in the healthcare field, as well as the introduction of new technology, processes, and regulations. But nurses also need to cultivate a growth mindset and see setbacks and challenges as opportunities to develop professionally. Take a moment to reflect on what you have learned and how you have grown as a result of the experiences at your practicum site and within this course.

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This week, you will have the opportunity to demonstrate that growth in your Final Clinical Evaluation. You must also finish entering all clinical hours and patient encounters for this practicum.
Learning Objectives

Students will:

Describe clinical hours and patient encounters
Compare preceptor evaluation with self-evaluation to assimilate level of clinical performance

Learning Resources

Required Readings (click to expand/reduce)

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.

Recommended

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

Assignment 1: Clinical Hour and Patient Logs

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Clinical Hour Log

For this course, all practicum activity hours are logged within the Meditrek system. Hours completed must be logged in Meditrek within 48 hours of completion to be counted. You may only log hours with Preceptors that are approved in Meditrek. Students with catalog years before Spring 2018 must complete a minimum of 144 practicum hours. Students with catalog years beginning Spring 2018 must complete a minimum of 160 practicum hours. You may not complete your hours sooner than 8 weeks.

Each log entry must be linked with an individual practicum learning objective or a graduate program objective. You should track your hours in Meditrek as they are completed.

Your clinical hour log must include the following:

Dates
Course
Clinical Faculty
Preceptor
Total Time (for the day)
Notes/Comments–including the objective to which the log entry is aligned

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Patient Log

Throughout this course, you will also keep a log of patient encounters using Meditrek. You must record at least 80 patients by the end of this practicum.

The patient log must include the following:

Date
Course
Clinical Faculty
Preceptor
Patient Number
Client Information
Visit Information
Practice Management
Diagnosis
Student Notes- Students must include a brief summary/synopsis of the patient visit—this does not need to be a SOAP note; however, the note needs to be sufficient to remember your patient encounter

Record your clinical hours and patient encounters in Meditrek.