Student Name: Student D#
Student email, phone:
Mentor Name and Credentials:
Mentor Contact Information (work phone, cell phone, email and work address):
Directions:
- For week 1, fill out the learning agreement with self-identified goals to meet course outcomes and initial plans to meet those self-identified goals; review the goals and plans with mentor.
- The agreement should be revised each week as needed to reflect completed goals, additional goals, changes to the plan dictated by the actual experience or revisions suggested by faculty and/or mentor.
- At the end of Week 6 of the practicum experience , evaluate success with your mentor and obtain the mentor’s signature at the bottom of agreement.
- You will receive a grade and feedback from your instructor after you submit the Learning Agreement in Weeks 1 and 6.
- See Learning Agreement Grading Rubric for grading details.
The Learning agreement consists of two sections:
- Initial Learning agreement and required signatures (Week 1 – 75 points)
- Updated Learning agreement and required signatures (Week 6 – 50 points)
Note: Each section in table and signatures must be completed prior to submission to “Assignments.” The Learning Agreement will not be accepted without the required signaturess and the Late Assignment policy applies.
Table I
| Course Outcomes | Student Identified Practicum Goals to Meet Course Outcomes (NR621 Week 1) | Plan to Meet Student Identified Practicum Goals (NR621 Week 1) | Narrative Description of Progress and Revisions made to Student Identified Goals (NR 621, Week 6) |
| CO1. Prioritize high quality, safe, patient-centered care when working with learners. (PO 1, holistic health & patient-centered care) | To facilitate patient engagement in the care delivery process. To encourage family involvement in the care delivery process.To ensure the conduciveness of the hospital environment.To create a positive patient experience (Heath, 2017). | I will constantly engage the patient in discussing their health condition to enable them make informed choices.I will encourage two-way communication between the care team, the patient, and their family to engage the latter in care decision-making.I will perform an assessment of hospital systems to ensure cleanliness, noise regulation, and lighting control measures are in place for the comfort of the patient and recommend appropriate changes.I will encourage care providers to adopt participatory approaches to care delivery by showing friendliness to patients. | |
| CO2. Explore caring, learning-centered educational interventions focused on quality health outcomes (PO 2, Care-focused) | To familiarize myself with on-the-job learning and training programs.To understand effective strategies for integrating evidence-based practice. | I will interact with care personnel to understand their perceptions on the effectiveness of professional development initiatives. I will read evidence-based nursing practice to determine the most appropriate strategies applicable within my practicum environment. | |
| CO3. Apply teaching strategies designed to consider the cultural diversity of learners through reflective practice (PO 3, cultural humility) | To determine the cultural barriers to care delivery.To improve cultural competence among learners.To recognize the possibility of applying holistic care. | I will observe learners in action to ascertain areas of difficulty due to their cultural diversity.I will engage in cultural competence training initiatives for learners offered by the care facility.Try to accommodate diverse views and practices among patients by encouraging their religious, alternative medicine, and traditional healing beliefs. | |
| CO4. Explore opportunities to pursue professional interests in teaching, research, and service as a nurse educator. (PO 4, Professional identity) | To ascertain professional development opportunities available to learners willing to pursue interests in nursing education.To establish the level of support for learners interested in teaching, research or nurse educator roles. | I will seek out training and coaching sessions and explore relevant resources that contain information on progressive education and training for learners.I will interact with nurse supervisors, physicians, and the management to establish support programs they have for individuals willing to pursue education and training as nurse educators (Kaihlanen et al., 2019). | |
| CO5. Practice in the role of nurse educator and leader, through compassionate, evidence-based, collaborative advanced nursing practice. (PO 5, Extraordinary nursing) | To demonstrate my capacity to employ cultural competence in care provision.To overcome cultural barriers to care delivery.To apply nursing care practice strategies advocated under the Chamberlain philosophy. | I will seek to engage in a culturally diverse multidisciplinary team and deal with patients of different cultural backgrounds to understand the dynamics of working in such settings.I will undertake reviews of peer reviewed articles to determine evidence-based care strategies that work best with specific population groups.Identifying specific tasks and situations that require evidence-based approaches and participating in them. |
References
Heath, S. (2017, March 14). 5 patient-centered strategies to improve patient safety. Patient Engagement Hit. https://patientengagementhit.com/news/5-patient-centered-strategies-to-improve-patient-safety
Kaihlanen, A. M., Hietapakka, L., & Heponiemi, T. (2019). Increasing cultural awareness: qualitative study of nurses’ perceptions about cultural competence training. BMC Nursing, 18(1), 1-9.
Table 2
Copy your goals and plan from above table (columns 2 & 3) to columns 2 & 3 in this table in Week 6. If your column 2 objectives and/or your column 3 plans are changing based on your Week 6 self-evaluation make those changes here in this form:
| Course Outcomes | NR621 Week Student Identified Practicum Goals to Meet Course Outcomes (NR621 Week 6) | NR621 Week Plan to Meet Student Identified Practicum Goals (NR621 Week 6) |
| CO1. Prioritize high quality, safe, patient-centered care when working with learners. (PO 1, holistic health & patient-centered care) | ||
| CO2. Explore caring, learning-centered educational interventions focused on quality health outcomes (PO 2, Care-focused) | ||
| CO3. Apply teaching strategies designed to consider the cultural diversity of learners through reflective practice (PO 3, cultural humility) | ||
| CO4. Explore opportunities to pursue professional interests in teaching, research, and service as a nurse educator. (PO 4, Professional identity) | ||
| CO5. Practice in the role of nurse educator and leader, through compassionate, evidence-based, collaborative advanced nursing practice. (PO 5, Extraordinary nursing) |
Week 1
Submitted by: (Student) ____________________________________ Date: _____________
Accepted by: (Faculty) __________________________________ Date: ____________
Mentor Sign-off: ___________________________________ Date: ____________
Week 6
Submitted by: (Student) __________________________________ Date: ____________
Accepted by: (Faculty) __________________________________ Date: _____________
Mentor Sign-off: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
