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Week 3 Clinical Self-Reflection. This week, I took care of numerous patients with a variety of conditions, such as a patient with a chronic sacral wound with constipation, a patient with a recent stroke, a patient with weakness, and a patient with dehydration.
Here are extracts from a sample reflective journal written by ‘Chrissy’ for a first year nursing course. Read the example paying attention to the structure and language used.
21 maj 2024 · A nursing reflective journal offers a way to pause, think, and analyze how these feelings and experiences influence and shape your behavior and practice. It is a personal record; call it a diary, where nurses document their thoughts, experiences, emotions, and encounters related to clinical practice.
12 sie 2024 · Document your experiences. Process your thoughts and emotions. Gain insights into your behaviors and thought patterns. Track your personal and professional growth over time. Develop critical thinking and analytical skills. Improve your decision-making abilities. Enhance your self-awareness and emotional intelligence.
Sample Reflective journal The following are extracts from a Reflective journal written for the course, Reflective Nursing Practice 1 by a first year student, Chrissy Poulos:
22 lip 2021 · The reflective journal: A tool for enhancing experience- based learning in nursing students in clinical practice. J Nurs Educ Pract. 2013;3(3):102–11. Google Scholar
4 lis 2012 · Journals promote reflection on experience. This chapter examines features of journal writing that aid reflective practice and circumstances inhibiting their use for this purpose.
