Preceptorship Objectives

[NSS21]

I am doing my preceptorship clinical on a Cardiac Medsurge Floor and I'm having some difficulty coming up with measurable objectives. I know the areas that i am the weakest, ie, -time management,

-interdisciplinary relations,

-Prioritizing, and Delegation

- Report

- EKG reading etc

Any and all help and recommendations will be appreciated.

[mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN]

there should be a document that is for all. You shouldn't have to remake the wheel. We have 3 benchmark packets-30 day, 3 months and 1 year. It is explicit in what is expected.

[KrCmommy522, BSN, RN]

Someone else just posted a question asking about creating objectives for practicum...here was my advice:

Learning objectives are based on what you specifically feel you need to learn or work on. What you want to get out of your practicum experience. You can Google examples and how to write learning objectives.

What do you need to work on?

Are you able to recognize abnormal labs and the possible causes of abnormal labs? If not, you could state something like, "I will demonstrate an ability to analyze lab results and identify abnormal labs and state the possible causes."

Do you need to work on knowing your meds? If so, you can use something like that. Something like, "I will demonstrate an ability to state indications for use, actions, side effects, and nursing considerations of 2 new medications a day."

Can you identify adventitious breath sounds or heart murmurs? If not, you can say something like, "I will demonstrate the ability to identify the 5 areas of heart auscultation, be able to identify abnormal heart sounds, and be able to state various diseases that may cause abnormal heart sounds." Or, "I will demonstrate the ability to auscultate breath sounds, be able to identify abnormal breath sounds, and be able to state the various diseases that may cause the various abnormal and adventitious breath sounds."

How are you at reading ECG strips? If you feel you need to work on that, you can say that you will demonstrate the ability to identify cardiac rhythms, state implications of the various rhythms, and what actions you would take as a nurse based on the various rhythms.

What skills do you need to work on? Inserting IVs, hanging piggybacks, inserting Foley's, etc.

Think of what you what to get out of your experience and what you still need to work on and use that to create your learning objectives. Remember, you need SMART objectives – Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timeframe.

https://lo.unisa.edu.au/pluginfile.php/502120/mod_resource/content/2/Writing%20Learning%20Objectives%20Nursing_Nov%202015.pdf or S.M.A.R.T. Objectives - Wayne LEADS - Wayne State University

Here is some stuff that might help:

http://www.gavilan.edu/research/spd/Writing-Measurable-Learning-Outcomes.pdf

https://careacttarget.org/sites/default/files/file-upload/resources/TIG%204%20Learning%20Objectives%202010.pdf

https://www.wlc.edu/uploadedFiles/Content/Academics/Programs_of_Study/Undergraduate_Programs/Human_Social_Services/HSS-Practicum-Objectives-and-Learning-Goals-Form.pdf

https://www.jhsph.edu/offices-and-services/practice-and-training/practicum/_documents/MPH-Practicum-Learning-Objectives.pdf

Hope it helps!