CORE COMPETENCY 8

B Y: S K Y L A R W I L K E S

CORE COMPETENCY 8
Intervene with individuals, families, groups,
organizations, and communities.

PRACTICE BEHAVIOR 8.1

Critically choose and implement interventions to
achieve practice goals and enhance capacities of
clients and constituencies.
I was able to use this practice behavior by
mentioning some possible ways of solving patient
dilemmas. Patients were able to depict which
intervention path they wanted to go, and the
supervisor and I were able to assist them to see it
through.

PRACTICE BEHAVIOR 8.2

Apply knowledge of human behavior and the
social environment, person-in-environment, and
other multidisciplinary theoretical frameworks in
interventions with clients and constituencies.
I was able to complete this practice behavior by
applying what I have learned in class and through
research and apply it to each individual patient
situation. For example the developmental
framework helped me focus on the ways the body
changes over a period of time. Most patients
cannot do as they once did.

PRACTICE BEHAVIOR 8.3

Use inter-professional collaboration as
appropriate to achieve beneficial practice
outcomes.
I was able to use this practice behavior by using
what I have learned in class to apply to patients.
Using role playing in class was a great way to
assist me to know which questions to ask and
how to ask them to patients. Some patients are
more difficult than others, depending on their
level of pain and diagnosis. For example, a
patient with Alzheimer's can not be asked a
question in the same way I would ask someone
with no dementia at all.

PRACTICE BEHAVIOR 8.4

Negotiate, mediate, and advocate with and on
behalf of diverse clients and constituencies.
I used this practice behavior by allowing the
patient to have some options. There goals of
returning home may be different from that of
what the professional thinks is good for them. As
professionals we have to honor and respect the
patients wishes, no matter what they choose to
do.

PRACTICE BEHAVIOR 8.5

Facilitate effective transitions and endings that
advance mutually agreed-on goals.
I used this practice behavior by assisting the
patients fill out forms, filling out applications for
the patient, and setting up care plan assessments
to discuss options with the patient and patients
family, therapist, social worker, and nurse.

HOW I USED THIS COMPETENCY

I have used this core competency by leaving the
decision making up to the patient, but giving
them options and discussing pros and cons of
each option. I have used critical thinking to depict
which options would be best available for each
patient. I have also helped by setting up care plan
meetings for everyone to come together to
decide where and when the patient should
discharge from the facility. These meetings are for
the patients best interest.