Using Clinical Journaling to Capture Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum
Publication Date
January 2004
Abstract
Describes the use of clinical journaling as an integrated teaching methodology throughout the practicum component of a baccalaureate nursing program at Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois. Nursing students complete a weekly log for each clinical rotation; Students identify learning goals, analyze events and relate them to nursing practice, use critical thinking to connect theory and practice, and reflect on the experience.
Disciplines
Nursing
Recommended Citation
Ruthman, Jacklyn; Jackson, Janet; Cluskey, Maureen; Flannigan, Peggy; Folse, Victoria; and Bunten, Jo, "Using Clinical Journaling to Capture Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum" (2004). Scholarship. 3.
https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/nursing_scholarship/3
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