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BENCHMARK-PROFESSIONAL AND PRACTICUM REFLECTIVE JOURNAL
Patricia Matias Roedel
Grand Canyon University:
NRS-490-0503
Benchmark - Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal
March 22nd, 2020
Running Head:
BENCHMARK-PROFESSIONAL AND PRACTICUM REFLECTIVE JOURNAL
Week 1
Objectives:
1-Identify problems, issues, and opportunities to improve patient care, patient outcomes, and
organizational procedures within a clinical practice setting.
2-Examine a health care clinical problem or an organization issue and its implications to nursing
practice.
3-Determine evidence‐based solutions that address patient care or clinical practice quality
problems or issues.
4-Analyze health care clinical problems and organizational issues utilizing the PICO(T) process
5-Demonstrate values consistent with the role of a nursing professional through fundamental
knowledge and advanced skills.
My first week in this class has been overwhelming. Adjusting to a new class
environment, with different expectations is very difficult. My mentor and I could not meet as
expected to discuss the research proposal, just talked over the phone, which was still helpful but
did not ease my anxiety. I want to decide my research proposal this week, so I can start gathering
my resources, and review the requirements for the next weeks I plan to stay healthy and focused
by taking time during the week to exercise and sleep well. My family and boyfriend are very
supportive, and I know they will help me through this.
This week, I was asked to work on my ISP, which will help me to stay organized and see
the big picture for his class.
This week, I will also be learning about different research databases
and which sources of information to utilize during project development implementation. Each
database has specific search features that help to focus on the area of study in practice.
Running Head:
BENCHMARK-PROFESSIONAL AND PRACTICUM REFLECTIVE JOURNAL
Week 2
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Health Disparity
Objectives:
1-Identify problems, issues, and opportunities to improve patient care, patient outcomes, and
organizational procedures within a clinical practice setting.
2-Examine a health care clinical problem or an organization issue and its implications to nursing
practice.
3-Determine evidence‐based solutions that address patient care or clinical practice quality
problems or issues.
4-Analyze health care clinical problems and organizational issues utilizing the PICO(T) process
5-Demonstrate values consistent with the role of a nursing professional through fundamental
knowledge and advanced skills.
This week, Stefanie and I were able to meet to discuss our project topic. Stefanie works
in an academic hospital in San Diego, University of California in San Diego-Medical Center, a
public, non-profit institution, where new therapies and practices are supported through a variety
of high payers’ stakeholders. I work in a private hospital, struggling financially, serving mostly
low-income people and Medicaid population. The population seeking healthcare services is very
different between hospitals. In my hospital, most of the patients are homeless or low-income
