Assignment: PRAC 6631 Week 6 Clinical Hour and Patients Logs
Assignment: PRAC 6631 Week 6 Clinical Hour and Patients Logs
CLINICAL HOUR AND PATIENT LOGS
Clinical Hours
For this course, all practicum activity hours are logged within the Meditrek system. Hours completed must be logged in Meditrek within 48 hours of completion in order to earn the points allocated for this assignment. You may only log hours with preceptors that are approved in Meditrek.
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Students must complete a minimum of 160 hours of supervised direct patient clinical experience. You will enter your approved preceptor and clinical faculty as part of each time and patient encounter you log.
Your clinical hour log must include the following:
Dates
Course
Clinical Faculty
Approved Preceptor
Total Time (for the day)
Notes/Comments
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
LEARNING RESOURCES
Required Readings
Fowler, G. C. (2020). Pfenninger and Fowler’s procedures for primary care (4th ed.). Elsevier.
Chapter 82, “Clinical Anorectal Anatomy and Digital Examination” (pp. 570–572)
Chapter 83. “Anoscopy” (pp. 573–576)
Chapter 87, “Office Treatment of Hemorrhoids” (pp. 596–606) specifically pp. 604 -606 external hemorrhoidal tags
Chapter 94, “Esophageal Foreign Body Removal” (pp. 676–679)
Chapter 95, “Inguinal Hernia Reduction” (pp. 680–683)
Chapter 20,: “Management of Fecal Impaction” (pp. 1382–1383)
Practicum Resources
HSoft Corporation. (2019). Meditrek: HomeLinks to an external site.. https://edu.meditrek.com/Default.html
Note: Use this website to log into Meditrek to report your clinical hours and patient encounters.
Walden University Field Experience. (2019a). Field experience: College of Nursing.Links to an external site. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/fieldexperience/son/home
Walden University Field Experience. (2019b). Student practicum resources: NP student orientation.Links to an external site. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/StudentPracticum/NP_StudentOrientation
Walden University. (2019). MSN nurse practitioner practicum manual.Links to an external site. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/fieldexperience/son/formsanddocuments
Document: Episodic/Focus Note Template (Word document)Download Episodic/Focus Note Template (Word document)
PATIENT LOG
Throughout this course, you must keep a log of every patient that you encounter in clinical using Meditrek. You must record at least 120 patients by the end of this practicum.
The patient log must include the following:
Date
Course
Clinical Faculty
Approved Preceptor
Patient Number
Client Information
Visit Information
Practice Management
Procedure (Note: Make sure that, as you perform procedures at your practicum site, you also note those on your printed-out Clinical Skills List.)
Treatment Plan and Notes
BY DAY 7
Record your clinical hours and patient encounters in Meditrek.
Rubric
PRAC_6531_Week6_Assignment1_Rubric
PRAC_6531_Week6_Assignment1_Rubric
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePart 1: Time logs and patient logs are completed within 48 hours of completing clinical time.
5 pts
Excellent
*Time logs are completed within 48 hours of completing clinical time. *Patient logs are completed within 48 hours of completing clinical time.
0 pts
Poor
*Time logs are completed more than 48 hours after completing clinical time. *Patient logs are completed more than 48 hours after completing clinical time.
5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeThis criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePart 2: Patient logs meet the minimum documentation requirements. *Each entry includes Date, Course, Clinical Instructor, Preceptor, Patient number, Client information, Visit information, Practice management, Diagnosis, Procedures (if applicable), Treatment plan and notes, Notes section (Students must include a brief summary/synopsis of the patient visit—this must include enough information to understand how the patient presnted and the student intervention. Do NOT include EMR SOAP notes. *LOGS MUST BE SUBMITTED WITHIN 48 HOURS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ANY POINTS
5 pts
Excellent
*Patient logs include all of the required documentation elements.
0 pts
Poor
*Patient logs do NOT include all of the required documentation elements. There are some elements missing or the logs are incomplete. *Patient logs were submitted more than 48 hours after completion of the clinical time.
5 pts
Total Points: 10