Describe the educational activity or change of process that you created and why it was significant to patient or community health care.

Practicum experience.

Here is the synopsis of my experience doing my practicum. I experienced, high levels of stress and confusion because the program was not structured as I had grown use to in this degree path. I felt was left to figure out things on my own. I reached out to my instructors and preceptors. My primary preceptor was not helpful at all in the beginning and so I reached out to my instructor for help who helped me obtain a “virtual preceptor”. She was a valuable resource and helped me get some sort of direction. I chose to develop a nurse mentoring program for new graduates and nurses who are transitioning to a new field. I was required to put in 180 hours of clinical work at the place of my preceptor and at home doing work on my project. I have learned a lot and at one time was so overwhelmed that I considered dropping the class, but stuck with it after encouraging words from my instructor and one of the only 3 students in the class. This assignment was very, very stressful for me.

HERE IS THE ASSIGNMENT: Write a 3-5 pages APA-formatted essay about what you did during your practicum experience. Though all practica are different, there are common questions to answer. Please consider these prompts when writing your essay: Describe the educational activity or change of process that you created and why it was significant to patient or community health care. Identify how you evaluated your educational activity or change of process for quality improvement, and discuss why this method was used. Describe how you collaborated with nurses and other health care professionals during your practicum and how it affected you. Discuss what resources you used to gain an in-depth knowledge or expertise in an area of nursing you were not already familiar with before the practicum. Thinking about the role your preceptor played in your experience, describe what you learned about precepting in this practicum. Describe how you have changed as a nurse as a result of your practicum experience