Patient Journaling

I think journaling is beneficial to anyone. I can't believe that I never suggested it to my patients. My background is criminal justice and sometimes I get nervous about what the patient is going to do with the pencil. However, I will offer journaling to patients who are alert and oriented and able to write. What I like most about this BSN program is that each class is teaching me that I have certain stereotypes when it comes to patients. I automatically assumed that most of my patients were incapable of