How To Make An Impressive Professional Nursing Portfolio

DEVELOPING PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE PORTFOLIO
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DEVELOPING PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE PORTFOLIO
Professional practice portfolio use
Professional practice portfolio in nursing aims at the documentation of one’s skills in nursing
experience and professional achievements that can be used by future employers or peers to
understand the path and challenges you have undergone to reach where you are currently as
clinically, skilled and experienced nurse Green et al. (2015).
The portfolio gives on an opportunity to plan and reflect on his/her practices thus helping
identify their strengths and weaknesses. It is from this one’s skills and understandings are
enhanced as well as benefiting fellow workmates. It provides evidence of your expertise and
competence in your work that has grown over time.
It thus has the following components; education and qualification competence, assessment
plan (that is either; self, supervisor or peer assessment), letter of recommendation from a
supervisor, reflective practices, recorded events and achievements.
Professional practice portfolio is therefore very essential in nursing as is used as a tool to
guide professional nursing practice. This is because it is used in enhancing professional
development, career planning and witnessing ones career achievement and expertise. It should be
used since it acts as evidence in reflecting one's knowledge development and skills over time
especially when applying for jobs. It also helps one in arranging plans for future maybe when
continuing with education or professional development.

They should also be used since they enhance thinking and reasoning. They give reasons and
evidence on the skills or ideas that a particular nurse has attained and also the description of
experiences and practices by justifying one's level of competence or learning that has been
achieved.
As the health care is based on the principle of evidence-practice portfolio are needed to
provide the best relevant evidence when using that evidence to come up with clinical decision
making in a way that suits the patient’s preference.
Benefits of using practice portfolio in nursing practice
Professional practice portfolio is very useful where one is working with complex society on
matters of education and practices. It helps nurses to creatively participate in establishing records
of personal academic attendance and what has been achieved, making a critical decision related
to personal choice and volunteer activities.
Through continual professional development, it helps validate and improve the professional
competence of the student nurses. It also provides more details required in performance,
interviews, applying of employment, promotion among others. It thus gives a clear specific
qualifications needed in various positions when entering a workforce or transitioning to a new
role. Through this, it is also essential in determining the quality, safety and competence and
professional development of an individual. Thus it plays are a very significant role in nurses as
they showcase competence, practices, abilities and experiences through reflection practices.