NFDN 2004

Assignment 2

Report on Progress of Professional Portfolio

COMPETENCY
NUMBER , LETTER ,
AND SUBCATEGORY .

Competency K: Maternal/Newborn Care

DESCRIBE ONE

One significant learning experience in this course related to the CLPNA

competency was learning about the many signs and symptoms, regarding
the pregnancy or the lack of thereof. I found out the many. Not all
nausea and vomiting are indications of pregnancy, nor was the absence
of menstrual cycle a solid proof.

SIGNIFICANT
LEARNING
EXPERIENCE IN THIS
COURSE RELATED TO
THE CLPNA
COMPETENCY .
PROVIDE AN
EXAMPLE .

K-1-2 Demonstrate Knowledge of Pregnancy

I learned that pregnancies were not as easily identifiable as it was prior

DESCRIBE WHAT YOU to my taking this class, instead, there were actually many assessments
LEARNED AND HOW
needed to be done in order to be really positive. This had been very
IT RELATES TO THE
meaningful as it would help me, in the future, in relaying accurate
COMPETENCY .
EXPLAIN WHY IT WAS information to expectant mothers or to those who are not ready for a
child. I believe being a hundred percent certain in this matter was highly
MEANINGFUL .
important to these clients.
USE THE
PROFICIENCY
CATEGORIES TO

RATE YOUR
PROFICIENCY IN THE
CHOSEN CLPNA
COMPETENCY .
EXPLAIN WHAT YOU
DID TO ACHIEVE THE
COMPETENCY .

DESCRIBE HOW YOU

WILL APPLY THIS
LEARNING IN YOUR
CURRENT AND FUTURE
NURSING PRACTICE.

NQV1.15

Overall, I would rate myself as good. Though I may have learned many
things in the duration of this course, I believe that working on that field
first-hand would be equally valuable if not more so. As such, my lack of
experience definitely abolishes the possibility of me attaining an
excellence in this competency.

In the future, this competency will be extremely useful when I try to

communicate with clients as well as their family that have questions
regarding the presence or absence of pregnancy. Even though I am not
planning to be a maternity nurse, I believe the knowledge will allow for
a competent nurse.