LEARNING PLANS AND PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIOS ‘Summary of Self Evaluation What are my strengths at the end of the semester? 11am more confident in my duties as a student nurse and I feel my areas of strength at the end of the semester is my accountability, time management skills, leadership and team-working abilities. demonstrate competent nursing skills when it comes to taking vitals, head-to-toe assessments (including inspection, auscultation, etc.), charting, medications, recognizing abnormalities, and reporting to the appropriate personnel. | demonstrate self-advocacy and delegation in the work environment and I believe | have significantly improved since the beginning of the semester. | developed my time management skills by understanding the tasks, and organizing my priorities to ensure that my tasks are completed by the end of my shift. | developed my leadership and team-working abilities by helping my peers and delegating my peers to reach a common gost. What are my areas for development at the end of the semester? ‘The areas | need development in are tracheostomy care, injections, and dressing change. | believe Ineed to improve in these areas because | did not have much experience practicing these during the semester. also need development in understanding the complete physiology and reasonit 18 as to Why certain procedures and medications are given. I plan to rectify this by continuing to practice self-learning and Using given opportunities to practice my nursing skills. snare: Ragmord Robles Date: April 9", 2015a __ Rey Reble Practice Reflection Describe an experience, event or change in your practice or practice setting that was significant to you, A significant experience that was important to me during clinical was my first day at 3C Rehab in. ‘Trillium, When | came to clinical, | did not come prepared or ready to administer medications and appeared completely incompetent in front of my instructor and peers. This experience was significant to me because it allowed me to learn from my mistakes. Since then, | have always showed up prepared and ready to work and learn, Since this experience, | have attended clinical with confidence and eagerness to gain knowledge, experience and improve my nursing practice. Based on what you described above, what were your strengths and what were your areas for improvement? Currently, my biggest strengths are my work ethic and eagerness to learn. Because of these strengths, it has allowed me to strengthen my nursing skills in vital signs, bed making, bed bath, head-to- toe assessment, medication administration and research. My other strengths also include organization ‘and accountability. | also feel like | can demonstrate good leadership and teamwork abilities. My ‘weaknesses include numerous things. Since | am still a student nurse, there is still plenty of room to Improve in all aspects of nursing. This includes all nursing procedures, theories, time management, ‘communication, documentation, care plans, critical thinking, patient transfer, and medication ‘administration, injections, in particular. | believe | can improve these weaknesses by continuing to practice in the clinical setting and continuing to read through my studies. What input have you received from your peers about your practice? My peers have stated that | have good leadership abilities and that | am able to communicate and help clients and peers whenever needed. They have also complimented my abilities to multitask and administer medications. My peers have stated | should improve on my assertiveness and continue to work, study, and practice nursing skills and medications. Based on your own reflection and the input you received, what are your learning needs? Based on my learning needs and input, | believe | can further improve by continuing to seek ‘opportunities to practice my nursing skills. | should take more time during the week to read and study theories and reasoning of all the nursing skills. Personally, | think my biggest area of improvement is my critical thinking. | think in order to improve in this area, | need to gain more experience and continue to observe my instructor, peers, and nursing professionals.