Homework: Practicum Experience Plan of a Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
For this Homework, you will consider the areas you aim to focus on to gain practical experience as an advanced practice nurse. Then, you will develop a Practicum Experience Plan (PEP) containing the objectives you will fulfill in order to achieve your aims. In this practicum experience, when developing your goals and objectives, be sure to keep PMHNP clinical skills in mind.
To Prepare
1. Review your Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form you submitted, and think about areas for which you would like to gain application-level experience and/or continued growth as an advanced practice nurse. How can your experiences in the practicum help you achieve these aims? ?There may be overlap between your skills goals and your PEP goals.
2. Review the information related to developing objectives provided in this Learning Resources.?Your practicum?learning objectives that you want to achieve during your practicum experience must be:
a. Specific?
b. Measurable?
c. Attainable?
d. Results-focused?
e. Time-bound
f. Reflective of the higher-order domains of Bloom's taxonomy (i.e., application level and above)
3. Discuss your professional aims and your proposed practicum objectives
4. Select one nursing theory and one counseling theory to best guide your clinical practice. Explain why you selected these theories. Support your approach with evidence-based literature.
5. Create a timeline of practicum activities that demonstrates how you plan to meet these goals and objectives based on your practicum requirements.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.