Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing

NUR 4215P Vulnerable Populations and Global Health Practicum

Program Practicum Learning Contract

Student: ____Morgan Butler_____________ Faculty: __Professor Sangha & Professor Vasel_______

Organization/Institution: __Remote Area Medical Clinic________ Org. Location: ___Warsaw, VA_______

Practicum Goal: I hope to assist in providing high quality medical care through the RAM clinic to those in need - and to help these families who do not have access to a doctor or cannot pay for medical
services.

Learning Objectives
1. Provide high quality, compassionate, and
effective health care to a large amount
people who otherwise dont have access to
these services.
Learning Resources/Strategies
- Listen to patients concerns.
- Avoid medical language.
- Address everyday issues of health care.
- Remember personal constraints for patients.
- Provide clear, concise patient education.
Outcomes:
Evidence of Accomplishments
(To be filled in by end of
(To be filled in by end of Semester)
Semester)
-Successfully listened to patient
concerns
-I was able to participate in triage for a large portion of the time
that was spent at this practicum. -Success in avoiding medical
language.
-I was able to listen to patients current concerns, and made sure
that they were addressed during their time with me in triage; -Success in addressing everyday
by either making another health care practitioner aware or health issues; mainly untreated
making notes on their medical documents. health problems.
-I was able to use translation services to assist patients with -Success in being mindful of
language barriers. patient personal constraints.
-I was able to avoid use of medical language to make sure that -Success in providing clear, concise
the patient truly understood what was happening with their patient education.
care.
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NUR 4215P Vulnerable Populations and Global Health Practicum
2. Prevent pain and alleviate suffering for - During my time in triage, I spent most of the time taking -Success in practice of active
- Actively listen to patients concerns, and address listening for each patient; success
patients through free healthcare; follow the each issue that they present with. health history and learning about patient concerns.
mission of RAM. Although it was a busy environment, I was able to focus in addressing each concern that the
- Treat each patient with respect ad integrity. and actively listen to each patient. patient presented with.

- Work with other team members to provide patients -Successfully treated each patient
- I approached each patient in the same manner, and with respect and integrity.
with additional resources that can be used outside treated each patient equally no matter what they were
of the RAM clinic. presenting for; with respect and integrity. -Successfully worked with other
- Advocate for patients in a possibly overwhelming team members to provide excellent
environment.
- I worked with other nurses, nursing students, patient care; able to provide
pharmacists, pharmacy students, and nurse patients with additional resources.
- Try to make people comfortable while they wait. practitioners during my time at the clinic.
-Success in making patients
- I made patients aware of the resources available at the comfortable; able to work towards
the RAM mission of alleviate
clinic, and made sure that every patient was staying
suffering, by actively participating
hydrated as well as had something to eat.
in patient care during the clinic.

Morgan G Butler Morgan G Butler Morgan G Butler

Signature:

Date:
08/27/17 11/15/17 11/15/17

NUR 4215P Course Objectives:

1. Integrate interprofessional communication and health care team collaboration effectively addressing system issues
2. Synthesize practicing loving kindness and being the caring- healing environment with the altruistic values of Bon Secours
3. Participate in global health interventions with attention to global health policies, population health economics, nursing
ethics and scholarship which embody the values of Bon Secours.
4. Design evidence based patient-centered care using nursing knowledge, theory, and research to provide a framework for
high quality patient outcomes.
5. Demonstrate accountable, responsible, professional nursing standards of moral, ethical, and legal conduct which supports
ongoing development as a lifelong learner.