Open your Journal document and respond to the prompt below

BSN499 Capstone Project
Journal Activity 1
Create a Word document that will be used for your Journal Activities. You will add to this Journal document each week, and submit the file for a grade in Module 8. Be sure your Journal entries are dated.
For your first Journal Entry, you will:
Reflect on your thoughts about how you have integrated the concepts of management and leadership that informed your role as a current or future nurse leader. How has it provided you with the opportunity to develop and enhance your role in multidisciplinary teams, and what have you gained from this experience? These are your thoughts – there is no need for citations/references unless you use a scholarly source.
Sample verbiage to assist in consolidating or categorizing themes in journal entries:
What thoughts and feelings are recorded in my journal?
Which thoughts and feelings are similar?
What can I identify as my subjective I’s?
What are the implications of my subjective I’s?
Journal entries will be graded at the end of the course using the rubric below. Complete each reflection during the appropriate week to stay current and reflect on the learning.

BSN499 Capstone Project
Journal Activity 2
Open your Journal document and respond to the prompt below. You will add to this Journal document each week, and submit the file for a grade in Module 8. Be sure your Journal entries are dated.
Reflect on your thoughts about how you can inform the delivery of care through evaluation of credible evidence, including dissemination of research. What opportunities can you create for nurses to enhance participation in research and scholarship? Be sure to include what you gained from this experience. These are your thoughts – there is no need for citations/references unless you use a scholarly source.
Journal entries will be graded at the end of the course using the rubric below. Complete each reflection during the appropriate week to stay current and reflect on the learning.

BSN499 Capstone Project
Journal Activity 3
Open your Journal document and respond to the prompt below. You will add to this Journal document each week, and submit the file for a grade in Module 8. Be sure your Journal entries are dated.
Reflect on your thoughts about how you can design care for individuals, groups and communities based on evidence-based practice. What lessons have you learned from your courses that have created a change in the way you think and practice as a baccalaureate-prepared nurse? These are your thoughts – there is no need for citations/references unless you use a scholarly source.
Journal entries will be graded at the end of the course using the rubric below. Complete each reflection during the appropriate week to stay current and reflect on the learning.

BSN499 Capstone Project
Journal Activity 4
Open your Journal document and respond to the prompt below. You will add to this Journal document each week, and submit the file for a grade in Module 8. Be sure your Journal entries are dated.
Reflect on how can we work to make the profession of nursing more accountable to utilize critical thinking in our practice and what impact does this have on the overall healthcare environment? These are your thoughts – there is no need for citations/references unless you use a scholarly source.
Journal entries will be graded at the end of the course using the rubric below. Complete each reflection during the appropriate week to stay current and reflect on the learning.

BSN499 Capstone Project
Journal Activity 5
Open your Journal document and respond to the prompt below. You will add to this Journal document each week, and submit the file for a grade in Module 8. Be sure your Journal entries are dated.
Reflect on the values of altruism, autonomy, human dignity, integrity, and social justice. Describe how your RN-BSN journey has impacted your views on these fundamental values. Create a personal and professional philosophy as a Baccalaureate-prepared nurse which incorporates these fundamental values. What are your goals to implement your new philosophy? You can use your philosophy as an introduction to your Professional Development Plan. These are your thoughts – there is no need for citations/references unless you use a scholarly source.
Journal entries will be graded at the end of the course based on the rubric below. Complete each reflection during the appropriate week to stay current and reflect on the learning.

BSN499 Capstone Project
Journal Activity 6
Open your Journal document and respond to the prompt below. You will add to this Journal document each week, and submit the file for a grade in Module 8. Be sure your Journal entries are dated
Describe your involvement in one or more nursing organizations. A nursing organization is a professional organization you are a member. Discuss your role within the organization. If you do not belong to a professional organization, you may discuss your role in committees where you work. What is your role? How has your role impacted patient care? How do you incorporate nurse-sensitive outcomes to promote safe, high-quality care? What are your plans to expand your role to impact health and health policy? These are your thoughts – there is no need for citations/references unless you use a scholarly source.
Journal entries will be graded at the end of the course based on the rubric below. Complete each reflection during the appropriate week to stay current and reflect on the learning.
Journal entries will be graded at the end of the course based on the rubric below. Complete each reflection during the appropriate week to stay current and reflect on the learning.