title: Nursing reflections from journaling during a perioperative internship.
abstract: AN IMPORTANT CONCERN in nursing practice and education is the difficulties nurses experience as they transition into a new clinical area. THIS STUDY compared the reflective journals of 26 experienced and inexperienced nurses participating in a nine-week perioperative internship. THE STUDY examined self-regulated learning strategies used to enhance metacognitive critical thinking abilities.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Wilmington, USA.
authors.forename: Ruth Ann
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kuiper
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007397:Internship, Nonmedical; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000193:education*; D012647:Self-Assessment; D015144:Southeastern United States; D013850:Thinking; D014956:Writing