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Reflection has the potential to help nurses to develop and learn from their practice. The third edition of this popular text is aimed at students and practitioners wanting to learn more about reflection and what it can offer them. Reflective Practice in Nursing draws on the latest research and on practitionersrs" experiences to provide you with a practical accessible guide to reflection on every day practice. Its emphasis remains on providing help to develop and challenge your knowledge, skills and values for reflective practice. Updated chapters on the skills for reflection, developments in assessing and evaluating reflection, mentoring and personal reflection are included, as well as new chapters on group reflection and writing reflectively. There is also new information on the experience of teaching as well as learning reflection and help and advice on the use of reflective frameworks and other ideas for using reflection yourself.

List of Contributors

x

Preface

xi

1 An Introduction to Reflection

1

(24)

Chris Bulman

Introduction

1

(1)

What is reflection?

2

(2)

The philosophical legacy surrounding thinking and knowing and why it is important to reflection

4

(2)

Nursing, higher education and a challenge to traditional views of critical thinking

6

(1)

A brief look at Schön

7

(4)

Stages and levels of reflection

11

(1)

Skills necessary for reflection

11

(1)

Nursing research

11

(9)

Conclusion

20

(1)

References

20

(5)

2 Developing Underlying Skills in the Move Towards Reflective Practice

25

(22)

Sue Atkins

Introduction

25

(1)

The importance of underlying skills

26

(1)

Limitations of a skills-based approach to developing reflective practice

27

(1)

Guidance on using the exercises in this chapter

28

(1)

Self-awareness

29

(4)

Description

33

(3)

Critical analysis

36

(5)

Synthesis

41

(2)

Evaluation

43

(1)

Conclusion

44

(1)

Acknowledgements

44

(1)

References

44

(3)

3 Assessing and Evaluating Reflection

47

(26)

Sue Schutz, Carrie Angove and Pam Sharp

Introduction

47

(1)

Definitions

47

(1)

The assessment of reflection

48

(2)

Philosophical issues in assessing reflection

50

(2)

Problems,with the assessment of reflection

52

(1)

Lack of clarity about what constitutes reflection

52

(1)

The process of reflection or the outcome - what should be assessed?

52

(1)

Whether reflection has levels and how these develop over time

53

(1)

Barriers to honesty caused by summative assessment

53

(1)

Lack of effective tools for assessment

53

(1)

Skills of facilitators

54

(1)

Political and financial pressures

54

(1)

Tools for assessing reflection

55

(1)

Verbal assessment strategies

55

(2)

Written assessment strategies

57

(3)

Assessment of reflection at Oxford Brookes University

60

(1)

Grading reflection

61

(1)

Use of the reflective portfolio at Oxford Brookes University

62

(3)

Issues for students and staff in the assessment of reflection

65

(2)

Evaluating the assessment of reflection

67

(2)

Conclusion

69

(1)

References

70

(3)

4 Supporting Practitioners in the Process of Reflective Practice

73

(21)

Charlotte Maddison

Introduction

73

(1)

Why the need for reflection?

73

(1)

Preparing the student for reflection

74

(2)

Skills of mentors

76

(4)

The reflective mentor

80

(5)

Clinical supervision

85

(5)

Conclusion

90

(1)

References

91

(3)

5 Using Journals and Diaries within Reflective Practice

94

(19)

Melanie Jasper

Introduction

94

(1)

What is a learning journal?

94

(5)

Purposes of keeping a learning journal

99

(3)

Styles of learning journals

102

(2)

The content of the journal

104

(3)

Getting started in journal writing

107

(1)

Structuring a journal

108

(1)

Ethical issues

108

(2)

Tips for teachers

110

(1)

Conclusion

110

(2)

References

112

(1)

6 Are You Sitting Uncomfortably? From Group Resistance to Group Reflection in Several Easy Moves

113

(15)

Hazel Platzer

Introduction

113

(1)

Why group work could be a good idea in nursing

114

(1)

What might get in the way of effective group work?

115

(2)

How to set about doing group work

117

(3)

How do you know if it is working?

120

(3)

Conclusion

123

(1)

Acknowledgements

124

(1)

References

124

(4)

7 Teachers' and Students' Perspectives on Reflection-on-Action

128

(18)

Chris Bulman

Introduction

128

(1)

Group discussion

128

(1)

Focusing on teachers

129

(7)

Focusing on students

136

(7)

Conclusion

143

(1)

Acknowledgements

143

(1)

References

143

(3)

8 When Reflection Becomes a Cul-de-sac - Strategies to Find the Focus and Move On

146

(15)

Sue Duke

Introduction

146

(1)

Bringing the role of nurse consultant alive

147

(3)

Finding a place and being put in my place: where vampires, pirates and aliens roam

150

(4)

Whose voice is being heard and scanning the noise

154

(1)

Not walking the talk

155

(2)

Reflective strategies - breaking a reflective short circuit

157

(2)

Conclusion: reflection and the expert practitioner

159

(1)

References

160

(1)

9 Help to Get You Started - Reflecting on Your Experiences

161

(22)

Chris Bulman

Introduction

161

(1)

Why bother to reflect at all?

161

(1)

The trouble with nursing and the complexities of thinking about practice

162

(1)

Reflective effort and change

162

(1)

Helping you to start

163

(2)

Some useful frameworks for reflection

165

(2)

Frameworks utilising levels of reflection

167

(3)

Summarising a few key messages about frameworks for reflection

170

(1)

Exemplars from practice

170

(9)

Conclusion

179

(1)

Acknowlegement

179

(1)

References

180

(3)

Index

183

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