Unit 13 Assignment – Clinical: Journal Reflection
Reflective Journal Instructions
You will create 5 entries for your Reflective Journal about a patient encounter. In the 5th entry, you will review the previous 4 entries and evaluate your progress in reflective practice over the course of the term. Each journal should be a minimum of 250 words.
The purpose of this reflective journal is self-reflection regarding the role in the process of self-reflection as a PMHNP provider. Through reflective practice, the student will evaluate their own emotional health and recognize one’s own feelings as well as one’s ability to monitor and manage those feelings. The point of the exercise is to learn yourself, your triggers, the types of cases you end up getting overly involved with, and those you’d rather refer to someone else. The idea is to be able to personally reflect on your behaviors/thoughts/decisions and how those impact you in the role of PMHNP.
The ability to analyze one’s self and be aware of how one’s emotions and responses affect others is a crucial component to developing a therapeutic relationship with patients. During this clinical/course and particularly through this exercise it is expected that the student develops recognition of their own feelings, prejudices, biases, triggers, anxieties, limitations, and of course strengths while developing the ability to appropriately manage these issues as they arise and how to best align your strengths to overcome your limitations. In this final journal entry, review your previous journal entries and reflect upon your success in achieving this as well as the goals you stated in your first video journal.
Questions to address in your final reflective video include:
- What goals did you set for yourself at the beginning of the semester? Did you meet these?
- What feelings, prejudices, and biases did you experience during your clinical experience and how did you manage them?
- How did you manage your anxiety, self-doubt, and/or uncertainty?
- What understanding or insights did you develop during your clinical experience?
- Has reflective practice impacted you as a person, student, and/or provider? If so, how?
- Will you continue to use reflection in your future practice? If so why and how?
Rubric
NU673 Unit 13 Assignment – Clinical: Journal Reflection
NU673 Unit 13 Assignment – Clinical: Journal Reflection
CriteriaRatingsPts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeContent Reflection
14 pts
Level 5
Reflection demonstrates a high degree of critical thinking in applying, analyzing, and evaluating key course concepts and theories from readings, lectures, media, discussions activities, and/or assignments. Insightful and relevant connections made through contextual explanations, inferences, and examples.
10 pts
Level 3
Reflection demonstrates some degree of critical thinking in applying, analyzing, and/or evaluating key course concepts and theories from readings, lectures, media, discussions activities, and/or assignments. Connections made through explanations, inferences, and/or examples.
6 pts
Level 1
Reflection demonstrates limited critical thinking in applying, analyzing, and/or evaluating key course concepts and theories from readings, lectures, media, discussions, activities, and/or assignments Minimal connections made through explanations, inferences, and/or examples.
0 pts
Level 0
Reflection lacks critical thinking. Superficial connections are made with key course concepts and course materials, activities, and/or assignments.
14 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePersonal Growth
13 pts
Level 5
Conveys strong evidence of reflection on own work with a personal response to the self-assessment questions posed. Demonstrates significant personal growth and awareness of deeper meaning through inferences made, examples, well developed insights, and substantial depth in perceptions and challenges. Synthesizes current experience into future implications.
9 pts
Level 3
Conveys evidence of reflection on own work with a personal response to the self-assessment questions posed. Demonstrates satisfactory personal growth and awareness through some inferences made, examples, insights, and challenges. Some thought of the future implications of current experience.
5 pts
Level 1
Conveys limited evidence of reflection on own work in response to the self-assessment questions posed. Demonstrates less than adequate personal growth and awareness through few or simplistic inferences made, examples, insights, and/or challenges that are not well developed. Minimal thought of the future implications of current experience.
0 pts
Level 0
Conveys inadequate evidence of reflection on own work in response to the self-assessment questions posed. Personal growth and awareness are not evident and/or demonstrates a neutral experience with negligible personal impact. Lacks enough inferences, examples, personal insights and challenges, and/or future implications are overlooked.
13 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeQuality
13 pts
Level 5
Excellent presentation. Reflection is well written and does not contain any errors in grammar or punctuation. Professionalism present.
9 pts
Level 3
Above average presentation. Reflection contains minor errors in grammar and punctuation that do not interfere with the readability of the reflection. Professionalism present.
5 pts
Level 1
Reflection is poorly written or contains multiple errors in grammar and punctuation that interfere with the readability of the reflection. Professionalism needs improvement.
0 pts
Level 0
The reflection is poorly written, missing significant information, or contains multiple errors in grammar and punctuation severely affecting the readability or there is no reflection present.
13 pts
Total Points: 40
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