Practicum Experience Journal Entries

Journal Entry 1-

This week, you complete and submit your first journal entry. Your journal draws from evidence, concepts, and/or theories you have examined in this program, especially those related to your specialization. What have you observed during your Practicum Experience that you would like to analyze through your journal writing?

To prepare:

• Reflect on your Practicum Experiences in Weeks 1-3.

• Think about the evidence, concepts, and/or theories (evidence) learned throughout this program and your specialization.

• Analyze a problem, issue, or situation that you have observed during your Practicum Experience.

• Using a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources of evidence, consider what you have observed within the context of your specialty using appropriate concepts, principles, and theories. Give special attention to observed events that vary from the scholarly literature.

• Determine how the problem, situation, or issue was handled in a manner that is consistent and a manner that is inconsistent with the theory, concepts, and principles detailed in the evidence.

• Given the various evidence-based approaches that can be used in handling the observed problem, situation, or issue, think about a plan for approaching the matter differently.

To complete the Time Log and Journal Entry 1:

• Confirm all required time log information is entered for Weeks 1-3, as instructed.

In your saved version of the NURS 6600 Practicum Journal document, do the following:

• Write a 250- to 300-word journal entry (identified as Journal Entry 1) in which you do the following:

o Describe a problem, issue, or situation that you have observed during your Practicum Experience (no more than a half page).

o Using no fewer than three peer-reviewed sources of evidence, analyze what you have observed within the context of your specialty using appropriate concepts, principles, and theories. Give special attention to observed events that vary from scholarly literature.

o Explain how the problem, situation, or issue was handled in a manner that is consistent and a manner that is inconsistent with the theory, concepts, and principles detailed in the evidence.

o Given the various evidence-based approaches that can be used in handling the problem, situation, or issue, formulate a plan for approaching the matter differently.

o Include references immediately following the content.

o Use APA style for your journal entry and references.