Reflective Writing: Experiences in Nursing Communication (SNPG801)

This reflective writing assignment explores a student's learning experiences in the Fundamentals of Nursing Communication module (SNPG801) within a Master of Nursing program. The paper reflects on key areas of learning, including referencing using APA format, the process of conducting literature reviews, and the utilization of library databases such as Cinahl, Google Scholar, PubMed, and Medline. The student discusses their initial challenges and eventual improvements in each area, highlighting the importance of referencing for acknowledging sources and avoiding plagiarism, the development of skills in synthesizing literature, and the effective use of databases for accessing scholarly information. The reflection emphasizes the practical application of these skills for academic assignments and future research endeavors, illustrating the student's growth in confidence and competence throughout the semester.

Reflective writing
Introduction
Fundamental of nursing communication (SNPG801) is one of the subject that we had to
study in master of nursing international. There were different assessment we had to submitted
among them reflective writing was the last assessment. Reflecting on previous knowledge is an
essential opportunity for students to consider our own qualities and weaknesses which enable us
to create an alternative and improve future performance. Therefore, in this paper I will be
reflecting on three things; referencing, library database and writing literature review that I had
learned from all the workshops and will also help in further study.
1. Reference
Reference is an incredibly significant factor of written work as it reveals the roots of the
concepts. References enable us to recognise authors and researchers' contributions which helped
us for better vision of the specific topic. On my first day at class our lecturer gave us a brief
introduction of referencing and orient us which type of referencing are we following while
submitting assignment. I was very happy that the referencing style was APA format because I
had used this style in my bachelor study. Referencing was a very fruitful experience for me as
this helped me to look for the information more easily and quickly. Beside that this also helped
me to provide source of information to my lecturer that I retrieved for my assignment. Moreover,
this also helped me to avoid plagiarism as I had quoted every single ideas of the related authors.
From the referencing I have learned a way of remembering the authors you borrowed ideas and
concepts which in future will help me to be a responsible scholar for my research study.
2. Literature Review
However, we were taught about how to do literature review by our lecturer I often found it
difficult because I kept on skipping the important data and information from the article. I have
learned so many important facts that I need to improve my literature review skill from my
lecturer that we don't just have to interact with a whole body of literature; we also need to
compare, and contrast, synthesise, and argue in ways that enhance willingness to add value to the
literature itself. Hence, now I am more confident in performing a literature review.
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This is not only for my academic purpose but also this will be helpful for me in my career as the
literature review had taught me to identify the gaps and methodology problems. Besides, the
relevant literature is identified, assessed, and synthesised through which the conflict of studies
can be detected which will be very beneficial for me in further study and research.
3. Library Database
Database is another components that I had learned from this workshop. The library catalogue is a
searchable online collection of written and accessible information. Databases offer links to a
variety of valuable research resources from scientific newspapers, journals and magazines.
Several repositories often contain e-books, related online services, and a range of multimedia.
Library study repositories are the key tools for accessing much of the scholarly information
accessible in print and online formats. During the first workshop day Lecturer also taught and
demonstrated about applying the database. At the very first, I found it very difficult to access
because it was very new for me but after doing practice I can easily access the sources. Some of
the database that I had learned were Cinahl, Google scholar, Pubmed, Medline, etc. As this is
the very source of the background information of the relevent topic I can use this to gain explore
my knowledge of the specific topic. I don’t do need to pay from my pocket to access the research
uploaded this database. After learning these library database I can easily carried out my rest of
the assignments. Hence, I hope these database will be very usefull in submitting my assignment
in coming semester.
Conclusion
Overall, this assignment helps me to reflect on my experience and knowledge that I had
gradually develop in this semester. I can see myself from the very first day to till date. I can see
my ability and level of confident in performing assignment by following proper way of
referencing, writing literature review and database..
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