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PURPOSE
The direct care practicum experience is a 48-hour practicum experience that focuses on gaining advanced nursing knowledge and skills in a direct care experience with patients. The purpose of the direct care experience is for the student to develop mastery of advanced patient care delivery skills, as well as system assessment and intervention skills.

Students will utilize direct care knowledge and theory to deepen and expand skills in a nursing area of choice. The chosen direct care practicum site will encompass the student's direct care nursing preference, which can be in a traditional hospital or community setting or a nontraditional community setting pending approval via the practicum coordinator contract process. A direct care mentor at the practice setting is required. This direct care practicum occurs as part of the course requirements for NR622: Concluding Graduate Experience II. The executive summary details the direct care practicum individual learning experience.

Examples of direct care activities/experiences include:

Individual, Family, Population Assessments
Individual, Family, Population Care Planning
Discharge Planning
Quality Improvement Projects
Leading Group Therapy
Direct care activities at the advanced level
ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW
This assignment is structured to support students in synthesizing their Direct Care Summary Executive Summary. Elements of your Direct Care Summary Executive Summary include:
Title page
Introduction to the Direct Care Experience setting, population/vulnerable population, and activities that deepen and expand knowledge and skills in a specific area of direct patient care
Provide an example of a patient that you assessed
APIE (Assessment, Plan, Implementation, and Evaluation) of chosen Direct Care patient/population
Assessment of needs
Plan - goals
prioritization
Implementation - interventions
Evaluation - evaluation of the interventions
Interprofessional Collaboration used in the Direct Care Practicum Experience.
Self-Reflection
Conclusion
Reference Page (Citations optional - include reference page if citations used).
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Your Direct Care Summary Executive Summary demonstrates a presentation and synthesis of your direct care practicum. The following information should be included in your paper.
Introduction to Direct Care Experience
Description of setting, population/vulnerable population, and Direct Care activities
Provide an example of a patient that you assessed
APIE (Assessment, Plan, Implementation, Evaluation)
Describe APIE of the patient and/or population
Explain how you assessed the need of the patient and/or population
State a minimum of three short-term goals. (Phrase the short-term goals according to the SMART criteria: specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely)
Prioritize a plan of action
Describe the interventions that were implemented
Provide details regarding the implementation process such as materials and patient/population responses
Describe the evaluation of the interventions
Interprofessional Collaboration
Describe the interprofessional collaboration that took place during the Direct Care experience
Include titles of individuals, their positions, departments
Include reasons for the collaboration and
Include plans and/or solutions that resulted from the collaboration
Provide details regarding any conflicts and resolutions
Self-Reflection
Provide a self-reflection of your Direct Care Practicum Experience
Describe what went well
Describe the challenges
Identify the new learning and insights, which assisted to deepen and expand knowledge of the direct care patient experience
Conclusion
Provide a detailed conclusion for the executive summary
Recap the direct care setting/patient population, to include the patient you focused your APIE on
Briefly summarize each section of your entire paper
Final brief summary of your overarching experience