o What types of professional positions interest you? Are they significantly different from the types of positions you have held in the past? If so, how? o What challenges are you likely to encounter...

o    What types of professional positions interest you? Are they significantly different from the types of positions you have held in the past? If so, how?
o    What challenges are you likely to encounter as you transition into a new role?
o    What resources could help you to manage this change? Consider your inner resources (e.g., drawing on previous experiences, stress management), resources available to you through your relationships with others, and institutional supports.
•    Consider how you could use this Practicum Experience to apply what you have learned and enhance or acquire specialization skills and knowledge, regardless of whether you intend to change roles or stay in your current position for the time being.
•    Review the NURS 6600 Course Outcomes listed in the Syllabus. Determine how your experiences in the practicum could help you to achieve one or more of these outcomes.
•    Review the information in the Introduction to the Practicum (in this week’s Practicum area) and the School of Nursing Practicum Manual as necessary to ensure you have a clear understanding of the practicum requirements.
•    Review the suggestions for developing effective learning objectives provided in the Learning Resources.
•    Think of two or three objectives that could help guide your professional development during your practicum. These objectives, referred to as your practicum professional development objectives, must be: