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The purpose of a reflective journal in NURS 4010 is for the student to have the

opportunity to reflect on their work in Sentinel City, community fieldwork if assigned and

any written assignments that are required as part of that fieldwork/simulation work.

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL

These questions should be answered in each journal entry. You may choose to write

your response in a paragraph, or use a bullet list, or you may choose to use this

template, but ALL points should be addressed by the student.

Your journal entry should be divided into three sections, and the journal entry should

not be more than a total of 500 words TOTAL.

NOTE: Each journal entry must address all items listed. If any item is omitted the

student may be asked to incorporate the missing information into the entry before the

entry will be considered complete.

PARTI

What is the first thing that comes to mind about the simulation OR community

experience?

What went right?

What would you do differently?

Why would you do it differently?

What is the community story in the simulation or community experience?

Is there a community story?

What is the focused problem in this simulation or community experience?

Is the focused problem easily identified?

What is the desired outcome for the community and its people?

Does the political climate support this outcome?

O

What are the main nursing interventions for this community?

Which one would you attempt to change initially?

O

How would you evaluate the progress of the community toward this outcome?

PART II

Thinking in Action:

O

Thinking on Action:

O

What did you do during the simulation or community experience?

What information guided your actions?

Part III

What actions did you take?

What would you do differently in the same situation?

O

Thinking beyond Action:

What if I did something else in the situation?

What have I learned from the situation?