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Reflective Journal week 11

 1. What did you actually learned from the unit.

I thought this was an interesting unit and I learned a lot because it was pretty much all brand new information to me. I have never really thought about strategic planning as a concept, I am sure I have practiced in life without really labeling it strategic planning, but anyways...it has been a learning experience this week for sure. 

2. Discuss your feelings/experiences from the team activities? Did it change your opinion on the subject? If so, how? If not, why?

The team assignment where we made a map of healthcare providers and healthcare related facilities was cool. I have been thinking about people that live in rural areas lately as a lot of the COVID patients that come to my unit lately are from towns in Utah that I have never heard of. I have been looking them up just to see where they are at and they are usually very rural areas. The assignment this week just added to that thought process because not everyone has access to healthcare at their fingertips, I am sure those facilities are strategically placed based on many different factors.

3. How you will utilize the information learned in your nursing practice.

I think as I said above, it is important to remember that not all people have access to healthcare, for many different reasons, including their location or residency. You would think I would have realized that before now as I grew up in rural Idaho, however we didn't really need close access to healthcare as we were fairly healthy and there was no pandemic at large at that time. It is a good reminder for me to help me understand more of the barriers that some patients may be facing in order to provide the appropriate health care for each individual. 

4. You personal feelings about the material covered.

It was a challenging week for me for sure, new concepts that didn't really come easy to me....I had to actually study :(, jk. It was also a little boring just because it apparently doesn't peak my interest much to read about/learn about strategic planning, other than the map assignment, that was fun. Overall it was good though, you can never have too much information, that's for sure, I chalk it up as a learning experience. 

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