Help with clinical goals

Jeff71 · Jul 13, 2015

Great examples. Better than many others I have found.

Michele_Hill · Dec 3, 2015

I have used the following: improve my assessment skills, improve my lab interpretations, learn to read EKGs, develop appropriate diagnoses as well as differential diagnoses, ensure the care I want to provide follows current published guidelines-and if not why am I deviating, improve my communication skills at the patient and professional level.

I also look at the weekly lecture/reading material and draw some goals from that.

katrina2u · Jan 9, 2016

I am at ONU also and thus, struggling with this goal-writing. Every day is ridiculous!!!!

evolvingrn, BSN, RN · Jan 9, 2016

I always looked at our outcomes and used that. Comfort with Pap smears, identifying differentials, etc....

augienurse · Jan 9, 2016

Happy to say I am done with the program. ANCC review next week. Re goals. I seriously over think them. Keep it simple. I know the program has changes. We only had to do goals for the first 100 hours. Which really is maybe 12-15 days total. Peds-become comfortable describing vaccination side effects to a parent. WH-successfully perform a Pap smear. Adult - counsel a patient on low fat low cholesterol diet. You can start to get more specific. Like someone else said look at outcomes. I would look at the patient schedule for the day and figure out what type of patients I would be seeing and think about my goals from there.

You've got this!! Communicate really well with your preceptors. Those evals really count during your review with the FNP director. Learn to do soap notes the right way. Ask for help. Good luck!

ritit123 · Jan 28, 2016

In my program, the first clinical rotation you are expected to take on 6-8patients/ day and do complete/ focused SOAP notes. You are expected to do a full assessment and try your best on differential diagnosis and plan of care.

Mary C, MSN, RN, APRN, CNM · Feb 23, 2016

How is it going? Do you need any more clarification?

Toronto1977, BSN, LPN, RN · Sep 27, 2016

I'm in my first clinical now and frantically did a Google search on learning goals, and lo and behold, AN popped up (this forum is awesome!).

Thanks for the great suggestions everyone!

turnforthenurse, MSN, NP · Dec 21, 2016

Can anybody give me some ideas on clinical goals? I FINALLY found a clinical site for this upcoming semester - I'll be doing women's health/OB-GYN as my first clinical! I can't really think of anything else other than the fact that I want to learn as much as I can about this area because I don't really know much. I need more than that, at least 3. I'm just looking for some ideas to help formulate my own!

Also, does anybody have any pearls/tips for women's health/OB-GYN? I have an Obstetrics & Gynecology textbook that I've already started going through.

Thank you everyone!

lhflanurseNP, APRN · Dec 26, 2016

Not so much ideas...but a path. What do you anticipate, or need, to learn during this rotation to help you further your goal to be NP? Are you going into women's health, family practice, or adult/gerontology? How can this rotation help you now and in the future. I believe if you look at it critically you can help postulate your goals...good luck!

TammyG · Dec 29, 2016

You might want to include something like becoming familiar with basic OB/GYN resources/texts, become competent in performing basic pelvic exams (that's one I really wish that I would have completed!), becoming competent in performing new-baby well-baby exams, that type of thing. Good luck!

Palliative Care, DNP · Dec 31, 2016

Performing PAP smears and well woman exams

Identifying STDs and treatment options

Finding fetal heart tones

Measuring the growing abdomen correctly for fundal height

Learning how to know if you are feeling head or bottom

Learning how to correctly find the due date

When is Rhogam necessary?

Identifying a yeast infection

Wet preps & mounts

Identifying clue cells, hyphae, etc under microscope

birth control options

family planning