E-Portfolio for Nursing

E-Portfolio for Nursing

Table of Contents
Purpose of developing e-portfolio.........................................................................................................2
Identifying an e-portfolio platform........................................................................................................2
Materials/artifacts that will be collected................................................................................................3
Relevance to the career development....................................................................................................4
Timeline for completion........................................................................................................................4
References.............................................................................................................................................6
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Purpose of developing nursing e-portfolio
An e-portfolio is a computer mediate or digital space used to store materials consisting of
videos, sound, images, and text. It is mainly used for transferring images and text into the
electronic form. The main purpose of the developing nursing e-portfolio is to support
learning by providing an ongoing personal development plan, a record of the appraisal
discussions, workplace assessment and reflection on the clinical events. It has provided an
opportunity to compile all the paper-based records of achievement and convert it into the
electronic portable document format files in order to submit through the online portal
(Anderson, Gardner, Ramsbotham & Tones, 2017). All the professional development
documents can be kept by the nurses in a shoebox. It is considered to be safe from the natural
disasters, electronic disasters like viruses and allows backup the files. It provides a platform
for self-reflection. Reflection in nursing plays a significant as it brings together theory and
knowledge with clinical actions or practice. Knowledge is considered to be developed
through the processes of theoretical and scientific information. Reflective theory determines
that without appropriate support it is not easy to understand when an individual does and
consider the most appropriate option as per the situation (Umass, 2019). Reflective thinking
allows understanding the situation, making assumptions and providing significant
information. The reflective learning theory is considered to be a useful approach for the
clinical practice because it recognizes that individuals make senses of their learning through
considering and applying the impact of their actions.
Identifying an nursing e-portfolio platform
The e-portfolio platforms that can be used by nurses include the search facilities for
managing the files and templates for structuring and presenting the work. Nursing e-portfolio
platform would be used for describing the software programs in order to support the activities
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