Prompt: Smith, Turkel & Wolf (2013) Chapter 2
Summary: The purpose of the weekly reflective journal exercises is to allow for analysis, synthesis and evaluation of nursing theory using guided questions.
Reflection has been referred to as a process that happens internally, privately or in isolation (Hill & Watson, 2011).
Also a useful definition of reflection has been referred to as the examination of an issue of concern, as a consequence of experience, creating clarity and meaning in terms of self, and which results in a change of perspective ( Boyd & Fales, 1983).