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, you will write a Journal Entry, reflecting on your clinical (practicum) strengths and opportunities for improvement. 

To prepare:

· Refer to the “Advanced Nursing Practice Competencies and Guidelines” Microsoft Word - NPCoreCompetenciesFinal2012 (pncb.org) and consider the quality measures or indicators advanced nursing practice nurses must possess.

· consider your strengths and opportunities for improvement.

· consider the patient activities you have experienced in your practicum experience and reflect on your observations and experiences.

Journal Entry (450–500 words): 

Learning from Experiences

· Reflect on the three most challenging patients. What was most challenging for each? 

· What did you learn from this experience? 

· What resources did you have available?

· What evidence-based practice did you use for this patient?

· What new skills are you learning?

· What would you do differently? 

· How are you managing patient flow and volume? 

Communicating and Feedback

· Reflect on how to improve on your skills and knowledge and how to communicate that back to your Preceptor.

· How are you doing? What is missing? 

· What type of feedback are you receiving from your Preceptor?