N479 Professional Activity Evaluation Form

Your Name: Alyssa Brooks Date of Activity: 11/2/20 Faculty name: Philip Moya

1. Describe the community service/professional activity/s you attended or participated with (be

specific about the purpose and your role):

One of the professional activities that I participated in was an online course from the American

Association of Critical Care Nurses on Covid-19 Pulmonary, ARDS and Ventilator Resources.

For this course there were 4 main sections and then within each section there were 2-4

subsections that contained scenarios, information, and practice questions. Before taking the test

at the end of each section there was a review section with questions that were similar to the ones

on the test. You needed to get at least an 80% on the test at the end of each section to pass.

2. Where was this held and what was was program/activity length?

This activity was held as an online course on the AACN website, was about 4.5 hours long and

didn’t have to be completed all at once.

3. Discuss the value of this experience to you (be specific).

Doing this online course was very interesting and I feel that I gained a lot of valuable

information that can be used in the clinical setting once I am a nurse. I also thought it was a nice

review to have since it has been a few months since I worked with patients who were on

ventilators. In addition to reviewing ventilators and their settings, it addressed ABGs, oxygen

delivery methods and had practice questions that helped me learn the priorities when caring for

patients who have a respiratory illness. This was valuable to me as some of the content I had

forgotten.
4. How would you continue to use this experience throughout your nursing career?

This experience will be helpful throughout my nursing career especially if I end up working in

the NICU. While this course was focused mainly on adults in the ICU, I may still take care of an

infant that is ventilated or even has a tracheostomy so knowing basic care and priorities is

important. Even if I don’t end up working in the NICU, reviewing the types of oxygen delivery

will be useful as many other units will have patients who need oxygen during their

hospitalization.

5. Would you recommend this specific communnity/professional experience in the future; why

or why not? (Describe)

I would definitely recommend this professional experience to other nurses in the future. It is a

great review of what to expect while caring for a patient who is ventilated, on oxygen or

experiencing respiratory failure. Especially now with Covid-19 having a huge impact on patients

respiratory system I think this activity is very useful, even if someone doesn’t work in the ICU or

care for Covid patients. Besides the information being useful and learning things I didn’t know

before, it was a very interesting course that kept my attention.

6. Brochure or proof of attendance obtained if applicable? Yes Signature on validation of

clinical hours form obtained? No