Project Reporting Log and Journal Entries:
After each experience at your community site, record your hours on the Project Reporting Log and Journal Entries Download Project Reporting Log and Journal Entriesform and create a journal entry on this same form. Continue this process until you have completed all 22.5 hours.
The AFE Community Experience journal assignments are an opportunity to reflect on your learning. Reflection-on-action is a component of critical thinking as described by Tanner’s Model of Clinical Judgment. “Reflection-on-action is critical for development of knowledge and improvement in reasoning. It is how learning from practice is incorporated into personal experience for consideration in future patient care situations” (Giddens, 2021, p. 375).
In these journal assignments, you will think back and reflect on the experiences you had at the AFE Community Experience. Each journal entry should be written within 24 hours of the completion of community experience hours.
This Experiential Learning requirement, including journal submissions, must be completed by the end of week 10.
Instructions for Journal Entries:
Within 2-3 paragraphs, write a personal reflection about today’s AFE Community Experience.
Discuss the following:
Professional Competence
Discuss what went well today. Describe interpersonal interactions you witnessed or in which you participated.
Challenging Situations
Describe any challenges or difficult situations you observed or were directly involved with today. Include the reason(s) for the challenge and the potential underlying cause(s). If you are faced with a similar challenge in the future, how will you react/act differently?
Personal and Professional Growth and Development
Discuss how you experienced the ‘art of nursing’ today. How will this influence your future professional practice?
Rubric
AFE Community Experience Project Reporting Log and Journal Entries
AFE Community Experience Project Reporting Log and Journal Entries
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeProject Report Log and Journal Submission requirements
10 pts
Exemplary
The Project Reporting Log contains 22.5 documented hours at an AFE Community site(s). Each written journal entry submission is 2-3 paragraphs and reflects the individual learner’s personal thoughts and observations. Each AFE experience is represented by a journal entry.
5 pts
Developing
The Project Reporting Log contains 22.5 documented hours at an AFE Community site(s). Journal entries represent the individual learner’s personal thoughts and observations, but an entry for each experience is not logged.
0 pts
Does not meet expectations
The Project Reporting Log does not contain 22.5 documented hours at an AFE Community site(s). The learner will be placed in an ‘Incomplete, Remediation (IR) status. Also use this criteria if a journal entry is not completed for each community experience.
10 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeProfessional Competence
30 pts
Exemplary
For each experience, in a single paragraph, the learner is descriptive, concise, and professional in their thoughts. Articulates effectively to the prompt ‘Discuss what went well today. Describe interpersonal interactions you witnessed or in which you participated’ during the day’s AFE hours.
20 pts
Proficient
For each experience, the learner is concise and professional in their thoughts and addresses both prompts. However, the submissions would benefit from more descriptive criteria to represent a complete representation of the day.
10 pts
Developing
For each experience, learner addresses either prompt but not both. Represents incomplete submission.
0 pts
Does not meet expectations
This section is missing from the submissions.
30 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeChallenging Situations
30 pts
Full Marks
For each experience, in a single paragraph, the learner is descriptive, concise, and professional in their thoughts. Articulates effectively to the prompts ‘Describe any challenges or difficult situations you observed or were directly involved with today. Include the reason(s) for the challenge and the potential underlying cause(s). If you are faced with a similar challenge in the future, how will you react/act differently?’ Learner demonstrates insight into the challenging situation and shares how they would react differently in the future if faced with a similar challenge.
20 pts
Proficient
For each experience, learner is descriptive, concise, and professional in their thoughts about a challenging situation they observed today. However, learner could benefit from additional insight into how the situation could be handled differently if faced with a similar challenge.
10 pts
Developing
For each experience, learner does not effectively describe a challenging situation and lacks insight into how the situation could be handled differently if faced with a similar challenge. Represents incomplete submission.
0 pts
Does not meet expectations
This section is missing from the submissions.
30 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePersonal and Professional Growth and Development
30 pts
Exemplary
For each experience, in a single paragraph, the learner is descriptive, concise, and professional in their thoughts. Articulates effectively to the prompt ‘Discuss how you experienced the ‘art of nursing’ today. How will this influence your future professional practice?’.
20 pts
Proficient
For each experience, learner is descriptive, concise, and professional in their thoughts to the given prompt. Learner could benefit from additional insight about how today’s care experience will influence their professional practice.
10 pts
Developing
For each experience, learner does not effectively describe how today’s care experience will influence their professional practice. Represents incomplete submission.
0 pts
Does not meet expectations
This section is missing from the submissions.
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