Family Nurse Practitioner Practicum Experience

The practicum experience helps to increase knowledge and skills learned in previous courses. It creates an atmosphere to apply evidence-based concepts of disease management to patient care plans. Sharing of practicum experiences with classmates will increase knowledge of most common illnesses treated in different practicum settings. Continue to ask questions of your preceptor and examine rationales for prioritizing diagnoses and prescribing medications.

Please share practicum experiences with classmates by addressing the following information:

• Type of practicum setting – general practice clinic
• Average number of patients seen by you and the preceptor on a daily basis – Me (8), preceptor (20)
• Most common diagnosis treated: hypertension, common cold, diabetes
• Available resources (low cost meds, social services, community resources, etc.): not many resources, can be researched
• Most interesting patient presentation: can be made up
• Comfort level with history-taking, physical exam, medical diagnosing, management plans including prescribing medications, and health education and oral presentations: can be made up

At least 3 references, not older than 5 years old.