Clinical Skills Self-Assessment

Desired Clinical Skills for Students to Achieve	Confident (Can complete independently)	Mostly confident (Can complete with supervision)	Beginning (Have performed with supervision or need supervision to feel confident)	New (Have never performed or does not apply)
Comprehensive psychiatric evaluation skills in:
Recognizing clinical signs and symptoms of psychiatric illness	Confident
Differentiating between pathophysiological and psychopathological conditions		Mostly confident
Performing and interpreting a comprehensive and/or interval history and physical examination (including laboratory and diagnostic studies)	Confident
Performing and interpreting a mental status examination		Mostly confident
Performing and interpreting a psychosocial assessment and family psychiatric history		Mostly confident
Performing and interpreting a functional assessment (activities of daily living, occupational, social, leisure, educational).		Mostly confident
Diagnostic reasoning skill in:
Demonstrate knowledge of psychopathology of mental illnesses through discussion for different age groups and mental illnesses	Confident
Developing and prioritizing a differential diagnoses list		Mostly confident
Formulating diagnoses according to DSM 5-TR based on assessment data		Mostly confident
Differentiating between normal/abnormal age-related physiological and psychological symptoms/changes	Confident
Psychotherapeutic Treatment Planning:
Provide psychoeducation to individuals and/or any caregivers		Mostly confident
Promote health and disease prevention techniques		Mostly confident
Self Assessment skill:
Develop SMART goals for practicum experiences	Confident
Evaluating outcomes of practicum goals and modify plan as necessary	Confident
Documenting and reflecting on learning experiences	Confident
Professional skills:
Maintains professional boundaries and therapeutic relationship with clients and staff			Beginning
Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to improve clinical practice in mental health settings			Beginning
Identifies ethical and legal dilemmas with possible resolutions	Confident
Demonstrates non-judgmental practice approach and empathy	Confident
Practices within scope of practice	Confident
Selecting and implementing appropriate screening instrument(s) and interpreting results:
Demonstrates selecting the correct screening instrument appropriate for the clinical situation	Confident
Implements the screening instrument efficiently and effectively with the clients	Confident
Interprets results for screening instruments accurately	Confident
Identifies the need to refer to another specialty provider when applicable	Confident
Accurately documents recommendations for psychiatric consultations when applicable	Confident

Summary of strengths:

I have specific strengths in a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation. I can independently identify the manifestations of common psychiatric illnesses, as well as distinguish psychopathologies from physiopathologies. My diagnostic reasoning skills are also excellent, as I can discuss mental health illnesses across the lifespan. I also have good self-assessment skills; I can independently develop SMART goals for my practicum experiences, evaluate their outcomes, make necessary alterations to the goals, and document the findings. I am also confident in my professional skills and ability to plan for psychotherapeutic treatment and select and implement diverse screening tools. I can identify and provide solutions to apparent ethical dilemmas, practice within the nursing scope of practice, and demonstrate a non-judgmental practice approach and empathy. I am also excellent at implementing and interpreting readings from different screening tools.

Opportunities for growth:

To bolster my overall skills and abilities as a professional nurse, I need to improve my skills and understanding of some aspects of nursing professional skills and in the content areas of psychotherapeutic treatment planning, psychiatric evaluation, and diagnostic reasoning. Growth opportunities exist in interprofessional collaboration, maintaining professional boundaries, health promotion and psychoeducation, and psychiatric evaluation.

Goals and Objectives for the Practicum Experience

1. Goal: I will be able to verbalize best practices in a multidisciplinary team practice by the fourth week of the practicum

a. Objective: To understand the role of nurses within multidisciplinary teams

b. Objective: To understand and demonstrate the prerequisite communication and interpersonal skills required to foster healthy relationships between caregivers.

c. Objective: To understand and acknowledge the roles of healthcare professionals from other cadres in psychiatric care.

2. Goal: I will be able to independently provide psychoeducation to diverse groups of clients by the 10^th week of the practicum.

a. Objective: To enhance my understanding of common mental health illnesses, including preventive approaches and available therapeutic options.

b. Objective: To acquire cross-cultural communication skills necessary when engaging diverse client groups.

c. Objective: To bolster my therapeutic communication skills.

3. Goal: I will be confident in differentiating psychopathologies from physiopathologies by the fifth week of the practicum.

a. Objective: To understand the common manifestations of various psychopathological conditions.

b. Objective: To understand the common manifestations of various physiopathologies.

c. Objective: To be able to identify overlapping symptoms between psychopathologies and physiopathological conditions.

4. Goal: I will be able to prioritize differentials and formulate an accurate one by the fifth week of the practicum.

a. Objective: To understand common manifestations of mental health illnesses and overlapping features without aid.

b. Objective: To be able to list various differentials corresponding with the client’s presentation without supervision.

c. Objective: To be able to implement and interpret various screening tools to aid in the diagnosis process.

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Question

Before embarking on any professional or academic activity, it is important to understand the background, knowledge, and experience you bring to it. You might ask yourself, “What do I already know? What do I need to know? And what do I want to know?” This critical self-reflection is especially important for developing clinical skills, such as those for advanced practice nursing.

Clinical Skills Self-Assessment

The PRAC 6635 Clinical Skills List and PRAC 6635 Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form, provided in the Learning Resources, can be used to celebrate your progress throughout your practicum and identify skills gaps. The list covers all necessary skills you should demonstrate during your practicum experience.

For this Assignment, you assess where you are now in your clinical skill development and make plans for this practicum. Specifically, you will identify strengths and opportunities for improvement regarding the required practicum skills. In this practicum experience, when developing your goals and objectives, be sure to keep assessment and diagnostic reasoning in mind.

RESOURCES

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.

WEEKLY RESOURCE

To prepare:

Review the clinical skills in the PRAC 6635 Clinical Skills List document. It is recommended that you print out this document to serve as a guide throughout your practicum.
Review the “Developing SMART Goals” resource on how to develop goals and objectives that follow the SMART framework.
Download the PRAC 6635 Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form to complete this Assignment.
ASSIGNMENT
Use the PRAC 6635 Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form to complete the following:

Rate yourself according to your confidence level performing the procedures identified on the Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form.
Based on your ratings, summarize your strengths and opportunities for improvement.
Based on your self-assessment and theory of nursing practice, develop three to four (3–4) measurable goals and objectives for this practicum experience. Include them on the designated area of the form.
BY DAY 7
Submit your completed Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form.

Clinical Skills Self-Assessment