Assignment Content

Practitioner reflection is more than summarizing thoughts; rather, it is an art of documenting a journey of learning that has occurred through self-inquiry and processing (Johns, 2020).
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-word 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 1:

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

1. 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. 

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

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

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

Summarize 1 takeaway you have gained through this process. 

Part 2:

Explain how what you have learned through the first 7 weeks of this course can be applied to your project.  

Describe activities related to this course’s content that you have completed for your project. 

Describe activities related to this course’s content that you have or will use for practice hours.  

What project tasks have you completed during this course that you will submit for practice hours?  

What other activities related to course topics, such as interviewing health care policy experts who have impacted health care regulations, could be used for practice hours?  

• How has the completion of the practice hours improved your ability to be a leader in the health care industry or with your project?
• You may also include questions for your faculty member regarding course material that may still be unclear.
  Retain these journal entries. These will serve as a log to showcase your evolution as a scholar, practitioner, and leader as you expand your role as an advanced evidence-based practice nurse practitioner.
  Format your reflection according to APA guidelines.
  Submit your assignment.
  Resources 
• Center for Writing Excellence
• Reference and Citation Generator
• Grammar Assistance 
• Reference Johns, C. (2020). Becoming a reflective practitioner (5th ed.). Wiley-Blackwell.