College of Nursing and Healthcare professions, Grand Canyon University
NRS-493-O500 Professional Capstone and Practicum
Dr. Jean M. Collins
June 26, 2022
, Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal
Reflective Journals Summary
Week Topic and content Summary
Week 1 Culturally sensitive care /Integrity & Nursing and cultural diversity focused
patient respect in nursing. on the need for nurses to understand
values from different culture to
provide the right kind of nursing care
to culturally sensitive patients. About
integrity and patient respect, I
focused on stating that it is essential
to be honest with patients and to
treat all patients with utmost respect
during
nursing care.
Week 2 New Practice Approaches. Focused on the need for nurses to
understand the new changes in
healthcare and acquire relevant skills
to cope with the changes in
healthcare
such as new technology.
Week 3 Inter-professional collaboration. In the reflection, I addressed the need
for nurses to cooperate with other
professionals in healthcare to
facilitate
and promote patient outcomes.
Week 4 Health care delivery and clinical systems. This reflection focused on the various
types of institutions such as hospitals
and diagnostic centers whose main
tasks is provision of health care to
the society. The institutions play key
roles in preventive care and
treatment of
patients.
Week 5 Ethical consideration. In this topic, I addressed the need
for adhering to ethics such as
integrity, fidelity, non-maleficence
and
autonomy in healthcare.
Week 6 Population Health concerns. In this topic I pointed out some of
the health concerns in the US
population including excessive
alcohol consumption, tobacco
smoking, heart
diseases and cancer.
Week 7 The role of Technology in improving The topic mainly focused on the
patient outcomes. benefits of technology in patient
outcomes such as facilitating
quicker diagnosis, convenience of
services,
and reduction of cost of care.
Week 8 Health Policy. In this topic I focused on how laws
, and regulations dictate the provision
of
health care services. I also talked