JOURNAL AND PRACTICUM TIME LOG

Clinical Time Log and Journal

Student Name:

E-mail Address:

Practicum Placement Agency's Name:

Preceptors Name:

Preceptors Telephone:

Preceptors E-mail Address:

Time Log

Note: Add rows as needed.

Total: Weeks 1-3

Total Weeks 4-7

Total: Weeks 8-11

Total Practicum Hours Completed for Course

WK

Time

# of hour

Learner Objective *Blooms Taxonomy

Course Objective

(Walden)

AACN Essential**

Projected Goal

Activities Completed

Status of completion

1 and 2

To (understand) - construct meaning from patients subjective and objective information to develop an evidence-based patient care plan

To define emerging and actual problems related to aggregate systems and students specializations

DNP graduates engage in faculty-designed learning experiences that involve both indirect and direct care experiences (AACN, 2021).

To be able to develop effective treatment plans from patients subjective and objective information

Assessing, diagnosing, and prescribing medication or therapy to address patients mental health needs

Complete

3 and 4

To (Apply) - using procedures learned theoretically to address a situation in a practical setting.

To acquire healthcare management skills at the aggregate, organizational, and systems level

Students are molded to demonstrate effective student outcomes and competencies required by applicable for organizational, specialty, and national certification

To be able to put into practice an evidence-based procedure in mental health as a way of addressing patients mental health needs

Engaging patients families in the development of treatment plans and administration of medication for maximum mental health outcomes.

complete

5

To analyze existing processes to identify one area of improvement informed by evidence-based practice (analyze)

To apply leadership skills and knowledge gained in evaluating a healthcare practice within the practicum organization

Immersion practicum experiences (AACN, 2021)

To recommend an evidence-based practice to address an identified area of weakness in healthcare management

Identification of the high incidence of medication errors as an area of improvement

Held a series of meetings with the site leader to discuss the problem and medication safety training for staff as a possible evidence-based practice for addressing the same

Complete

6

To evaluate the change process to assess effectiveness and how it fits into the overall mission, structure, and purpose of the organization (evaluate)

To formulate an intervention to address the healthcare problem or issue based on experience and...…studies, as well as the synthesis process and recommendations tool, which recommended that a medication safety education program was a feasible intervention to address the problem of medication errors (Abukhader & Abukhaer, 2020; Farzi, 2020; Bourne, 2022). This was then summarized in a presentation that was disseminated in the week 7 dissemination meeting to support the proposed project. I believe that the series of meetings with the project team helped me, as a nurse leader, rise above the nursing norm of caring for patients, to a new role of leading inter-disciplinary teams towards innovative change in a practical setting guided by evidence-based practice.