N479 Professional Activity Evaluation Form

Your Name: Chloe DeWitt Date of Activity: 02/26/2020 Faculty name: Mary O,Connell

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

(be specific about the purpose and your role):

For my professional activity hours, I attended a class with the American Heart Association. The

class the I attended was the Advanced Cardiac Life Support. During the class my purpose was to

further my education and understand the algorithms for cardiac and respiratory arrest. This was

an awesome opportunity because I was able to take this class with a couple other people in my

cohort.

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

The class was held at the Eclipse CPR Training center off of Speedway Blvd. We were required

to purchase the ACLS book designed by the American Heart Association and study the material.

Before the class we had to take a pre-test that consisted of about 60 questions. On the day of the

class it lasted about 6 hours and we were able to review basic CPR. After the completion on the

class we had to answer a 50-question test question. Overall this activity took 8 hours in total.

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

This experience has been very valuable and applicable to fourth semester students. This

opportunity has allowed me to add ACLS certification onto my resume for future employers to

see. This is also helpful because many employers will require that their staff already be certified

in ACLS. In addition, the information that was provided during the class will better prepare me

as a nurse in case of an emergency.

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

In order for me to continue this experience I will have to stay up to date with my certification. I

will also be able to use the knowledge that I have learned in this course to ensure that I know

what to do when an emergency occurs with my patient or another patient on my unit.

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

why or why not? (Describe)

I would recommend this professional activity to future students because of how many benefits

that comes from being certified in ACLS. As I talked about before, this certification strengthens

my resume and shows employers that I am one step ahead of the game. The only down fall with

this professional activity is that it was around $200 in total, which may not be feasible for

everyone.

Brochure or proof of attendance obtained if applicable? Yes Signature on

validation of clinical hours form obtained? Yes