STUDENT: FACULTY: DATE:
LEARNING PLAN (Adapted from the College of Nurses of Ontario)
https://www.cno.org/en/myqa/qa-resources/
REMEMBER: SMART goals are SPECIFIC/MEASURABLE/ATTAINABLE/RELEVANT/TIME-LIMITED
SMART goals should activate your knowledge, skills and judgement on a critical thinking level expected for a semester 4 student, rather than strictly skills based tasks. (For example “I will recognize the early signs of post partum hemorrhage, and understand its’ management by the end of this clinical rotation” verses “I want to put in a foley catheter by week 8”
| Learning Need
What learning need have I identified? (What areas in your nursing practice need development? How will addressing your needs improve your nursing practice?)
– continuously challenge myself to perform the skills I know on my patients and feel confident doing so
– push myself out of my comfort zone to learn new skills while staying within the limits of what a PNS can do and only doing skills that I have been
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| Learning Goal #1
Describe an area you want to develop: Fetal Assessment Define your learning goal (SMART):
To understand and describe fetal assessment. |
Goal #1: Activities and Timeframes
How am I going to achieve my goal? How am I going to achieve my goal? Observation of staff nurses Discussion with instructor Using resources available or provided to me When will I achieve these activities? By the end of placement (Dec. 15/23) |
| Learning Goal #2
Describe an area you want to develop: Medication Define your learning goal (SMART):
To demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the common medications given to pregnant and post-partum mothers |
Goal #2: Activities and Timeframes
How am I going to achieve my goal? Create and review drug cards Consult a medication resource Research drugs given to my patients during Clinical When will I achieve these activities? By the end of placement (Dec. 15/23) |
| Learning Goal #3
Describe an area you want to develop: Critical thinking Define your learning goal (SMART): Think critically about the experience of labour and birth in order to provide support
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Goal #3: Activities and Timeframes
How am I going to achieve my goal? Research topics like stages of labour, supportive care, complications and interventions associated with labour and birth including grief and loss, and the immediate recovery period.
Examine personal beliefs about the topics When will I achieve these activities? By the end of placement (Dec. 15/23) |
| Learning Goal #4
Describe an area you want to develop: Collaboration Define your learning goal (SMART): Work collaboratively as part of the interdisciplinary team to meet the holistic needs of the client. |
Goal #4: Activities and Timeframes
How am I going to achieve my goal? Communicate more with other healthcare team members.
Asking question When will I achieve these activities? By the end of placement (Dec. 15/23) |
| Learning Goal #5
Describe an area you want to develop: Engage in self-reflection. Define your learning goal (SMART): Start reflecting on your day after every professional practice day.
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Goal #5: Activities and Timeframes
How am I going to achieve my goal? Keep a record of each clinical experiences and things I learnt, in the form of a journal or digital record When will I achieve these activities? By the end of placement (Dec. 15/23) |
| How do these learning goals support my commitment to continuing competency?
How does my learning relate to the competencies of my practice? What principles of the Code of Conduct does your goals align with? (https://www.cno.org/globalassets/docs/prac/49040_code-of-conduct.pdf)
Goal 1: Nurses seek and use the best available evidence to inform their practice. Goal 2: Nurses conduct research ethically, including placing client well-being above all other research objectives. Goal 3: Nurses identify when their own personal beliefs conflict with a client’s care plan, and provide safe, compassionate and timely care to those clients, until other arrangements are in place. Goal 4: Nurses collaborate and communicate with the health care team in a clear, effective, professional and timely way to provide safe client care. Goal 5: Nurses self-reflect, identify learning needs in their practice and engage in continuous learning to improve their competence. |
Evaluation of changes/outcomes to my practice
What did I learn? What impact will my Learning Plan have on my practice?
It will allow me to know how to: – work together with clients with respect and sensitivity towards their needs. – evaluating my own behaviour – work within the legal scope of practice of an RPN – build and maintain a respectful relationship with the health care team. – portray professionalism. – show leadership. |