Developing a Professional Portfolio for Ongoing Professional Development

Step 1: Reflect on CLPNA Competencies and Significant Learning Experience

The purpose of a professional portfolio is to demonstrate a commitment to life-long learning through ongoing professional development. The professional portfolio will help you to develop your understanding of the CLPNA competencies as well as ensuring self-assessment and reflection throughout your career in nursing. This will ultimately help you transition from a novice to expert practitioner. 

Reflect on the following areas and provide your information for each area on the template provided.

Competency: Clearly label the competency letter, number, and subcategory (write out the competency).

Significant learning experience: Describe ONE significant learning experience in this course related to the CLPNA competency you have identified. Provide an example.

What you learned: Describe what you learned and how it relates to the competency identified.

Proficiency rating: Use the “Proficiency Rating Categories” below to rate your own proficiency in the identified CLPNA competency. What did you do to achieve this competency and provide evidence to support your rating?

Significance of learning: Explain how the identified competency enhanced your learning (was meaningful) in this course.

Nursing Practice: Describe how you will apply this learning in your current and future nursing practice (What are your strengths and what are your future learning needs regarding this competency).

Follow APA for references and citations, grammar/spelling

The learner will upload their professional portfolio to the Moodle assignment drop box on the due date specified by your instructor.

Proficiency Categories:

Excellent: Integrates competency theory with other knowledge, skill and attitudes so that it becomes seamless/automatic as part of everyday nursing practice.

Good: Understands the competency in theory and in scenarios and nursing practice.

Fair: Understands the competency in theory; unable to apply it to scenarios or nursing practice.

Poor: Does not understand the content related to the competency