Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal

Students are required to submit weekly reflective narratives throughout the course that will culminate in a final, course-long reflective journal due in Topic 10. The narratives help students integrate leadership and inquiry into current practice.

This reflection journal also allows students to outline what they have discovered about their professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses, and additional resources that could be introduced in a given situation to influence optimal outcomes. Each week students should also explain how they met a course competency or course objective(s).

In each week’s entry, students should reflect on the personal knowledge and skills gained throughout the course. Journal entries should address one or more of the areas stated below.  In the Topic 10 graded submission, each of the areas below should be addressed as part of the summary submission.

1. New practice approaches
2. Interprofessional collaboration
3. Health care delivery and clinical systems
4. Ethical considerations in health care
5. Practices of culturally sensitive care
6. Ensuring the integrity of human dignity in the care of all patients
7. Population health concerns
8. The role of technology in improving health care outcomes
9. Health policy
10. Leadership and economic models
11. Health disparities

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Guidelines for the Paper

​Write a summary of the interview in a narrative format. Do NOT simply list your questions and their responses. Feel free to add information that the person shared that was not included in your interview questions.  Include a paragraph about your impressions of the experience. Was it what you expected? What was the most surprising thing you learned? Did the interview affect your decision to pursue the profession? Did the person say anything that left a lasting impression on you?

​Your paper should be between 2-4 pages long. Please double space the paper. Attach the necessary documentation. 

fad diet blog

Choose a fad diet.  Here are suggestions, but if you know of others, you can use as long as you email me and get approval  (provide a source of information that I can check)

             http://thepaleodiet.com

             https://whole30.com/whole30-program-rules/

            http://www.atkins.com

            www.therawfoodworld.com/

            http://www.grapefruit-diet.org

            www.zonediet.com

            http://www.nutrisystem.com

            http://www.doctoroz.com/article/10-day-detox-diet-jump-start-guide

Here is what you will do:

1.  From the diet website, summarize the basic principles of the diet.  What can you eat?  What you can’t eat.  What does the diet promise? (examples: health, low cholesterol, fast weight loss, etc)

2.  Consider what we have learned in this class.  Does your diet recommendations conflict with any of the information in your book?  If so, how?

Make sure you address:

How the information about the food and nutrients is similar or different than what is presented in the text (body needs, what it does in body, etc)

Compare the diet to the characteristics that the book state are appropriate components for a weight-loss program and the warning signs of an unreliable diet.

How does the diet compare to the Myplate Guidelines? Would you be deficient in any of the food groups? Would you over consume any of the food groups? What about nutrients? Would you get too much or too little of fiber? Vitamins?  Minerals? Be specific.

Write and post your blog

Remember that your blog should be about 500-700 words long. You will need 2 valid references (while you may use your book for some of the discussion, you need 2 other valid sources and 1 needs to be a peer reviewed journal article

This assessment requires you to describe the legislative process and the role of the nurse as a healthcare policy advocate. Your paper will consist of two parts:

Part 1:

*A clear and complete discussion of the legislative process

Part 2:

• View the 21st Century CURES Act.
• View Title IX: Promoting Access to Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Care, Subtitle A: Helping Individuals and Families.
• Choose 3 sections of this Subtitle and describe the details of these sections.
• Describe how the specifics of this legislation will impact nursing care, positively or negatively. Explain your own position, and explain why using research-based fact, not just your own opinion.