N479 Professional Activity Evaluation Form

Your Name: Madeline Gunnell Date of Activity: 10/3/2020 & 11/3/2020 Faculty Name: Rajni

Describe the community service/professional activity/s you attended or participated with (be

specific about the purpose and your role):

For my first professional activity, I attended a BLS certification course through the Campus Rec

Center. I attended this course to recertify myself in BLS and stay up to date with my

certification for my clinical site and university policies. For my second professional activity, I

completed a 4-hour course from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses called

“COVID-19 Pulmonary, ARDS, and Ventilator Resources.” I completed this course to satisfy

some of my required professional activity hours because COVID-19 is such a prominent topic in

our country and unfortunately, many hospitalized patients have been ventilated due to the

complications of the COVID-19 virus.

Where was this held and what was was program/activity length?

The BLS course was held half online and half in-person at the Campus Rec Center. Altogether,

the BLS certification was 4 hours in length. The COVID-19 Pulmonary, ARDS, and Ventilator

Resources course was a free course offered completely online. This course also totaled 4 hours.

Discuss the value of this experience to you (be specific).

The BLS course was valuable to me as it explained and demonstrated the basics of providing life

support in both inpatient and outpatient settings. It also allowed me to demonstrate my skills of

providing basic life support and allowed me to receive feedback from an instructor during the in-

person course about how I could improve my techniques. I feel that the COVID-19 Pulmonary,
ARDS, and Ventilator Resources course was valuable to me because it gave me further insight

into the progression of respiratory failure and different oxygenation options for patients as well

as how different ventilation settings would improve different patient conditions. I believe that

this course was valuable for me to complete as it will help me monitor patient statuses and

understand their treatment if I decide to enter critical-care settings.

How would you continue to use this experience throughout your nursing career?

I will continue to use the BLS course throughout my nursing career as it taught me the basics of

how to care for a patient who is experiencing cardiac and/or respiratory arrest. I would be able

to apply my experience from the COVID-19 Pulmonary, ARDS, and Ventilator Resources

course in critical-care settings, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic and/or during

respiratory illness season.

Would you recommend this specific communnity/professional experience in the future; why or

why not? (Describe)

I would recommend the BLS course I participated in for my professional activity in the future. I

enjoyed having half of the course online as it allowed me to go at my own pace to understand the

content and not feel rushed in the classroom setting. I also enjoyed that my in-person experience

was spent demonstrating skills rather than going over a lot of content that I was able to do in my

own time prior to the course. I also would recommend the COVID-19 Pulmonary, ARDS, and

Ventilator Resources course to any person entering the medical profession who provide care to

patients, especially in critical-care settings. I felt that the information was very easy to

understand but was also very in depth and helped me understand concepts I had learned earlier

within the BSN program but did not fully comprehend.

Brochure or proof of attendance obtained if applicable? YES

BLS certification and screenshot of COVID-19 Pulmonary, ARDS, and Ventilator Resources

course completion provided in drop box.

Signature on validation of clinical hours form obtained? ONLY FOR BLS