Develop a Professional Experience Plan (PEP) to outline how your involvement in the practicum will contribute to your growth as a professional and allow you to hone your specialization knowledge and skills.

Professional Experience Plan

Develop a Professional Experience Plan (PEP) to outline how your involvement in the practicum will contribute to your growth as a professional and allow you to hone your specialization knowledge and skills.

The PEP consists of two or three objectives related to professional development that you will address during your practicum experience.

To prepare:

As necessary, review the information related to developing objectives provided in last week’s Learning Resources.

Revisit the objective(s) you crafted for last week’s Discussion, and reflect on the ideas exchanged in the forum. Refine the objective(s) as needed for the practicum experience, making sure they reflect the higher order domains of Bloom’s Taxonomy (i.e., Application level and above). Note: You will be submitting two to three professional development objectives as part of this Assignment.

Think more deeply about areas for which you would like to gain Application-level experience and/or continued professional growth. How can your experiences in the practicum help you achieve these aims?

Discuss your professional aims and your proposed practicum professional development objectives with your Preceptor to ascertain if the necessary resources are available at your practicum site.

Download and save the Professional Experience Plan Template provided in this week’s Learning Resources.

To complete your Professional Experience Plan:

Record the required information in each area of the Professional Experience Plan Template, including two or three objectives you will use to facilitate your professional development during the practicum. Include your intended Practicum Project focus.

Include the breakdown of the 144 hours between the practicum experience and the project. Consult your Faculty and Preceptor if less than 50% of the hours is needed for either the practicum or the project.

As the term progresses and the hours between the practicum and project need to be adjusted, consult your Faculty. Include the rationale for editing hours in the Practicum Experience Journal.

Learning Resources

American Organization for Nursing Leadership. (2015). Nurse executive competencies. https://www.aonl.org/system/files/media/file/2019/06/nec.pdf

Armstrong, P. (n.d.). Bloom’s taxonomy. https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/blooms-taxonomy/

Bergren, D. (2020, January 22). Setting SMART goals for career success. https://waldencareerservices.com/2020/01/22/setting-smart-goals-for-career-success/

Kiper, V. (2019). Navigating a role transition: How to use your nursing leadership skills in a new career chapter. Nursing Management, 50(9), 49–52. https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.NUMA.0000579036.86223.bb

Lankshear, S., Kerr, M. S., Laschinger, H. K. S., & Wong, C. A. (2013). Professional practice leadership roles: The role of organizational power and personal influence in creating a professional practice environment for nurses. Health Care Management Review, 38(4), 349–360. https://doi.org/10.1097/HMR.0b013e31826fd517

Nix, M. (2017). Nurse executive professional development. Nursing Management, 48(12), 52–53. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NUMA.0000526920.69840.a3

University of North Carolina Charlotte. (2004). Writing objectives using Bloom’s taxonomy. https://teaching.uncc.edu/sites/teaching.uncc.edu/files/media/files/file/GoalsAndObjectives/BloomWritingObjectives.pdf

University of North Carolina Wilmington. (n.d.). Writing SMART learning objectives. Retrieved from https://uncw.edu/career/documents/writingsmartlearningobjectives.pdf

Walden University Field Experience. (n.d.). Field experience: College of Nursing: Student resources and manuals. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/fieldexperience/son/formsanddocuments

Note: The College of Nursing Practicum Manual for MSN Specializations is available at this site. The site also contains contact information for the Office of Field Experience, Meditrek tutorials, and additional information pertaining to your practicum.

HSoft Corporation. (n.d.). Meditrek. https://edu.meditrek.com/Default.html
Note: Use this website to log into Meditrek to report your practicum hours throughout the course.

Cope, V., & Murray, M. (2018, March 21). Use of professional portfolios in nursing. Nursing Standard, 32(30), 55–63. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.2018.e10985

Hannans, J., & Olivo, Y. (2017, November 28). Craft a positive nursing digital identity with an ePortfolio. American Nurse Today. https://www.americannursetoday.com/craft-a-positive-nursing-digital-identity-with-an-eportfolio/

Schneider, A. (2016). Building a professional nursing portfolio. https://www.rn.com/nursing-news-building-professional-nursing-portfolio/

Webb, T., Diamond-Wells, T., & Jeffs, D. (2017). Career mapping for professional development and succession planning. Journal for Nurses in Professional Development, 33(1), 25–32. https://doi.org/10.1097/NND.0000000000000317

Walden University Library. (n.d.-a). Choosing your topic. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/library/topic

Walden University Field Experience. (n.d.). Field experience: College of Nursing: Student resources and manuals. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/fieldexperience/son/formsanddocuments

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