Guided Reflection: Advancing Practice

by Christopher Johns (Reader in Advanced Nursing Practice at the University of Luton); Contributions by: Aileen Joiner; Contributions by: Alexia Stenning; Contributions by: Yvonne Latchford; Contributions by: Bella Madden; Contributions by: Jane Gr

• ISBN13: 9781405148672
• ISBN10: 1405148675
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-02-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Reflection is widely recognised as an invaluable tool in health care, providing fresh insights which enable practitioners to develop their own practice and improve the quality of their care. This book introduces the practitioner to the concept of 'Guided reflection', an innovative research process in which the practitioner is assisted by a mentor (or 'guide') in a process of self-enquiry, development, and learning through reflection, in order to become fully effective.Guided reflection is grounded in individual practice, and can provide deeply meaningful insights into self-development and professional care. The process results in a relexive narrative, which highlights key issues for enhancing health care practice and professional care. This book uses a collection of such narratives from everyday clinical practice in nursing, health visiting and midwifery to demonstrate the theory and practicalities of guided reflection and narrative construction. These narratives portray the values inherent in caring, highlight key issues in clinical practice, reveal the factors that constrain the quest to realise practice, and examine the ways practitioners work towards overcoming these constraints.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Preface

INTRODUCTION

Revealing the Nature of Reflection

Collaboration, Dialogue and the Emergence of Voice

Unfolding the Reflexive Narrative

NARRATIVE

Awakenings

Striving to Realise Clinical Leadership

Becoming Available within the Hustle of a Medical Ward

Realising the Therapeutic Relationship with Head and Neck and Cancer

Finding a New Way in Health Visiting

Working with Deliberate Self Harm Patients in A&E

Working with Women Following Traumatic Childbirth

REFLECTIONS

Reflections

Guided Reflection in the Context of Port-Modern Practice

Index

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