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Nursing Instructor Perceptions in the Assessment of Student Voice-Journals

Tindall, Dana A.
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1596-0421
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1458299260

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2016, EdD, University of Cincinnati, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Curriculum and Instruction.
Reflective journaling is frequently a part of nursing education; these journals provide a student’s reflection-on-experience to instructors after required clinical experiences, and the instructor’s assessment of the reflective journals is both objective and subjective. A small pilot study of nursing students (n = 17) compared the comfort levels and preferences of groups of students who either audio-recorded their journals or wrote them in text. This study showed the audio-recording (“voice-journaling”) students felt comfortable with the technology and process, and these same students showed a slight preference for using the audio-recording method. Voice-journals were additionally found to be greater in comparative word count than text journals. Later, in the first part of a two-phase study, a small cross-sectional survey (n=9) of nursing instructors identified 15 unique factors falling within four broader categories to be used for assessment of voice-journals. In the second phase of this study, a larger online survey of nursing instructors (n = 60) from several Midwestern colleges of nursing were able to identify and note the presence, or lack of presence, of these earlier named factors when listening to voice-journal excerpts. These same instructors rated each of the unique factors above a neutral level of importance to voice-journal assessment, and additionally provided qualitative data to help formulate guidance for future voice-journaling students.
Kay Seo, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Cindy Geer, Ed.D. (Committee Member)
Andrew Curran, Ed.D. (Committee Member)
Vicki Daiello, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
133 p.
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audio journal; voice journal; reflection; nursing reflection; reflective journal

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  • Tindall, D. A. (2016). Nursing Instructor Perceptions in the Assessment of Student Voice-Journals [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1458299260

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Tindall, Dana. Nursing Instructor Perceptions in the Assessment of Student Voice-Journals. 2016. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1458299260.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Tindall, Dana. "Nursing Instructor Perceptions in the Assessment of Student Voice-Journals." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1458299260

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