LaGuardia Nursing Program:Holistic Assessment and ePortfolio:

Presented by:Margaret Norris RN, MSPhilip Gimber RN, MSDeborah McMillan-Coddington RN, MS

Overview of Presentation

History of incorporating ePortfolio into the Registered Nursing Program

Baseline ePortfolio Holistic Assessment Capstone Course

History of ePortfolio

2007 – Nursing students received ePortfolio training before beginning the Nursing Program

Nursing Students created a generic ePortfolio

Faculty attended seminars on the development of ePortfolio as pedagogical tool

The Nursing ePortfolio Mini-Grant workshops were implemented in Fall 2008

ePortfolio Mini-Grant

Introduced Faculty to ePortfolio Designed a professional template Created grid Organized workshops for faculty to

create assignments Faculty revised assignments to meet:

LAGCC Core Competencies Nursing Competencies

Competencies

Assignment LAGCC Core Competencies

Nursing Competencies

Fundamentals of Nursing

Clinical Journal

Vital Sign Case Study

Perspectives of Nursing

Written Philosophy

Philosophy (Video)

Ethical Research Paper

Written Communication Critical Thinking

Quantitative Reasoning

Written Communication

Oral Communication

Research and Information Literacy

Clinical Decision Making

Physical Assessment Clinical Decision Making

Cultural Competence

Therapeutic Communication

Professional Collaboration

Clinical Journal Assignment

Clinical Journal Assignment

Example of Student Reflection / Clinical Journal

Response

Holistic Assessment

Core Competencies

Nursing Assessment Grid with Assignments

Example of ePortfolio as a depository

Jennifer Thaís Alves SCR 150.4100 Prof. Morgan-Eason

11/18/08

Philosophy of Nursing

A nursing philosophy gives guidance to the nurse’s approach to caring for clients. Although a nursing philosophy is not fully formed at the start of one’s nursing education, there are several beliefs that are an essential part of nursing.

First and foremost, compassion should guide all interactions with patients. However, it should go beyond just having the sincerest desire to alleviate their suffering. A nurse needs to develop a compassionate understanding of all human experiences and extend this wisdom to not only patients and their families, but coworkers as well. This entails having insight into the complexity of human behavior and with this insight, never judging others.

Work ethic is also an integral part of nursing. Nursing is not known to be easy, but nurses must accept responsibility for their own work and the role they perform in the optimal care of their patients. Given the reality of the current healthcare system, that may not always seem possible. However, this is not an acceptable excuse. Instead, part of being a patient advocate is to advocate for change in the system, whether on a nursing unit or throughout the entire system.

Nursing is complex and a multitude of factors are at play with any given patient on any given day. Yet, it is simply compassion, understanding, and perseverance that should guide nursing.

BaselineNURSING PROGRAM COURSES

BASELINE COURSES

SCR100

SCR110

SCR150

SCR200

SCR210

SCR270

SCR260

(Capstone)SCR290

URBAN STUDIESSSN187

Written Communication

Critical Literacy (Writing

Intensive)1

ENG099/ENG101/

ESLX X X X X

Quantitative Reasoning2

MAT096/MAT106 X X X

Oral Communication

3

HUC 101/ HUC108 CEP121

X X X

Research and Information

LiteracyENG101 X X

Technological Literacy X X X X

Capstone

A Capstone Course -

Is a course designed to be offered in the final semester of a student’s major; a course that ties together the key learning objectives that students have learned during the major, interdisciplinary program, or interdepartmental major.

Competencies

Assignment LAGCC Core Competencies

Nursing Competencies

Med-Surg Nursing II

Trended Data

Teaching Plan

Trends in Nursing

Written Philosophy

Philosophy (Video)

Professional ePortfolio

Quantitative Reasoning

Written Communication

Written Communication

Oral Communication

Technological Literacy

Physical Assessment Clinical Decision Making

Patient Teaching

Cultural Competence

Therapeutic Communication

Professional Collaboration

Students will prepare a 2-3 minute verbal presentation of their personal values and beliefs about nursing. The philosophy should also include your core belief statement about treating human responses to illness.

Make it personal – philosophy statements are not “one size fits all”

Be creative – the use of incorporating additional technology into your presentation is strongly suggested.You may want to consider speaking about:

oWhy you choose to enter the nursing profession?oWhat do you believe makes you different from other nurses?oWhere do you see yourself in five years?oWhat do you think will be your major contribution to the nursing profession?

Incorporate a comparison of at least one nursing philosopher with your own beliefs.

Nursing Philosophy Assignment

“Nursing Philosophy Statement”Video/Oral Report