Report on Progress of Professional Portfolio 1002

IDENTIFY COMPETENCY NUMBER,

LETTER AND SUBCATEGORY

DESCRIBE ONE SIGNIFICANT

LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN THIS
COURSE RELATED TO THE CLPNA
COMPETENCY.

PROVIDE AN

EXAMPLE.

DESCRIBE WHAT YOU LEARNED AND

HOW IT RELATES TO THE
COMPETENCY. EXPLAIN WHY IT WAS
MEANINGFUL.

USES THE PROFICIENCY

CATEGORIES TO RATE THEIR
PROFICIENCY IN THE CHOSEN
CLPNA COMPETENCY. EXPLAIN
WHAT WAS DONE TO ACHIEVE THE
COMPETENCY.

DESCRIBE HOW YOU WILL APPLY THIS

LEARNING IN YOUR CURRENT AND
FUTURE NURSING PRACTICE

B-2-1Demonstrate ability to apply critical

thinking and clinical judgment in the planning
of care.
In lab learning about Gastrointestinal Tube
placement was a learning experience. I had to
use my current nursing knowledge on G-tubes
but also use critical thinking in deciding how
to check for proper placement. In one scenario
I was asked how I would check for placement.
I knew the most accurate way was an x-ray,
but an x-ray was not available. In planning
care for the client I had to aspirate some of the
stomach contents and test for pH, something I
was not familiar with.
I learned that I will not always know the
answer. Sometimes my own knowledge and
ability to critically think will not result in the
required answer or action in the planning of
care for a client. It was meaningful because it
is something I would have had to learn at
some point in my nursing career.
Good: understands competency in theory and
in scenarios and nursing practice.
I have a strong knowledge base and
understanding but have not been provided
with many opportunities to plan client care or
activate critical thinking/judgment skills. It is
a competency that has not yet become
seamless/automatic in my nursing practice.
In the future, if my current knowledge or
critical thinking skills are not sufficient I will
take further actions such as asking for an
inservice, clarifying with a co-worker or
preceptor, and performing further research to
have the knowledge for the next time.

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