Running head: PROFESSIONAL CAPSTONE AND PRACTICUM REFLECTIVE JOURNAL 1
Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal
Name
Grand Canyon University
Date
, PROFESSIONAL CAPSTONE AND PRACTICUM REFLECTIVE JOURNAL 2
Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal
Introduction
Care services are influenced by their setting of occurrence, which in most cases, is
characterized by healthcare policies, availability of resources, disease outbreak, caregivers, and
the general level of technology. Such settings are essentials in the care delivery to patients as
they determine the standard and safety of the care service. The healthcare sector workforce
consists mostly of nurses; therefore, they must understand their role and utilize their expertise
and knowledge adequately to meet the ever-changing needs of the patient's health. A higher ratio
of patient's requirements relies on the nurses whom they are typically blamed whenever their
healthcare services provision fails to achieve the required standards irrespective of inadequate
care resources. For instance, the service offered may not meet the required threshold when the
equipment used is faulty and may lead to adverse impacts on the patient's health Grand Canyon
University, requires all the nursing students to be well equipped with practical is in most cases is
obtained through practical based learning in a health facility. I had my practicum in Down Hills
Mission Hospital, where I had my mentor, Mary Cait, who is a senior nursing practitioner in the
facility. I chose her as my mentor because of her charismatic nature and willingness to nurture
young professions. Concerning this information, this paper, therefore, describes my journey in
the practicum course with Mary Cait as my mentor.
Week 1 – December 11 – December 17
This week is the first class, and my mentor did orientations to me. We also defined our
objectives and developed individual's success planned.
Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal
Name
Grand Canyon University
Date
, PROFESSIONAL CAPSTONE AND PRACTICUM REFLECTIVE JOURNAL 2
Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal
Introduction
Care services are influenced by their setting of occurrence, which in most cases, is
characterized by healthcare policies, availability of resources, disease outbreak, caregivers, and
the general level of technology. Such settings are essentials in the care delivery to patients as
they determine the standard and safety of the care service. The healthcare sector workforce
consists mostly of nurses; therefore, they must understand their role and utilize their expertise
and knowledge adequately to meet the ever-changing needs of the patient's health. A higher ratio
of patient's requirements relies on the nurses whom they are typically blamed whenever their
healthcare services provision fails to achieve the required standards irrespective of inadequate
care resources. For instance, the service offered may not meet the required threshold when the
equipment used is faulty and may lead to adverse impacts on the patient's health Grand Canyon
University, requires all the nursing students to be well equipped with practical is in most cases is
obtained through practical based learning in a health facility. I had my practicum in Down Hills
Mission Hospital, where I had my mentor, Mary Cait, who is a senior nursing practitioner in the
facility. I chose her as my mentor because of her charismatic nature and willingness to nurture
young professions. Concerning this information, this paper, therefore, describes my journey in
the practicum course with Mary Cait as my mentor.
Week 1 – December 11 – December 17
This week is the first class, and my mentor did orientations to me. We also defined our
objectives and developed individual's success planned.
