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Assignment: Practitioner Reflective Journal

As an advanced evidence-based practice nurse, you must learn to engage in an open, critical, systematic process in which you intentionally examine your experiences and compare them to your expectations in a way that links learning across time. You will benefit from this practice by learning to advance your ability to identify meaning in your experiences and by critically evaluating where you can improve your effectiveness in responses and future actions.

Through reflective journaling, you will apply your curiosity by asking "why?" and practice your reflexivity by actively analyzing past events. This action is critical to identifying and dismantling barriers as you work toward achieving desirable practices (Johns, 2020).

Create a 350 to 700 words reflective journal entry that demonstrates your integration of knowledge expansion during this course with your current state of learning and experience.

Explore the following guiding prompts when crafting your reflection:

Part I:

Question 1) Demonstrate self-awareness by describing your current developmental stage in the advanced evidence-based practice nursing journey.

Question 2) Connect your current reflection to previous reflections by explaining how this course has promoted growth or change since the last time you engaged in reflective practice.

Question 3) Apply critical thinking and analysis by evaluating 1 strength and 1 barrier to your current development that you have identified during this course.

Question 4) Identify possible resources to assist you in overcoming your identified barrier.

Question 5) Synthesize how you might integrate your current strength into future positive practices.

Question 6) Summarize 1 takeaway you have gained through this process.

Part II:

Question 1) Explain how what you have learned through the first four weeks of this course can be applied to your project.

Question 2) Identify 1 or 2 activities related to national, state, or local health care structures or policies that you can do that will help you with your project. Some examples of possible activities include interviewing politicians, policy experts, or industry leaders; attending legislature day or board of health (BOH) meetings; and volunteering with or shadowing agencies that make decisions related to your project.

Question 3) Identify 1 or 2 activities related to this course's content that you can use for practice hours.