Week 5 Reflective Discussion

The reflective journal assignment will include peer and faculty engagement. All students will engage and support one another by sharing their nursing experiences in a supportive, constructive, and professional environment. Reflective practice is a cognitive skill that demands a conscious ability to review an experience with increased awareness of personal beliefs and values; consequently, leading to knowledge development in nursing (Patel & Metersky, 2021).

Your Reflective Journal is:

• A personal, introspective reflection of your nursing practice and how you apply current RN-BSN/MSN course topics including thoughts and feelings regarding practice application and new knowledge development.
• Written in non-formal 300-400 words with no requirement of scholarly, academic style using APA style format.
• Post your initial response to one of the two topics below.

Topic 1: Faith-Based Nursing

Review Healthy People 2030. Identify objectives that are amenable to parish nurse intervention.

• Describe how faith communities can contribute to the accomplishment of these national health objectives and accomplish the goal of improving the health of the public.
• How can nurses working in the community form partnerships with parish nurses and faith communities?
• How would such partnerships be beneficial?

Topic 2: Collaboration at the Local, State, and Federal Levels

• Describe the roles of your local and state health departments in the accomplishment of healthcare promotion and goals.
• How do their goals of health promotion meet the objective of Healthy People 2030?
• How could nurses in the public health setting help clients to modify unhealthy behaviors at the primary and secondary prevention levels?
• Please provide an example for each prevention level.

Submission details

• Write a brief 300-400 word reflection on your beliefs and insights about the selected topic. Feel free to share openly without concern about getting a grade expressing your personal thoughts or feelings in your writing. Your reflective journal must reflect your personal nursing practice experience.