Transforming student perspectives through reflective writing.
One of the primary goals of registered nurse-to-bachelor of science in nursing education is to help registered nurses see things in a new way or to transform their perspective. A package of 4 commonly used reflective writing activities used before, during, and after class is described as it is used for perspective transformation. This learning package goal is to push registered nurse-to-bachelor of science in nursing students in their first course to consider new ways of thinking about their practice and their education.
Ruland
Judith P
JP
School of Nursing, University of Central Florida, PB Box 162210, Orlando, FL 32816-2210, USA. jruland@mail.ucf.edu
Ahern
Nancy R
NR
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003073:Cognitive Dissonance; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D004518:Education, Professional, Retraining / Q000379:methods*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D030141:Feedback, Psychological; D006184:Habits; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D011287:Prejudice; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011588:Psychology, Educational; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012718:Set, Psychology; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D013850:Thinking; D014956:Writing