Assignment Professional Portfolio

Assignment: Professional Portfolio
Student Name:
Course:
Competency: Category
Letter, Number and
Subcategory
E-9 /Basic Foot Care
Significant Learning
Experience: Describe
one significant learning
experience in this course
related to the CLPNA
Competency identified.
Provide an example
One of the learning experiences found in NFDN 1002 is
keeping a practice of basic foot care in patients. A plan for
handling basic foot care in clients is designed to suit their
hygiene needs. The significant learning experience in this
course related to the CLPNA competency is to maintain the
hygiene basic foot care by trimming and filling nails. Also,
washing the feet with antiseptic soaps and liquids in the end of
the day or whenever it is dirty (Wukich et al., 2014).
What you Learned:
Describe what you
learned and how it relates
to the competency
identified.
I learnt a number of things during the competency and one of
the major thing was making a teaching plan for the clients
regarding basic foot care. The learning abilities differing in
every person and importance of patient centered care. This
competency needed the application of critical thinking and
reflection during the planning process. Increasing
complications in the feet due to unhygienic practices leads to
severe health complications (Ahmad Sharoni et al., 2016).
Proficiency Rating: Use
the “Proficiency Rating
Categories” (excellent,
good, fair, poor) to rate
your proficiency in the
identified CLPNA
competency. Explain what
was done to achieve the
competency and to
support your rating.
I rate my proficiency as Good.
I used my critical reflection and evidence based practices to
create an appropriate foot care plan for my client. It turned out
to be beneficial for the client and that showed my level of
critical thinking (Papathanasiou et al., 2017). This is the reason
why I give myself this rating.
Significance of
Learning: Explain how
the identified competency
enhanced your learning
(was meaningful) in this
course
The identified competency enhanced my learning by increasing
my knowledge about the threats that cause obstruction in foot
care. It demonstrated knowledge about bacterial, viral, fungal
and yeast infections found in the feet. The precautionary
measures to refrain from such infections, which will also help
me in my future practices. Diabetic patients need serious
intervention of foot care because they can easily suffer from
foot ulcer (Porcelis Vargas et al., 2017).
May 2017-final