Benchmark - Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective J.
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:
New practice approaches
Intraprofessional collaboration
Health care delivery and clinical systems
Ethical considerations in health care
Population health concerns
The role of technology in improving health care outcomes
Health policy
Leadership and economic models
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.
Rubric
Benchmark - Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal
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%
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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
My area of practice is Med-Surg and Behavior Health
Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal
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Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal
New Practice Approaches
While I was engaged in my practicum at the Correctional Centre the clinic where they have Meds/ Surg and detox patients from 18 years and above, I had the chance to develop the necessary skills and knowledge that are vital when providing care in the Centre. I realized the importance of developing the required skills and knowledge needed to handle the pain and symptoms of a convalescing patient. Therefore, the chance to learn the practical measures required in pain control provided the needed exposure to the approaches that enhance nutritional mobility, intake, and normal functioning of the body. The practicum was an invaluable way to learn about the skills that are essential in helping convalescing patients in the Centre setting, which requires unique psychological, emotional and spiritual dimensions when the life of a patient is lost. I also had a chance to learn that it was the obligation of a nurse to make daily evaluations to gauge a patient’s progress and discuss with them about which kind of care is necessary to improve their ailing situation. Additionally, it became clear that one must always be on the lookout and plan accordingly for any future changes in the caregiving process and apply the gained experience and technical knowledge.
Intraprofessional Collaboration
During the practicum, I also had the opportunity to learn about the critical role of intraprofessional collaboration when providing health care. In this situation, I did an accurate observation, which involved the activities and the people in the Centre. The professional intraprofessional collaboration presents a specific way of ensuring that a disciplinary team comprised of nurses, chaplains, bereavement counselors, physicians, dieticians, social workers, and pharmacists, can form partnerships at a personal level. With the partnerships, it is possible to share ideas regarding the therapy of a convalescent and strategize on supplementing the comfort care for patients in the Centre (Paul & Peterson, 2012). Through intraprofessional collaboration, it was possible to recognize that most team players in the interdisciplinary team did not have any particular problems in regards to working as a team, which could yield the desired outcomes of their intended purpose. As a fact, it is a result of the teamwork that improvement of the invalid’s condition was registered.
Teamwork ensured that each member plays his or her role by sharing some ideas on how certain situations are handled. This way, the intra-disciplinary team was able to identify the needs of the invalids. During my time at the Centre, I was given a chance to participate alongside the intra-disciplinary team, actively. The bottom line was to reach the most appropriate methodology to provide a procedure to solve the issue of pain management amongst the cancer patients. The intraprofessional collaboration was our avenue towards confirming the best approach to manage the cases of pain management in the convalescents. As a result of this, a significant number of convalescent’s lives and their quality of life were enhanced during the patients’ stay at the Correctional Centre.
Healthcare Delivery and Clinical System
The experience that I had amassed at the Correctional Centre enabled me to understand the fact that the programs at the Centre were mainly designed for the sake of abating the suffering of individuals who were affected by life-threatening diseases such as cancer. Based on the interdisciplinary approach, the Centre’s primary focus was to alleviate the psychological, spiritual, physical, and emotional afflictions. In the same exercise, I was keen to note that the facility offered the kind of support that specifically addressed the needs and requirements of the patients. During the practicum, I noticed that the care offered at the Centre could be provided in nursing homes and the patients’ home as well. Patients that received care from the comfort of their homes required supervised and regular visits by a Centre staff to ensure that the patient was receiving the best care away from the facility and provide examinations and treatments depending on the symptoms of the patient. Additionally, the health facility had a personalized program such as dementia, cancer, pulmonary, and cardiac specialty program.
Ethical Considerations in Health Care
Ethical considerations are a must at a facility such as Correctional Centre. By the time I was undertaking the practicum within Correctional Centre, it had come to my realization that nurses were often faced with numerous ethical concerns and to be more specific, those associated with the Centre care. Some of the ideal examples of the ethical issues that were evident during the exercise comprised of situations such as when a patient felt that he/she did not have the required autonomy and as such felt the threat, insufficient communication, provision of non-beneficial care, cases related to the supervision of symptoms, the utilization of opioids, decision making concerns.All of these along with the moral dilemmas associated with euthanasia (Scott, 2017). Nevertheless, I together with my team also took note of the utilization of resources such as regular ethics consultation, consultation with other healthcare professionals and the commitment of the Centre team, which helps in solving most of the ethical issues facing the facility.
Population Health Concerns
Health concerns of patients at Correctional Centre were a top priority in the Centre facility. By observing the nature of care provided to the patients in the Centre, it was clear that the facility also offered its services to older adults and those with chronic illnesses. Additionally, most of the patients were faced with challenges as they could pass away in their homes. Mainly, convalescents who were financially well-off had a lower chance of passing away at their homes as compared to those who had minimal income levels as attributed to their inability to quickly and affordably access health care services. Limitation or absence of knowledge regarding the resource’s availability, as well as those who were significantly burdened by the unpleasant truth associated with the end of life. Another significant observati...