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Nursing Reflections from Journaling During a Perioperative Internship
Author(s) -
Kuiper Ruth Ann
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)61153-8
Subject(s) - internship , preceptor , journaling file system , perioperative nursing , nursing , medicine , metacognition , psychology , medical education , perioperative , cognition , anesthesia , psychiatry , data file , database , computer science
• AN IMPORTANT CONCERN in nursing practice and education is the difficulties nurses experience as they transition into a new clinical area. • THIS STUDY compared the reflective journals of 26 experienced and inexperienced nurses participating in a nine‐week perioperative internship. • THE STUDY examined self‐regulated learning strategies used to enhance metacognitive critical thinking abilities. AORNJ 79 (January 2004) 195–218.