REPORT ON PROGRESS OF PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO

NFDN 2006
JULIE ARSENAULT 1031575
November 30, 2015

Progression of Professional Portfolio

Julie Arsenault
NFDN 2006
Assignment #2
Kim Harper
November 30 2015

REPORT ON PROGRESS OF PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO

NFDN 2006
JULIE ARSENAULT 1031575
November 30, 2015

R-6-3
IDENTIFY COMPENTENCY
NUMBER, LETTER AND
SUBCATEGORY.

Community Health Public Health Nursing Demonstrate

knowledge and ability to develop and deliver health promotion
and disease prevention programs to facilitate healthy
communities
During this course, we had one major assignment in which we
were asked to assess a specific population for a learning need
and create a teaching plan for that population. I chose 10-16
year old boys from the Maritime provinces in Canada.
My learning experience came from the need to formulate a
teaching strategy to such a young group of males. I had to
DESCRIBE ONE
accommodate for the varying literacy levels, interest levels
SIGNIFICANT LEARNING
and motivation I would expect each of the children to have in
EXPERIENCE IN THIS
COURSE RELATED TO THE learning what I had to teach.
I created a brochure rather than a lecture in order to engage
CLPNA COMPETENCY.
PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE.
more learning styles and volunteer rather than mandatory
demonstrations as to not make the more shy children
embarrassed or less focused on my teaching.
I used the Potter and Perry Nursing Fundamentals textbook as
well as Stanhope and Lancaster Community Health Nursing
Textbook in order to gage where the students learning levels
would be and what would be the most beneficial way to teach
these students.
Through this assignment, I learned a solid theoretical basis of
community teaching and had experience utilizing that basis in
order to teach a group of children. I feel as though I have a
better understanding of the work and care that is required in
DESCRIBE WHAT YOU
order to teach to a specific group in a population.
LEARNED AND HOW IT
A specific learning situation that sticks with me is e-mailing
RELATES TO THE
COMPENTENCY. EXPLAIN my instructor for approval of my teaching
WHY IT WAS MEANINGFUL. This learning has given me an insight into what it takes for a
Community Health Nurse to introduce child/youth wellness
programs, community wellness, and even injury prevention
programs in a community.
This is extremely beneficial in order to maximize my
experience and understanding of each different branch of
nursing. Although I wish I was truly able to teach a group and
enact my teaching with a true group of children, I do not see

REPORT ON PROGRESS OF PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO

NFDN 2006
JULIE ARSENAULT 1031575
November 30, 2015

the weight that is placed on a nurse in such a position and their

importance they have with the community.

USE THE PROFICIENCY

CATEGORIES TO RATE
THEIR PROFICIENCY IN
THE CHOSEN CLPNA
COMPENTENCY. EXPLAIN
WHAT WAS DONE TO
ACHIEVE THE
COMPETENCY.

DESCRIBE HOW YOU WILL

APPLY THIS LEARNING IN
YOUR CURRENT AND
FUTURE NURSING
PRACTICE

I would rate my proficiency in this competency as Good. I feel

I have a good understanding of the competency in theory and
in scenarios as well. I do not feel as though I am Excellent
because of the lack of true world experience but I feel as
though I have a good understanding of what it would involve
and what would be required of me.
To achieve a Good proficiency rating, I followed my course
closely, I created flashcards on everything I did not know and
was not sure of. I completed the practice quizzes and
assignments. I looked into different community nursing
forums on public health teaching and asked questions to
student who had previously taken the course when I had
questions relating to assignments.
I am excited to apply this learning in my nursing practice as I
hope to work with the public one day, whether it be in a
hospital or public health setting. I have a passion for people
and for health, so I feel this learning experience will be vital to
my nursing practice in order to ensure my patients, families,
and members of the community can be empowered with
knowledge in order to take control of their health.

Online Portfolio juliearsenault.weebly.com

REPORT ON PROGRESS OF PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO

NFDN 2006
JULIE ARSENAULT 1031575
November 30, 2015

References
Potter, P. A., & Perry, A. G. (2009) Canadian fundamentals of nursing (4th ed.). Toronto, ON:
Mosby Elsevier
Stanhope, M., & Lancaster, J. (2011) Community health nursing in Canada (2nd ed.).Toronto,
ON: Mosby Elsevier