Overview Your reflective journal is an opportunity to assimilate information you

Overview
Your reflective journal is an opportunity to assimilate information you have learned from multiple sources including, but not limited to, class lectures, discussion boards, individual and group assignments, and MindTap activities. A prompt is provided for you to apply “what you know” to “how you think/feel/believe” about a specific topic. This process is designed to help you explore and grow in your personal academic journey while promoting your critical thinking skills that are essential to your role as a nurse. The benefits of Reflective Journaling include:
Critical Thinking Skill Development
Synthesis of Classroom and Clinical Knowledge
Self-Awareness
Professional Growth and Promotion of Professional Behaviors
Shift of Focus away from Self
Awareness of Emotional Responses, Personal Biases, and Beliefs
Instructions
Your response should be approximately 200 to 250 words and should provide your thoughts on the factors that positively and negatively influence your maintenance of a healthy brain.
Writing Prompt
Healthy Brain – Are you modeling health or illness?
When crafting your responses, please consider your current lifestyle, changes you can make to your lifestyle, and external factors that may influence the overall health of your brain.
Resources provided:
How to Keep Your Brain Healthy – Dr. Daniel Amenhttps://youtu.be/Jqmb_p8UVtMLinks to an external site.
Citation
Amen, D. (2018). How to keep your brain healthy. SUCCESS Magazine. Retrieved February 16, 2023, from