NR 509 week 8 reflection.

Over the last eight weeks in the advanced health assessment course, there has been many skills and knowledge bases that have been gained in order to prepare for future practice. As a proficient nurse practitioner, it ...

Over the last eight weeks in the advanced health assessment course, there has been many skills and knowledge bases that have been gained in order to prepare for future practice. As a proficient nurse practitioner, it is expected by patients that the nurse practitioner should provide high quality, safe, patient-centered care grounded in holistic health principles, this is known as program outcome 1. This outcome is in line with the masters of science nurse essentials I: background for practice from sciences and humanities. The use of shadow health in this course is one way that students have been able to practice and become proficient in assessment skills and provide patient￾centered care. Virtual simulations are a great resource for distance learning students as they provide situations that help student pull together the application of classroom material and the use of clinical reasoning to treat a patient along with an opportunity to gain constructive feedback in a non-threatening environment (Carman et. al., 2017). The only downfall was that the tie spent on the virtual reality patients is not an accurate reflection of a true clinical experience. However, these situations fulfill the program outcome listed above. A second reflection of the program outcome was the use of benchmarking exams, such as the 3P examination. This examination enhances potential success on certification examinations as well as readiness based on the current school’s instructional retention by each student (Gravel, 2018). Lastly, the use of immersion weekend help to focus students on proficiency of the head-to-toe assessment as a advanced practice nurse. This experience was a added value to prepare students for