Bi-Weekly Practicum Journaling

24. Bi-weekly Practicum Journaling
Every two weeks, you will submit a reflective journal to the discussion forum for review by course faculty and your classmates. All are expected to engage and support one another by sharing these experiences in a supportive, constructive, professional environment. Journaling is an active learning technique that is meant to enhance reflective practice (Blake, 2005). Reflective practice involves looking back over what has happened in the practice setting in an effort to improve performance or to encourage professional growth (Ruth-Sahd, 2003).
Your Weekly Practicum Journal is:
A personal, introspective subjective account of your practicum experience and how your practicum experience relates to Healthy People 2020 and course objectives. Include events that occurred in your practicum experience, and be sure to describe your thoughts and feelings about those events. How did your perceptions change? What did you learn that was unexpected? Describe your thinking about your thoughts and feelings regarding the new learning you experienced.
Connected to South University’s College of Nursing Conceptual Framework Pillars (Caring, Communication, Critical Thinking, Professionalism, and Holism)
Connected to prior coursework and experiences through reflective analysis.
Written in a scholarly, academic style using APA style format. Two or three sentences are not sufficient nor are daily logs/reports of activities.
As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format. Support your work, using your course lectures and textbook readings

The residents of Arkansas are portion of the American population. For many years, they’ve called the region on the western edge of Memphis home. Medical treatment in Arkansas is offered via Arkansas’s Arkansas Basic Medical Center. Acute care for primary patients is offered in this hospital. The town is home to an estimated 7000 people. It covers an area of more than 1,000 acres. There are no gardens that have been planted and there are none of the animals that are around. The soil and toxic plants aren’t as much of a problem because there’s nowhere to place them. This means that there are fewer animals and kids at risk of contracting plantor soil-borne illnesses. There are also fewer wandering dogs. Since I did not see any cats or dogs I believe that the likelihood of disease transmission via animals is low. Many public universities are in existence alongside many private ones. Schools that are public do not have any issues at the moment. The general feeling of security and maintenance at both public and private schools (Arkansas 2017). A number of ambulance services (EMS) as well as 10 ambulance companies that volunteer are clear signs of effective civic security. The state of Arkansas there is just one police precinct. Recently, Villa Park has a newly-built fire department. Cont…