Running Head: PRACTICUM PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1 PRACTCUM PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 3 Amanda Swenty Discussion Week 6 In the contemporary society, there has been an increasing need for nursing courses to provide effective practicum programs for trainees. Practicum courses have brought a great impact on the field of nursing since it ensures that nursing students can acquire practical knowledge alongside the theoretical knowledge that they have learned in class (Anderson & Knorr, 2011). The paper presents an assessment of the progress towards achieving objectives of the practicum course as well as another critical issue in nursing informatics. During the beginning of the practicum course, there were several objectives that the nursing the students were supposed to achieve. For example, we were expected to be in a position to undertake the role of a clinical coordinator to students using evidence-based practices. The knowledge gained from the practical course has enabled me to gain skills in clinical informatics. Moreover, through active participation in the field course, I was able to participate in conflict resolution meetings hence I boosted my skills in conflict resolution. I have also adopted various measures such as active participation in solving disputes between my colleagues hence I believe I will perfect my conflict resolution knowledge and skills. Since the start of the practicum course, I have also managed to gain skills required in analyzing and effectively evaluating systematically clinical sites. This has been done through participation in discussion with my fellow students and also consulting from my preceptor Ms. Julie Williams. There are several measures that can be adopted to ensure that the objectives are undertaken. For instance, to make the learners enhance the conflict resolution skills, the host organization should provide a sustainable environment for the students. During the practicum course, the students should be treated with respect and given a chance to participate in critical organizational functions such as conflict resolutions. Moreover, the learners themselves should be insightful individuals who are interested in gaining practical knowledge in nursing informatics. The students should also feel free to interact with other nursing practitioners as well as the assigned preceptor. During the practicum course, there are several challenges that have been experienced. For example, the nursing practitioners did not show respect to the students. This is because they believed that the students were unskilled in the field and thus could not participate in crucial decision making. There was also poor communication in the organization that hindered the operations of the hea ...

1. Running Head: PRACTICUM PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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PRACTCUM PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Amanda Swenty
Discussion Week 6
In the contemporary society, there has been an increasing need
for nursing courses to provide effective practicum programs for
trainees. Practicum courses have brought a great impact on the
field of nursing since it ensures that nursing students can
acquire practical knowledge alongside the theoretical
knowledge that they have learned in class (Anderson & Knorr,
2011). The paper presents an assessment of the progress towards
achieving objectives of the practicum course as well as another
critical issue in nursing informatics.
During the beginning of the practicum course, there
were several objectives that the nursing the students were
supposed to achieve. For example, we were expected to be in a
position to undertake the role of a clinical coordinator to
students using evidence-based practices. The knowledge gained
from the practical course has enabled me to gain skills in
clinical informatics. Moreover, through active participation in
the field course, I was able to participate in conflict resolution
meetings hence I boosted my skills in conflict resolution. I have
also adopted various measures such as active participation in
solving disputes between my colleagues hence I believe I will
perfect my conflict resolution knowledge and skills. Since the
start of the practicum course, I have also managed to gain skills
required in analyzing and effectively evaluating systematically
clinical sites. This has been done through participation in
discussion with my fellow students and also consulting from my
preceptor Ms. Julie Williams.

2. There are several measures that can be adopted to
ensure that the objectives are undertaken. For instance, to make
the learners enhance the conflict resolution skills, the host
organization should provide a sustainable environment for the
students. During the practicum course, the students should be
treated with respect and given a chance to participate in critical
organizational functions such as conflict resolutions.
Moreover, the learners themselves should be
insightful individuals who are interested in gaining practical
knowledge in nursing informatics. The students should also feel
free to interact with other nursing practitioners as well as the
assigned preceptor.
During the practicum course, there are several
challenges that have been experienced. For example, the nursing
practitioners did not show respect to the students. This is
because they believed that the students were unskilled in the
field and thus could not participate in crucial decision making.
There was also poor communication in the organization that
hindered the operations of the healthcare facility. Moreover, I
experienced difficulties in relating what had been learned in
class to the practical knowledge that was being acquired.
Another challenge that was also experienced was assigning of
unrealistic duties to students in the practicum program.
As nursing students, a health organization is
supposed to give practical knowledge about caring for the
patients as well as assisting the doctor in providing treatment
(Marie, 2016). However, most of the time, I was subjected to
errands and the keeping of files. These challenges can be
avoided if there is a change of attitude towards students on
practicum project as well as teaching relevant information about
nursing to the students.
As a nursing informatics student, I actively
participated in various activities such as managing the health
information of patients who are suffering from different
disorders. My preceptor, Julie Williams did her best in guiding
me and encouraging me to continue working hard to possess

3. skills in nursing.
In summary, practicum activities have brought a
great impact on the field of nursing since it results in the
gaining of experience among nursing students. The creation of a
sustainable environment for practicum programs can ensure that
students improve their skills.
References
Anderson , L. & Knorr, H. (2011). Practicum programs in
Nursing: Journal of health practices. 1 9 (5) 112-117
Marie, A., (2016). General Nursing: Nursing Practicum.
Retrieved from: http://allnurses.com/general-nursing-
discussion/nursing-practicum-386995.html
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Running Head: PRACTICUM PROJECT
PRACTICUM PROJECT 9
PRACTICUM PROJECT Comment by Microsoft Office User:
Incorrect format for title page. Please use the SON Sample
paper as usual guidance.
Amanda Swenty
Walden University

4. NURS 6600: Capstone Synthesis Practicum
April 1, 2016 Comment by Microsoft Office User:
Comment by Microsoft Office User: Amanda:
Score = 70/100
You’ve provided a manuscript that outlined your project
proposal for your practicum experience over the remainder of
this Capstone.
Please find the grading rubric (Formative Evaluation Criteria
for Applications and Formal Papers) inserted at the end of your
submission to review the explanation of your scoring.
You have provided a valid goal statement and project objectives
but not sure they re the objectives we discussed in week three.
You have not provided a purpose statement.
You have not provided at least two or more credible outside
sources (peer reviewed journal articles) in addition to three or
four scholarly course sources to support your major points.
Your methodology does not clearly address each objective in
terms of who, what, when, where and how.
You have addressed formative and summative evaluation. The
summative evaluation is your presentation to your organization.
You’ve not provided a realistic timeline in the appendix with a
corresponding paragraph explaining the timeline in the
manuscript itself.
Periodically, you may see yellow highlighting which is simply
my way of noting an important piece for grading etc. It may or
may not have a comment attached to the highlighted area.

5. Please read all of my edits and comments. Your APA is way off
Amanda. You need to pull out your Perrin or APA 6 Manual.
Paragraphs indented. Level 1 headings are center justified. And
other errors. Gramatically, some very long paragraphs.
Please edit your paper to my comments for you’ll be submitting
this in your Final Portfolio.
Tx,
Dr.H.
INTRODUCTION
Academic institutions all around the way through the nation
struggle on a day by day basis to ensure that they are preparing
putting in order student nurses that are knowledgeable and
competent to function as a nurse. One point of disagreement
that academic institutions confront come across is where to
position students for practical quantifiable and how and at what
time will the area be permitted. The project seeks to investigate
the challenges that students confrontstumble upon when they
want to get hold of understanding from establishments from
which they can acquire their offer on the very imperative work
know-how and the technique that such a predicament can be
addressed. Instances of students with the facilitation of their
educational institutions to not be up to snuff to secure a
position from where experience can be obtained in the field are

6. omnipresent ((Bay Area Nursing Resource Center ,2006).
Comment by Microsoft Office User: Practical quantifiable
what? Amanda…you need to closely edit your manuscripts for
word selection, flow of sentences and appropriate grammar.
Comment by Microsoft Office User: What does this mean?
Comment by Microsoft Office User: I really don’t know
what this means Amanda… Comment by Microsoft Office
User: Amanda: I’m not going to do anymore editing but you
need to look at your editing screen. I would recommend you
read your work out loud. I will work to discern the requirements
for the proposal.
The dilemma is an establishment of abundant statistics of
students who want developmental openings alongside restricted
opportunities on foundations interrelated to their vocation.
Preceding projects have been laid down with the outlook of
addressing this predicament, and consequently, this
development was to a certain extent construction on the
evolutions that such organizations made to that consequence.
What dictates this project nonetheless is the fact that prior
projects have not fully taken over the subject, and this gives an
explanation why the predicament prolongs to sink your teeth
into to date This project aims at addressing the setback in the
constituency of The Northeast portion Wisconsin by advancing
more the technique used by the Bay Area Nursing Resource
Centre to solve the problem to the degree to which it has to be
resolved ((Palese A., 2013). Comment by Microsoft Office
User: Is this your purpose statement?
GOAL STATEMENT
To address the predicament of inadequate openings in
Wisconsin for students through harmonizing the yield from the
intellectual establishments with the opportunities that the
healthcare in the region can produce at a time.
The project also targets the increased ease of availability of
connection openings by medical scholars as well as humanizing
the superiority of health care in the nation.
OBJECTIVES

7. This venture seeks to deal with the problem by generating
additional opportunities in the health establishment through
stimulation of the administration of the organization to
augmentation of the magnitude of their clinic so that the needed
supplementary nurses to be embarked on by the students.
To launch a familiar pool of latent workforce by taking up with
the school to provide a continuous contribution from which the
companies can draw workforce.
To pave the way for the revision of the unchanging ordinary
connection time by educational institutions to work all through
the year so as to establish suitable workforce from which Health
centers can draw workforce for extra staffing.
To enhance the Health standards in the country by spicing up
the figures of the existing labor force through the amalgamation
of more interns in the scheme that is currently understaffed
To get to the bottom of the problem by using software that shall
aid to the quick recognition of the materialization of new
chances for connection in the field
To utilize research so as to make more handy ways through
which the problem can be taken care of in better ways in the
future (Katsikitis M., 2013).
To exploit raw facts obtained from the monitoring and
evaluation sections during the implementation of the plan to set
right for that reason based on the information at hand.
Comment by Microsoft Office User: Amanda: you have six
objectives here. Is this from our week three discussion? I would
not usually let that many be written and I see non Bloom’s
verbs.
Gramatically, this is VERY informal and colloquial (ie: more
handy, spicing up figures etc). This has no place in formal
professional writing.
EVIDENCE-BASED REVIEW OF LITERATURE FOR
PROJECT JUSTIFICATION
There was an expected shortage of one million nurses in the
United States of America by the year 2010; this is about

8. According to the anticipations of the Bureau of Labor Statistics
of 2005. This not so good trend can be saved by the
involvement of this scheme which calls for the support from all
centers together with the government as the right of the state is
fastened on this project (Katsikitis M., 2013). Comment by
Microsoft Office User: This literature review is far too brief
Amanda. The rubric calls for two to three credible outside
sources in addition to three to four course resources. This
section and the methodology should be the two longest sections
of your manuscript.
METHODOLOGY
The line of attack to be implemented in the project includes the
use of computer software in assigning attachment chances to
students available by first available first allocated as a result
last on hand, last due.
Open questionnaires will also be used so as to get criticism and
responses that can be incorporated in the observation and
assessment reports to install the advantageous transformation
during the execution of the project.
Use of surveys too will be agreed to determine the degree to
which the project is solving the problem meant to attend. It is
crucial to ascertain that it remains relevant to alter the
situations that made the plan a primary concern might leave the
project uncalled for in the future. Comment by Microsoft
Office User: Amanda: I’m very concerned you really read my
week three announcement and participated in the week three and
four discussion threads. You are asked to address the who,
what, when, where and how for EACH objective. How do you
do that here?
RESOURCES
Augmented medical allotment by the government so as to
facilitate the expansion of the medical amenities in the area so
as to permit the dissemination of additional employees in the
appearance of scholars who are on field attachment is essential
for the project.

9. Computer software through which the available students on
attachment can be linked up with chances of attachment
available in the medical establishments in the area for adequate
activity coordination is a requirement.
Time is essential for the recruitment of the scholarly
institutions in the nation to construct an unremitting period that
will provide a channel for running the Practicum project.
FORMATIVE EVALUATION
At the end of each implementation stage, the formative
assessment of this plan will be carried out. This is to ensure that
the practicum scheme is made in line with the project that s set
out. It will include funds which upon a not so bright
administration may lead to the collapse of the project (Bay Area
Nursing Resource Center, 2006).
SUMMATIVE EVALUATION
Summative assessment will take one year after the conclusion of
the scheme so as to quantify if the expected outcome of the
project was realized. Decrease in the number of students
incapable to get opportunities of internship in the area is one of
the indicators of success among others
TIMELINE
The implementation of the project is expected to take a duration
of two years. Additional time from the class schedule will be
allocated so as to ensure the actualization of the project as its
broad scope calls for lengthy periods for actualization.
REFERENCES Comment by Microsoft Office User: You need
much more literature than this Amanda… I don’t see the journal
information for your second and third journals.
Bay Area Nursing Resource Center (2006) Centralized Clinical
Placement System. Retrieved
March 17, 2016, from
bayareanrc.org/files/OperatingManual.pdf
Katsikitis M., McAllister M., Sharman R., Raith, L., Faithfull-

10. Byrne A., & Priaulx R. (2013)
Continuing professional development in nursing in Australia.
Current awareness, Practice and future directions
Palese A., Cuel M., Zambiasi P., Zanella P., .,Allegrini E.,
Guarnier A., & Saiani L. (2013)
Nursing care received by older patients in Italian medical
units.
Categories and Criteria
Points
QUALITY OF WORK SUBMITTED - 35 Possible Points
1. The extent to which work meets the assigned criteria and
work reflects graduate level critical and analytic thinking
(0-30 Points)
Assignment exceeds expectations. All topics are addressed with
a minimum of 75% containing exceptional breadth and depth
about each of the assignment topics.
25-30
19
Assignment meets expectations. All topics are addressed with a
minimum of 50% containing good breadth and depth about each
of the assignment topics.
20-24
Assignment meets most of the expectations. One required topic
is either not addressed or inadequately addressed.
16-19
Assignment superficially meets some of the expectations. Two
or more required topics are either not addressed or inadequately
addressed.
0-15
2. Purpose of the paper is clear
(0-5 Points)

11. A clear and comprehensive purpose statement is provided which
delineates all required criteria.
5
3
Purpose of the assignment is stated, yet is brief and not
descriptive.
4
Purpose of the assignment is vague.
1-3
No purpose statement was provided.
0
ASSIMILATION AND SYNTHESIS OF IDEAS - 50 Possible
Points
The extent to which the work reflects the student’s ability to-
1. Understand and interpret the assignment’s key concepts
(0-10 Points)
Demonstrates the ability to critically appraise and intellectually
explore key concepts.
9-10
8
Demonstrates a clear understanding of key concepts.
8
Shows some degree of understanding of key concepts.
5-7
Shows a lack of understanding of key concepts, deviates from
topics.
0-4
2. Apply and integrate material in course resources (i.e. video,

12. required readings, and textbook) and credible outside resources
(0-20 Points)
Demonstrates and applies exceptional support of major points
and integrates 2 or more credible outside sources, in addition to
3-4 course resources to support point of view.
15-20
14
Integrates specific information from 1 credible outside resource
and 3 to 4 course resources to support major points and point of
view.
10-14
Minimally includes and integrates specific information from 2-3
resources to support major points and point of view.
3-9
Includes and integrates specific information from 0 to 1
resource to support major points and point of view.
0-2
3. Synthesize (combines various components or different ideas
into a new whole) material in course resources (i.e. video,
required readings, and textbook) by comparing different points
of view and highlighting similarities, differences, and
connections. (0-20 Points)
Synthesizes and justifies (defends, explains, validates,
confirms) information gleaned from sources to support major
points presented. Applies meaning to the field of advanced
nursing practice.
18-20
16
Summarizes information gleaned from sources to support major
points, but does not synthesize.
16-17
Identifies but does not interpret or apply concepts, and/or

13. strategies correctly; ideas unclear and/or underdeveloped.
14-15
Rarely or does not interpret, apply, and synthesize concepts,
and/or strategies.
0-13
WRITTEN EXPRESSION AND FORMATTING - 15 Possible
Points
1. Paragraph and Sentence Structure: Paragraphs make clear
points that support well developed ideas, flow logically, and
demonstrate continuity of ideas. Sentences are clearly
structured and carefully focused--neither long and rambling nor
short and lacking substance. (0-5 Points)
Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards.
5
4
Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards 80% of the
time.
4
Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards 70% of the
time.
3
Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards < 70% of the
time.
0-2
2. English writing standards: Correct grammar, mechanics, and
proper punctuation (0-5 Points)
Uses correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation with no errors.
5
3
Contains a few (1-2) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.

14. 4
Contains several (3-4) grammar, spelling, and punctuation
errors.
3
Contains many (≥ 5) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors
that interfere with the reader’s understanding.
0-2
3. The paper follows correct APA format for title page,
headings, font, spacing,margins, indentations, page numbers,
running head, parenthetical/in-text citations, and reference list
(0-5 Points)
Uses correct APA format with no errors.
5
3
Contains a few (1-2) APA format errors.
4
Contains several (3-4) APA format errors.
3
Contains many (≥ 5) APA format errors.
0-2
Total Points for Assignment:
70
1. By the end of nursing 6600 I will effectively be able to
effectively communicate my role as clinical coordinator to
students and university staff as defined by evidence-based
practice.
2. By the end of nursing 6600 I will have undergone the

15. experience necessary to expand on my conflict resolution skills
from a team member to the level of upper management in order
to be a more effective leader.
3. By the end nursing 6600 I will have acquired the skills
necessary to analyze and effectively evaluate systematically
clinical sites and their efficacy in the college.
Hey Julie I messed these up the first day boo…maybe you could
take a look at my SMART outcomes and offer me feedback? I
would really appreciate it. I did the assignment wrong on the
first day gah
Running Head: PRACTICUM PROJECT PLAN 1
PRACTICUM PROJECT PLAN 6
WEEK 5 DISCUSSION
Amanda Swenty
The project seeks to explore the challenges that students
encounter when they want to acquire experience from
institutions from which they can get their hand on the very vital
work experience and the way that such a problem can be
addressed.
Cases of students with the help of their academic institutions to
fail to secure a place from where experienced can be gained in
the field are ubiquitous. The predicament is a product of
numerous numbers of students who want deployment
opportunities against limited opportunities on institution related
to their profession. Previous projects have been set with the
view of addressing this problem and therefore this project was
partly building on the developments that such organizations
made to that effect. What necessitates this project however is
the fact that previous projects have not fully addressed the issue
and this explains why the problem continues to bite to date. The
institutions that have in the past sought to address this problem
include the Bay Area Nursing Resource Centre which sought to
address the problem by ensuring that available opportunities are

16. used to the greater extent in bid to address this issue. This
project seeks to address the problem in the region of Northeast
portion Winscousin by advancing more the approaches used by
the Bay Area Nursing Resource Centre to solve the problem to
the extent to which it ought to be solved.
This project seeks to address the problem of insufficient
opportunities in Winscousin for students through balancing the
output from the academic institutions with the opportunities that
the medical care in the region can produce at a time.
The goal of the project is to increase the accessibility of
attachment opportunities by medical students as well as
improving the quality of health care in the country
The objectives of the project can be formulated as follows. This
project seeks to address the problem by creating extra
opportunities in the health institution through lobbying the
management of the institution to increase the size of their clinic
so that the additional required nurses to be undertaken by the
students.
To establish a common pool of potential workforce by talking
up with the school to provide a continuous contribution from
which the companies can draw labor through the year is an
objective of the project. To lobby for the revision of the fixed
common attachment period by academic institutions to run
throughout the year so as to create suitable workforce from
which medical centers can draw workforce for extra staffing.
This is another objective of the project.
To improve the medical standards in the country by beefing up
the number of the available workforce through the integration of
more interns in the system that is currently understaffed. This
can be based on the standards that are set by different medical
institutions that unanimously attribute quality medical care with
availability of enough workforces in the health sector.
To solve the problem by using a computer program that shall
help to the quick identification of the emergence of a new
opportunity for attachment in the field is another objective of
the project. To use research in order to arrive at more

17. convenient ways through which the problem can be addressed
better in the future is another objective of the project. To use
data collected from the monitoring and evaluation sections
within the course of the implementation of the project to rectify
accordingly based on the available information.
The preconditions necessary for the successful implementation
of the project include increased medical allocations by the
government so as to enable extension of the medical facilities in
the region so as to allow the penetration of extra staff in the
form of students who are on field attachment. This increased
allocation on the part of the government will serve to construct
extensions in the hospitals which will not only serve in the
realization of the objectives of the project but also the
attainment of the goal of the government of providing medical
care for all; a condition that is currently unrealized.
Computer software through which the available students for
practicum can be matched with the available attachment
opportunities in the medical institutions in the region for proper
coordination of activities is required. It will be important in the
course of the implementation of the project as it will aid in
bringing sobriety in the manner in which emergent opportunities
are linked to the available workforce. For example, to organize
allocation of the opportunities on the basis of first com first
served.
Time is required for the mobilization of the academic
institutions in the country to create a continuous duration
through which the practicum exercise shall run. This is based on
the fundamental assumptions that different academic
institutions have different activities on their calendar and these
calls for the occurrence of meeting by the respective
stakeholders to deliberate on the matter so as to arrive to a
conclusion and thus taking up a substantial period of time.
Methodology to be used in the project include the use of
computer software in allocating attachment opportunities to
available students on the basis of first available first allocated
consequently last available, last allocated. The use of open

18. questionnaires will also be put in place so as to get feedback
that can be integrated in the monitoring and evaluation reports
to effect the desirable change during the implementation of the
project. Use of surveys will be adopted to measure the extent to
which the problem is solving the problem it set out to address.
Again, this is paramount to ensure that the project remains
relevant the change to conditions that made the project a
priority might render the project unnecessary in the future.
This project can be justified through the analysis of the data
available that shows the extent to which students in the medical
institutions in the regions are facing challenges in acquiring
practicum opportunities from medical facilities in the country.
According to the anticipations of the Bureau of Labor Statistics
of 2005, there was an expected shortage of one million nurses in
the United States of America by the year 2010. This shameful
trend can be aided by the intervention of this project which calls
for the assistance from all centers including the government as
the well being of the state is anchored on this project.
Formative evaluation of the project will be periodically done at
the end of each implementation stage so as to ensure that the
project is in line with the set out plan. Such laid down plan
include funds which when not clearly administered can lead to
the collapse of the project before it is actualized. It also helps
to gauge whether the project is still relevant by evaluating the
conditions that necessitated it.
Summative evaluation will be done after duration of one year
after the completion of the project so as to measure if the
anticipated outcome of the project were realized. Indicators to
the success of the project include decrease in the number of
persons unable to get internship in the region as well as the
level of medical health in the region which should be better
based on the fact that a larger workforce has engaged the
available patients.
The implementation of the project is expected to take duration
of two years. Additional time from the class schedule will be
allocated so as to ensure the actualization of the project as its

19. wide scope calls for lengthy periods for actualization.
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