Report on Progress of Professional Portfolio

IDENTIFY
COMPETENCY
NUMBER, LETTER AND
SUBCATEGORY

F-4-1
Demonstrate knowledge and ability to provide respiratory interventions.

A significant learning experience that pertains to this competency was

learning about interventions to clear the airways as well as intreventions
DESCRIBE ONE
for alteration in oxygen. Although my understanding for these alterations
SIGNIFICANT
began in NFDN 1001 with the learning of basic respiratory assessments,
LEARNING
EXPERIENCE IN THIS and continued into NFDN 1002 with the gained knowledge of factors
COURSE RELATED TO that impact a clients oxygen status, it is in NFDN 2003 where all they
THE CLPNA
skills came together and gave me the knowledge and skills necessary to
COMPETENCY.
provide these clients with appropriate care. For example we learned in
PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE
theory class the signs and symptoms of hypoxia allowing us to intervene
when necessary.
I learned common respiratory disorders, factors affecting respiration,
DESCRIBE WHAT YOU signs and symptoms of respiratory distress, and common diagnostic
LEARNED AND HOW IT
tests(such as ABG, pulse oximetry, imaging studies, and pulmonary
RELATES TO THE
function test). All of this knowledge is essential in providing respiratory
COMPETENCY.
EXPLAIN WHY IT WAS interventions. Providing interventions as soon as possible is crucial in
preventing any further damage or complications and respiratory distress
MEANINGFUL.
is always the first obstacle to be dealt with.
USES THE
PROFICIENCY
CATEGORIES TO

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

DESCRIBE HOW YOU

WILL APPLY THIS
LEARNING IN YOUR
CURRENT AND
FUTURE NURSING
PRACTICE

Good: understands competency in theory and in scenarios and nursing

practice
To achieve this competency I attended all theory classes and applied that
learning in labs. Many of the scenarios in lab had a respiratory
component to them, allowing for further practice of the assessment and
implementation of respiratory techniques. In lab I asked questions and
expanded my critical thinking skills pertaining to respiratory
interventions. I also reviewed respiratory assessments from NFDN 1001
as well as my notes on oxygenation from NFDN 1002.
Currently I am applying this skill in lab, and it may be a necessary skill
to pass my CIA and to complete this semester. In lab we use respiratory
interventions in scenarios to help our patients to receive proper care,
and to learn how to apply these interventions using critical thinking
skills. These skills will be used in many of my future endeavors as a
nurse. It is a basic necessary tool as a health care provider to be able to

provide respiratory interventions as quickly as possible to conceivably

save someones life or to maintain their quality of life.