Nursing Assignment: The Purpose of Reflection-in-Action:

The purpose of Reflection-in-Action is to reflect upon what one has learned or how one has performed as compared with one’s expectations or goals. This assignment will provide an opportunity for students to share their experiences, thoughts, feelings and learning moments from this course. Self understanding through reflection on life experiences, feelings, etc., is a core concept in Dr. Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring.

The Reflection for this course must address at least three (3) of the following topics:

oLearning moments or activities from this course

oThoughts on evidence-based practice

oEvidence supporting Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring

oEthics in research

oProtecting human subjects in quality improvement or evidence-based practice projects

oUnderstanding or comfort level with statistics in nursing research and other research reports

oPerception of MSN graduates’ role in nursing research

oCreating and sustaining an Evidence-Based nursing environment

oAsking compelling, clinical questions

oLessons learned while conducting evidence-based literature review

• Length: A minimum of two and maximum of four pages (excluding the title and reference pages).
• Format: Formal paper, APA 7th ed format for body of paper and all citations.