Journal Entr
Critical reflection of your growth and development during your practicum experience in a clinical setting has the benefit of helping you to identify opportunities for improvement in your clinical skills, while also recognizing your clinical strengths and successes.
This week, you will write a Journal Entry, reflecting on your clinical strengths and opportunities for improvement.
Resources
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
To prepare:
· Refer to the “Advanced Nursing Practice Competencies and Guidelines” found in Week 1’s Learning Resources and consider the quality measures or indicators advanced nursing practice nurses must possess in your specialty of interest.
· Refer to your “Clinical Skills and Procedures Self-Assessment Form” you submitted in Week 1 and consider your strengths and opportunities for improvement.
· Refer to your Patient Log in Meditrek and consider the patient activities you have experienced in your practicum experience and reflect on your observations and experiences.
Journal Entry (450–500 words):
Learning from Experiences
· Reflect on the three most challenging patients. What was most challenging for each?
· What did you learn from this experience?
· What resources did you have available?
· What evidence-based practice did you use for this patient?
· What new skills are you learning?
· What would you do differently?
· How are you managing patient flow and volume?
Communicating and Feedback
· Reflect on how to improve on your skills and knowledge and how to communicate that back to your Preceptor.
· How are you doing? What is missing?
· What type of feedback are you receiving from your Preceptor?
By Day 7
Submit your Journal Entry Assignment.
Reminder: The College of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references. The Sample Paper provided at the Walden Writing Center provides an example of those required elements (available at
to an external site.
). All papers submitted must use this formatting.
submission information
Before submitting your final journal, you can check your draft for authenticity. To check your draft, access the
Turnitin Drafts from the
Start Here area.
1. To submit your completed journal, save your Journal as
WK10Journal_LastName_Firstinitial
2. Then, click on
Start Journal near the top of the page.
3. Next, click on
Upload File and select
Submit Journal for review.
Rubric
PRAC_6531_Week10_Assignment2_JournalEntry_Rubric
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PRAC_6531_Week10_Assignment2_JournalEntry_Rubric |
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Criteria |
Ratings |
Pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAssimilation and Synthesis: Content Reflection |
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50 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAssimilation and Synthesis: Personal Growth |
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30 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWritten Expression and Formatting |
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15 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAPA |
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5 pts |
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Total Points: 100 |
