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Desired Clinical Skills for Students to Achieve

Essay Instructions:

Use the PMHNP Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form to complete the following:

Rate yourself according to your confidence level performing the skills identified on the Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form. 

Based on your ratings, summarize your strengths and opportunities for improvement.  

Based on your self-assessment and theory of nursing practice, develop 3–4 measurable goals and objectives for this practicum experience. Include them on the designated area of the form.  

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PRAC 6665/6675 Clinical Skills 
Self-Assessment Form
Desired Clinical Skills for Students to Achieve

Confident (Can complete independently)

Mostly confident (Can complete with supervision)

Beginning (Have performed with supervision or needs supervision to feel confident)

New (Have never performed or does not apply)

Comprehensive psychiatric evaluation skills in: 

Recognizing clinical signs and symptoms of psychiatric illness across the lifespan

Confident




Differentiating between pathophysiological and psychopathological conditions 


Mostly confident



Performing and interpreting a comprehensive and/or interval history and physical examination (including laboratory and diagnostic studies) 


Mostly confident



Performing and interpreting a mental status examination 


Mostly confident



Performing and interpreting a psychosocial assessment and family psychiatric history 


Mostly confident



Performing and interpreting a functional assessment (daily living, occupational, social, leisure, educational).

Confident




Diagnostic reasoning skill in:

Developing and prioritizing a differential diagnoses list

Confident




Formulating diagnoses according to DSM 5 based on assessment data 


Mostly confident



Differentiating between normal/abnormal age-related physiological and psychological symptoms/changes



Beginning


Pharmacotherapeutic skills in:

Selecting appropriate evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for medication plan (e.g., risk/benefit, patient preference, developmental considerations, financial, the process of informed consent, symptom management) 



Beginning


Evaluating patient response and modify plan as necessary 


Mostly Confident



Documenting (e.g., adverse reaction, the patient response, changes to the plan of care)


Most Confident



Psychotherapeutic Treatment Planning:

Recognizes concepts of therapeutic modalities across the lifespan

Confident




Selecting appropriate evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for the psychotherapeutic plan (e.g., risk/benefit, patient preference, developmental considerations, financial, the process of informed consent, symptom management, modality appropriate for the situation) 



Beginning


Applies age appropriate psychotherapeutic counseling techniques with individuals and/or any caregivers


Mostly confident



Develop an age-appropriate individualized plan of care



Beginning


Provide psychoeducation to individuals and/or any caregivers


Mostly Confident



Promote health and disease prevention techniques

Confident




Self-assessment skill:

Develop SMART goals for practicum experiences 

Confident




Evaluating outcomes of practicum goals and modify the plan as necessary

Confident




Documenting and reflecting on learning experiences

Confident

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