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Portfolio Part B: Self-Identified Learning Plan

Carlee Ann Wells

Department of Practical Nursing, Vancouver Island University

PRNU 115: Professional Practice II

Ling Ma, RN.

February 15, 2022


Topic/Area of What I know
Focus
I know about different types
of diversity, which include
age, gender, race, ethnicity,
sexual orientation, language,
geography, socioeconomic,
religion, and education.
(PRNU 115: Professional
Practice II, 2020, p. 12.)
Cultural I am aware of the difference
Safety between cultural awareness
and cultural sensitivity.
Cultural awareness is being
aware of your own views,
beliefs and defining your
own perspective before
relating to clients
Cultural sensitivity is being
aware that other cultures
exist between you and your
clients and how these
differences affect how you
and your clients relate to one
another.
(Vancouver Island
University, 2020, p.13.)
I know that it takes a specific
communication skills for
LPNs, RNs, HCAs and
Physicians to provide the
best care for patients and to
form an effective health care
Inter- team.
professional
I remember the Forming,
Relationships &
Storming, Norming, and
Quality Care Performing model to team
development.
(Dahlkemper, 2021, p. 257-
258.)
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What I need to learn How I will expand my
more about knowledge/skill development
I want to delve into the I will watch the video
details behind what “Perspectives from First
competent nursing/health Nations, Inuit and Métis on
care looks like for Health Care.” From YouTube
Indigenous patients.
I will learn more about the
I would also like to be psychological and physical
able to better empathize trauma that residential schools
with the trauma and and “Indian Hospitals” had on
struggles that indigenous indigenous populations by
people have faced at the watching videos put forward by
hands of the B.C health Indigenous people on YouTube.
care system, through more
thorough education on the I am going to read “Indigenous
topic. cultural safety, cultural
humility, and anti-racism”
practice standard put forth by
BCCNM in 2022.
I would like to focus I will speak to friends that are
specifically on how to LPNs over the next few months
work effectively with about their experience working
HCA’s and communicate with HCA’s. I will ask
well with them when questions about effective
providing collaborative communication and delegation.
care.
I will speak with my friends
I would also like to learn who are HCA’s over the next
more about how to few months about their
properly delegate tasks to experience working with LPNs.
HCAs, which tasks I can I will ask questions about
delegate to them, and how effective communication and
to get comfortable doing what worked and did not work
so. for them when LPNs delegated

I know what the definition of
ethics as being the study of
what is right and wrong, or
good and evil, and how this
relates to how humans
interact with one another and
make decisions. (Taylor,
2019, p. 102)
Ethical I am aware of the two major
Practice ethical principles:
Deontologic and Utilitarian
theories. Deontologic theory
states that an act itself is
either right or wrong,
independent of the
consequences. Utilitarian
theory states that how right
or wrong an action is
depends on the consequences
of the act.
(Taylor, 2019, p. 103)
I am aware of the 5
principles of ethics being
beneficence, non-
maleficence, fidelity,
autonomy, veracity and
justice.
(Dahlkemper, 2021, p. 209-
210.)
The concept of death
makes me quite
uncomfortable, and I have
a lot of fear surrounding
death. As a nurse, I will be
faced with death on a
regular basis, and so it is
important for me to learn
more about death in
regards to the nursing
profession.
I would like to expand my
knowledge on providing
the best care for and
communicate with
someone who is in the
end-of-life stage.
I want to learn about my
responsibilities as a nurse
providing care to someone
who has advanced
directives involved in
their end-of-life care.
I would like to further
understand and empathize
with the psychology
behind the decision to
choose medically assisted
suicide.
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tasks to them.
I will read BCCNMs “Working
with Health Care Assistants”
practice standards page.
I will read the section
“Delegation and Making
Assignments” in Chapter 20 of
Dahlkemper.
I will read Taylor, Chapter 43
“Loss, Grief and Dying”,
paying special attention to the
section “Ethical and Legal
Dimensions” and “The Nurse as
a Role Model.”
I will read Balzer, Chapter 29
“Communicating at the End of
Life.”
I will watch videos on Youtube
that explain and empathize with
those who choose to utilize
MAID.
I will watch videos from the
perspective of someone whose
family member has chosen to
utilize MAID, as I would be
communicating with family
members as well during this
time.
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References

BCCNM. (January, 2022). Indigenous cultural safety, cultural humility, and anti-racism.
BCCNM.
https://www.bccnm.ca/Documents/Announcements/All_PS_cultural_safety_humility_N
OT_YET_IN_EFFECT.pdf.

BCCNM. Working with Health Care Assistants. BCCNM.

https://www.bccnm.ca/LPN/PracticeStandards/Pages/WorkingwithHealthCareAssistants.
aspx.

Dahlkemper, Tamara R. (2021). Nursing Leadership, Management, and Professional Practice

for the LPN/LVN. F.A Davis.

NAHOnews. (December, 2010). Perspectives from First Nations, Inuit, and Métis on Health
Care. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl-
DU_9ukYg&list=PL9D88CA4CB2923D4D.

Taylor, Carol, Lynn, Pamela, & Bartlett, Jennifer L. (2019). Fundamentals of Nursing: The Art
and Science of Person-Centered Care. Wolters Kluwer.

Riley, Julia Balzer. (2019). Communication in Nursing. Elsevier.

Vancouver Island University. (2020). PRNU 115: Professional Practice II. Vancouver Island
University.