Daily Reflection Journal #1

1. State the mission and core functions of public health and the services
generally provided by practitioners of public health, the role of the public health nurse specialist, and how the role influences nursing practice in the community (SLO # 4)
2. Contrast community-based nursing practice with community-oriented nursing practice, discuss historical events, contributions of early nurse leaders that influenced current health care in the community, and development of public health nursing. (SLO #4)
3. Examine how nursing provides services in the community, including visiting nurse associations, health organizations, and schools (SLO #1, #4)
4. Discuss the status of public health nursing and major organizations that
contribute to the current state of public health nursing and the events and
trends that influence the health care system and nurses role, including keyaspects of primary and private health care system, and the effects of
insurance reform on population health care. (SLO #1)
5. Describe a brief history of the ethics in public health and community health, discuss ethical decision-making processes, theories, principles, advocacy, and codes of ethics for nursing and public health. (SLO #6, #8)

SAMPLE SOLUTION

This task presents the daily reflection journal which outlines what I seek to achieve in the following week. The reflection journal will also outline the learning objectives, the specific goals for the week and possible outline of the activities to be undertaken during the clinical hours.
Learning Objectives for the week
I have not yet embarked on my clinical trial and I plan to start on them n the following week. For now, am taking community health classes and there are specific learning objectives that I seek to achieve. The first objective is to underscore the critical role that health education plays in promoting community health nursing initiatives. This goal is important because it prepares any nursing student to be prepared to solve emerging community health nursing issues through competency-based as well as evidence-based approaches. The health education and promotion objective are in line with the third learning outcome which seeks to examine how nursing offers services within the…