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Exploring the lived experiences of psychiatric nursing students through self‐reflective journals
Author(s) -
Landeen Janet,
Byrne Carolyn,
Brown Barbara
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1995.21050878.x
Subject(s) - psychology , nursing , journal writing , identification (biology) , medical education , nurse education , lived experience , reflective practice , medicine , teaching method , pedagogy , psychotherapist , botany , biology
This study explores the use of journals to identify important issues facing nursing students when learning in a psychiatric setting During a 13‐week psychiatric clinical experience, 18 third‐year students kept journals describing the most significant event that occurred each week, reflecting on the impact and accompanying attitudes of that event Throughout the clinical experience, the nursing faculty read the students' journals and provided written feedback on a bi‐weekly basis Major themes that students wrote about in their journals were identified These included meaningful learning, issues of the novice, relationships, control, self‐reflection, and identification with clients Keeping a journal provided the students with an opportunity to become more self‐reflective in their practice The issues identified by students in their journals may assist nurse educators to anticipate the learning needs of their students in psychiatry