Assessment Details

Assessment Details

Sue is an RN who has been practicing for three years and typically works in labor and delivery; she also volunteers at a clinic that serves diabetic OB patients. She encounters two patients, one who has developed gestational diabetes and the other who has had diabetes since she was a child.

While working on her normal shift in labor and delivery, Sue is in charge of a student nurse who will graduate in two weeks. Sue assigns this nurse to the newly admitted patient with gestational diabetes. The patient started having contractions about 2 hours ago that are now 2‒3 minutes apart and last approximately 10‒15 seconds.

layout a self-reflective report on Benner’s novice to expert model, describing where you fall on the continuum. In addition, describe where Sue and the student nurse fall on this continuum. Include an explanation as to why you placed each person in the specific area you did on the continuum. Use this information to develop a personalized nursing theory or model for the above scenario to address the care needed for the patient.

Define each stage on the continuum and describe the characteristics associated with each stage. Include setting, patient needs, level of understanding, and complexities that may contribute to increased risks.

Layout a self-reflection and nursing theory/model as a concept map. Show alignment of nursing theory based on Benner’s stages, from novice to expert. In addition, show its relation to the nursing process, (including alignment with critical thinking and clinical decision-making) for an improved nursing care plan.