Write a Journal Entry after reading the Journal Article I’ve attached
Journal Article_Congenital Cytomegalovirus_Implications Assignment.pdf
- Place Journal Report in the DropBox
What is Journaling
Journaling is a tool to assist you to develop appropriate clinical judgments by reflecting on your clinical practice, own behaviors, thoughts and feelings. You will be required to submit three journal entries using one of the statements noted below. You may only use a statement once during the course. The required journal entries are intended to be a guided resource to help you learn from your clinical experiences. It will only be as useful as you make it for yourself. Complete the journal entry and submit to your clinical faculty within 48 hours of your clinical experience. It is very important to complete the journal as soon as possible after the clinical experience is completed for the week. Submit the entry each week via email to your clinical faculty. Given thought and honest self-evaluation, your journal will help guide you in your learning. Each journal entry should be at least four paragraphs, typed, double-spaced, with correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Ideas should be organized and clearly communicated.
Assignment
Read the Journal Article Congenital Cytomegalovirus Implications Assignment and give a summary of what you have learnt.
2.This a “thinking out loud” process that deals with reasons, motives and interpretation of your experience. Emotional responses are very telling so it is important to analyze how the situation made you feel. Some questions to think about when answering the analysis section are:
- What were you thinking during your reading ?
- What new things did you learn?
- In what way has this experience challenged your assumptions, prejudices, or biases?
3.In the third paragraph you need to reflect on your analysis and self-assessment. You want to determine the WHY. You might want to begin with “In retrospect I realize or When looking back I recognize that” Consider answering the following in this paragraph:
- How did this event impact you?
- This has taught me…
4.Finally you want to improve your nursing practice. Look to the future and determine how you can use what you learnt and incorporate it into your personal life or nursing practice. Utilize these questions when developing this paragraph:
- How will you use the knowledge gained in the future?
- When a circumstance like this occurs again I will…?
- How will this experience alter your future behavior, attitudes, or career?