Journaling provides a valuable tool for recording, reflecting on, and reviewing your learning.

Journaling provides a valuable tool for recording, reflecting on, and reviewing your learning. This approach provides an opportunity for you to “connect the dots” and observe the relationships between activities, interactions, and outcomes.

Unlike a personal journal of thoughts and feelings, this clinical/practicum journal is a record of your activities, assessments, and learning related to this academic experience.

Journal entries should include a record of the number of hours spent with your preceptor/mentor each week.

The “Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Clinical/Practicum Journal” template is required for this assignment.

Write a reflective journal entry of 750-1,500 words answering the following:

Clinical/Practicum Activities Reflection: Provide observations and thoughts on the activities in your clinical/practicum setting since the previous journal assignment.

Health Care Quality and Patient Safety: Compare and contrast three quality process improvement tools. Which one is most applicable to your project?

Clinical/Practicum Project Preparation: Discuss what type of staff development is necessary for your project. Will this be one-time or ongoing? How will you ensure it is completed?

Evidence: Find a current article related to something you have done in your clinical/practicum since the previous journal assignment. Relate the article to your experience.