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43498Assignment: Practicum – Week 1 Journal Entry
As a future advanced practice nurse, it is important that you are able to connect your classroom experience to your practicum experience. By applying the concepts you study in the classroom to clinical settings, you enhance your professional competency. Each week, you complete an Assignment that prompts you to reflect on your practicum experiences and relate them to the material presented in the classroom. This week, you begin documenting your practicum experiences in your Practicum Journal.

Learning Objectives
Students will:
Analyze nursing and counseling theories to guide practice in psychotherapy*
Develop goals and objectives for personal practicum experiences*
Create timelines for practicum activities*
* The Assignment related to this Learning Objective is introduced this week and submitted in Week 4.

In preparation for this course’s practicum experience, address the following in your Practicum Journal:

Reviewthe media Clinical Interview: Intake, Assessment,& Therapeutic Alliance in your Learning Resources.
Selectone nursing theory and one counseling theory to best guide your practice inpsychotherapy.
Note: For guidance onnursing and counseling theories, refer to the Wheeler textbook in this week’s LearningResources.

Explain why you selected these theories. Support your approach with evidence-basedliterature.
Developat least three goals and at least three objectives for the practicum experiencein this course.
Create a timeline of practicum activities basedon your practicum requirements.