NUR 330 Population and Community Health

Instructions for Documentation of Practicum Experiences

For each practicum experience, please document the PCGs and/or CCPOs that were the focus of
the experience (these are found in the course syllabus), and provide a detailed description of the
experience that clearly illustrates each of the objectives. You may use a narrative or chart form,
such as the ones below.
NUR 330 Population and Community Health: Documentation of Practicum Experiences

Name: Luwam Gebrehiwet

Practicum Agency: Healthcare resort Plano
Department or Division Location: 3325 W Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX 75075
Preceptor: Doreen Walker

Date(s) of Practicum Hours: Weekends

Hours of the experience: 46 hrs

Date: Nov 12, 2022

Objectives: CCPO #4 PGC #6 Direct patient-centered care through advocacy, interprofessional
communication, collaboration, and delegation.
Description:
My preceptor and I had to assist a patient who was coded for cardiac arrest. When the nurse
informed us that the patient become bradycardic and eventually went into pulseless electrical
activity, we have to communicate effectively with other healthcare professionals who came to
assist and collaborate with them efficiently. Since my preceptor was a supervisor, we also had to
delegate some of the tasks to other nurses.

Date: Nov 13, 2022

Objectives: CCPO #3 PGC #4 Integrate information management technology to improve patient
outcomes.
Description:
With my preceptor, we had to audit the medical record system of the facility. I was able to learn
how to audit the carting, patient care documentation, medication errors, and sentinel events that
happened in the facility. We were able to find some discrepancies with the medication delivery
system and medication errors that happened that same week.

Date: Dec 3, 2022

Objectives: CCPO #5 PGC #8 Practice professional nursing within an ethical framework.
Description:
On that day, I was answering some of the phone calls at the nursing station. My preceptor had to
attend a meeting and I was learning from the other nurses until she comes back. A person called
asking about a patient and said he is the brother of that patient. He asked f I can provide him with
updates on the status of the patient. Because of my professional nursing practice and ethical
knowledge, I knew it was against the laws of HIPPA to provide information without screening
and identifying the caller. When I ask the called for a medical record number, he didn’t have one
and I politely told him that I can’t provide him with that information. As it turned out, the patient
didn’t have a brother and didn’t want his information to be shared with anyone.

Date: Dec 4, 2022

Objectives: CCPO #4 PGC #7 Integrate health promotion and disease prevention practices to
positively impact the delivery of healthcare to diverse populations.
Description:
Following my preceptor, I was able to provide health promotion education to a diverse
population, mainly from low socioeconomic societies. I was able to provide disease prevention
education to several Hispanic and African American populations regarding diet, exercise,
hypertension, diabetes, and stroke prevention. I educated some elderly patients regarding prostate
cancer screening and smoking cessation.