Nafei, A.R and Motearafi, H and Khorami Markani, A and Haghighi Moghadam, Y and Sakhaei, SH (2015) THE EFFECT OF REFLECTIVE JOURNALING ON NURSING STUDENTS' CRITICAL THINKING IN CLINICAL ACTIVITIES. The Journal of Urmia Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, 1 (1). pp. 19-26.
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Abstract
Clinical learning activities are the heart of nursing programs, and reflective
journaling as a suitable educational strategy in context of nursing students' clinical experiences can help
nursing mentors to understand and evaluate students' clinical thinking skills. This study aimed to assess
the effect of reflective journal on nursing baccalaureate program students’ critical thinking skills.
Materials & Methods: In this quasi- experimental study, 24 nursing students of the fifth semester are
divided into experiment and control groups. Critical thinking in the two groups was assessed by
California Critical Thinking Skills Form B (CCTS- Form B) in pre and post tests. The data were entered
into the SPSS program, and they were analyzed by different statistical tests.
Results: The mean scores of experiment and control groups in post test were 10/75+_ 2/90, 9+_ 2/95
respectively. Significant difference was found in two groups by utilizing t test (df= 22, t= 2/08< P<0/05).
Conclusion: The results of this study are congruent with other studies findings. The use of reflective
journaling can increase students' critical thinking skills. Therefore, it is necessary that nursing educators
use this educational strategy in theoretical courses especially in clinical settings
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | critical thinking, reflective journaling, nursing student, practice work |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RT Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email gholipour.s@umsu.ac.ir |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jan 2018 05:24 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Sep 2019 06:18 |
| URI: | https://eprints.umsu.ac.ir/id/eprint/3920 |
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