Experiences of Undergraduate Nursing Students about Reflective Journaling

Volume 9 Issue 2 May - July 2019

Research Paper

Experiences of Undergraduate Nursing Students about Reflective Journaling

Nafisa Iqbal *, Khalil Ahmed Jatt **, Muhammad Ishtiaq ***, Hawa Gul ****

*,***,**** Shifa college of Nursing, University of ShifaTameer-e MillatUniversity, Islamabad.

** Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad.

Iqbal, N., Jatt, K. A., Ishtiaq, M., Gul, H.(2019). Experiences of Undergraduate Nursing Students about Reflective Journaling, i-manager's Journal on Nursing, 9(2), 20-25.

Abstract

To explore the experiences of undergraduate nursing students about reflective journaling. A qualitative descriptive study was carried out in a private nursing college. A Convenience sample consisted of all the PRN extended first year students was selected. In depth interviews was carried out in the month of November, 2018 by the trained data collector. The three major categories emerged from data “Benefits of writing reflective journaling”, challenges faced by the students in writing reflective journaling” and “Future implementation of the strategy”. Benefits that has been highlighted such as post-reading at the end of the session, remembrance of the content, improvement in writing skills etc. Challenges were reported as: time limitation and difficulty in writing the log. Application of this strategy in different subjects with providing feedback was recommended by the students. The reflective journaling was found to be more beneficial for undergraduate nursing students with few manageable challenges. The findings of the research will help the nursing educator to adopt reflective journaling as a teaching learning strategy in class room setting during teaching of different subjects.