Benchmark - Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal
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Students are required to maintain weekly reflective narratives throughout the course to combine into one course-long reflective journal that integrates leadership and inquiry into current practice as it applies to the Professional Capstone and Practicum course.
In your journal, you will reflect on the personal knowledge and skills gained throughout this course. The journal should address a variable combination of the following, depending on your specific practice immersion clinical experiences:
One per week...
1. New practice approaches
2. Intraprofessional collaboration
3. Health care delivery and clinical systems
4. Ethical considerations in health care
5. Population health concerns
6. The role of technology in improving health care outcomes
7. Health policy
8. Leadership and economic models
9. Health disparities
Students will outline what they have discovered about their professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses that surfaced, additional resources and abilities that could be introduced to a given situation to influence optimal outcomes, and finally, how the student met the competencies aligned to this course.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.
1- Unsatisfactory 0-71%
0.00%
2- Less Than Satisfactory 72-75%
75.00%
3- Satisfactory 76-79%
79.00%
4- Good 80-89%
89.00%
5- Excellent 90-100%
100.00%
100.0 %Content
10.0 % - New Practice Approaches
New practice approaches are not present.
New practice approaches are present, but incomplete or otherwise lacking in required detail.
New practice approaches are present. Some minor details or elements are missing but the omission(s) do not impede understanding.
New practice approaches are present and complete. The submission provides the basic information required.
New practice approaches are present, complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.
10.0 % - Intraprofessional Collaboration (4.3)
Intraprofessional collaboration information is not present.
Intraprofessional collaboration information is present, but incomplete or otherwise lacking in required detail.
Intraprofessional collaboration information is present. Some minor details or elements are missing but the omission(s) do not impede understanding.
Intraprofessional collaboration information is present and complete. The submission provides the basic information required.
Intraprofessional collaboration information is present, complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.
10.0 % - Health Care Delivery And Clinical Systems (4.1)
Health care delivery and clinical systems information is not present.
Health care delivery and clinical systems information is present, but incomplete or otherwise lacking in required detail.
Health care delivery and clinical systems information is present. Some minor details or elements are missing but the omission(s) do not impede understanding.
Health care delivery and clinical systems information is present and complete. The submission provides the basic information required.
Health care delivery and clinical systems information is present, complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.
10.0 % - Ethical Considerations In Health Care (5.4)
Ethical considerations in health care information is not present.
Ethical considerations in health care information is present, but incomplete or otherwise lacking in required detail.
Ethical considerations in health care information is present. Some minor details or elements are missing but the omission(s) do not impede understanding.
Ethical considerations in health care information is present and complete. The submission provides the basic information required.
Ethical considerations in health care information is present, complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.
10.0 % - Population Health Concerns (5.3)
Population health concerns information is not present.
Population health concerns information is present, but incomplete or otherwise lacking in required detail.
Population health concerns information is present. Some minor details or elements are missing but the omission(s) do not impede understanding.
Population health concerns information is present and complete. The submission provides the basic information required.
Population health concerns information is present, complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.
10.0 % - The Role Of Technology In Improving Health Care Outcomes (4.3)
Information on the role of technology in improving health care outcomes is not present.
Information on the role of technology in improving health care outcomes is present, but incomplete or otherwise lacking in required detail.
Information on the role of technology in improving health care outcomes is present. Some minor details or elements are missing but the omission(s) do not impede understanding.
Information on the role of technology in improving health care outcomes is present and complete. The submission provides the basic information required.
Information on the role of technology in improving health care outcomes is present, complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.
10.0 % - Health Policy
Health policy information is not present.
Health policy information content is present, but incomplete or otherwise lacking in required detail.
Health policy information content is present. Some minor details or elements are missing but the omission(s) do not impede understanding.
Health policy information content is present and complete. The submission provides the basic information required.
Health policy information content is present, complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.
10.0 % - Leadership And Economic Models
Information on leadership and economic models is not present.
Information on leadership and economic models is present, but incomplete or otherwise lacking in required detail.
Information on leadership and economic models is present. Some minor details or elements are missing but the omission(s) do not impede understanding.
Information on leadership and economic models is present and complete. The submission provides the basic information required.
Information on leadership and economic models is present, complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.
10.0 % - Health Disparities (1.5)
Information on health disparities is not present.
Information on health disparities is present, but incomplete or otherwise lacking in required detail.
Information on health disparities is present with minor elements missing that do not impede understanding.
Information on health disparities is present and complete. The submission provides the basic information required.
Information on health disparities is present, complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.
5.0 % - Presentation
The piece is not neat or organized, and it does not include all required elements.
The work is not neat and includes minor flaws or omissions of required elements.
The overall appearance is general, and major elements are missing.
The overall appearance is generally neat, with a few minor flaws or missing elements.
The work is well presented and includes all required elements. The overall appearance is neat and professional.
5.0 % - Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use)
Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning. Inappropriate word choice or sentence construction is used.
Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader. Inconsistencies in language choice (register), sentence structure, or word choice are present.
Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but they are not overly distracting to the reader. Correct sentence structure and audience-appropriate language are used.
Prose is largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present. A variety of sentence structures and effective figures of speech are used.
Writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English.
100 % - Total Weightage
Benchmark - Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal
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Benchmark - Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal
Throughout the course, a wide range of skills and knowledge has been gained taking into consideration that various health issues have been combined with practical clinical experiences. During the course, I got the opportunity of working in the cardiology unit, neurology unit, ortho-surgical unit, and oncology unit. Apart from learning about the specific health issues that are applicable in each of these units, I managed to discover how inter-professional collaboration enhances the delivery of quality health care in these clinical systems. Furthermore, leadership practices are integrated into these clinical practices to improve health outcomes of the patients.
Neurology Unit
In the neurology unit, the disorders that are treated include those that affect the spinal cord, brain and the nerves. These diseases include stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s diseases, Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, language and speech disorders, spinal cord disorders, and other related diseases (Wijdicks, Menon & Smith, 2015). From a personal perspective, the neurology unit has managed to bring together healthcare professionals who specialize in these diseases as well as scholars and other research groups. This has enhanced new practice approaches where modern technologies are used in the diagnosis of patients who suffer from acute and chronic neurological problems. This is because conditions such as stroke and epilepsy are highly complicated and they need intra-professional collaboration and innovative clinical systems to improve patient outcomes.
Evidence indicates that most complications that are treated in this unit usually affect the elderly population and therefore critical care in required to manage their health concerns. This indicates that there are health disparities in terms of demographic groups affected by these diseases. Leadership plays an instrumental role in the way services are delivered in this unit. For instance, the chief nurse is tasked with the duty of ensuring that ethical concerns are taken care of in service delivery. This is because nurses in this unit care for patients suffering from brain tumors or with a traumatic head injury after a serious accident (Wijdicks, Menon & Smith, 2015). This implies that a nurse should be able to show compassion and maintain sensitivity since such patients are not able to focus mentally or function normally without assistance. The health policy requires all nurses to maintain the code of conduct that pertains to the nursing profession.
Cardiology Unit
In the cardiology unit, health care professionals are tasked with the role of caring for patients with health complications, starting from diagnosis to assessment to intervention. New practice approaches include the development of innovative technologies and applications. For instance, ground breaking approaches in the cardiology imaging unit led to the development of new radiofrequency ablation for the management of rhythm (McConnell, et al., 2013). Intra-professional collaboration with other clinical scientists has also led to the development of non-invasive services. Delivery of care is done by qualified acute care nurse practitioners. Patients are informed about their condition and they give their consent before the delivery of care in order to maintain ethical considerations. This is part of health policy to improve health outcomes. In response to the feedback from the patient, a team cardiology specialist provides treatment and education to the patient in order to manage his condition. Cardiology specialists thus act as leaders who manage the condition ...