IDENTIFY COMPENTENCY NUMBER,

LETTER AND SUBCATEGORY

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.

USES THE PROFICIENCY

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

I chose to do CLPNA competency category L3-1.

L is pediatrics, Subcategory 3 is Pediatric Pain
Management, and the number 1 is
Demonstrate knowledge and ability to assess
pediatric client for pain
considering: age, behaviors, cultural influence,
location and intensity, physiological and
psychological factors, previous medication
and effectiveness, and subjective and objective
data.
One significant learning experience Ive had in
this course related to the CLPNA competency
is the PowerPoint and examples we have
received in class. Learning how to adapt the
strategies we learned last year throughout our
NFDN courses to the kids we are currently
learning about in 2005, has helped me to
expand the knowledge I already had.
I have learned all of the stages in which
children develop and how you must change
your approach to that kid depending on how
old they are and what their developmental
level is. The way the nurse would assess a
childs pain could vary depending on their
age, culture and behaviors etc. Learning
about how to adapt to different children
within pain management situations is
important to me as my goal for the future is
to work within pediatrics. Learning how to
adjust how I assess and care for patients will
make me a better nurse and will make the
care Im providing safer and more beneficial
for the patient.
I would only rate myself as fair in this
competency category at this moment. I have
not yet been able to apply it within my own
nursing practice, but I do understand the
theory behind it. I believe that once I get an
opportunity to work with children, my rating
in this competency could go up to a good
and eventually reach the excellent level.

DESCRIBE HOW YOU WILL APPLY

THIS LEARNING IN YOUR CURRENT
AND FUTURE NURSING PRACTICE

It will be important to be able to apply this

knowledge whether I end up working in
pediatrics or not. Knowing how to adjust your
approach, especially when it comes to pain
management, is very important. Everyone,
especially children, express pain differently
based on a variety of things. Knowing how to
assess pain based on age, behaviors, and
cultural factors will allow me to broaden my
scope of nursing, and make me a better nurse.