NFDN 2005 Competency
NFDN 2005 Competency
NFDN 2005 Competency
CLPNA Competency
Kyra Scheuerman
NorQuest College
NFDN 2005 A04
Janepher Otieno
Assignment 2: Professional Portfolio
April 1, 2016
PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO
DESCRIBE ONE
SIGNIFICANT
LEARNING
EXPERIENCE IN
THIS COURSE
RELATED TO THE
CLPNA
COMPETENCY.
PROVIDE AN
EXAMPLE.
DESCRIBE WHAT
YOU LEARNED
AND HOW IT
RELATES TO THE
COMPETENCY.
EXPLAIN WHY IT
WAS
MEANINGFUL.
PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO
pregnancy complications. I also learned that there are eight stages
to Ericksons Theory beginning at infancy ending at demise.
Piagets theory includes 4 stages and starts from infancy and ends
at adolescents. Kolbergs theory has three levels each with two
stages starting from toddler and ending at adolescents. Ericksons
theory examines how children interact with others using issues that
must be solved to further development. Erickson believed that
society and the people around us help to shape who we are. This is
important to understand because it explains why children from
abusive families typically act differently from those of nurturing
families and the importance of affection in child development.
Piaget explains how children think and learn. This is important in
nursing because it will help when it comes to discharge teaching so
the nurse can better relate to the child and help them to understand
their condition and what will be expected of them to aid in
recovery. Kolberg explains how children develop their sense of
right from wrong. This is important to understand in nursing
because right and wrong will also have to be reinforced in the
hospital to ensure the childs safety. Important mental changes to
remember are the development of morals, self esteem, abstract
thinking, and understanding of universal principals. Important
developmental changes are learning to crawl, speak, and play ect.
Growth and development both play an important role in making us
PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO
who we are and in nursing it is our job to make sure we try to make
every stage a positive one.
USE THE
PROFICIENCY
CATEGORIES TO
RATE YOUR
PROFICIENCY IN
THE CHOSEN
CLPNA
COMPETENCY.
EXPLAIN WHAT
YOU DID TO
ACHIEVE THE
COMPETENCY.
DESCRIBE HOW
YOU WILL APPLY
THIS LEARNING
IN YOUR
CURRENT AND
FUTURE NURSING
PRACTICE.