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 practitioners’ 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.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. An Introduction to Reflection. Chapter 2. Developing Underlying Skills in the Move Towards Reflective Practice.
Chapter 3. Assessing and Evaluating Reflection.
Chapter 4. Supporting Practitioners in the Process of Reflective.
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Chapter 5. Using Journals and Diaries within Reflective Practice.
Chapter 6. Are you sitting uncomfortably? – From group resistance to group reflection in several uneasy moves.
Chapter 7. Teachers’ and Students’ Perspectives on Reflection-on-Action.
Chapter 8. When Reflection Becomes a Cul-de-Sac – Strategies to Find the Focus and Move on.
Chapter 9. Help to get you Started – Reflecting on Your Experiences.
About the Author :
Chris Bulman is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Health Care, Oxford Brookes.
Review :
'This excellent book provides useful guidance on the use of reflection in practice.'
'This book is well written and structured so that it is straight-forward for the reader to make sense of a complex but essential aspect of the role of the mentor. It would be a helpful addition to any nursing library.'
Primary Health Care
'a useful guide to reflection and demonstrates how reflection on practice can support the development of nursing knowledge and our understanding of practice'
'The text will appeal to a wide audience within the nursing profession and is to be recommended.'
Journal of Advanced Nursing
From reviews of the second edition
‘…an excellent investment in any nurses’ library portfolio.’
Journal of Advanced Nursing
‘An extremely welcome addition to nursing's literature on thoughtful, knowledgeable practice’
Nursing Times
‘This is an excellent practical guide to reflective practice…I would highly recommend this book to all practice teachers and students.’Journal of Practice Nursing
‘The use of practical examples throughout, written in an easily accessible style, contribute to an interesting and highly motivating text… For qualified nurses who are interested, but as yet unfamiliar with the approach, it provides a key handbook and will be a welcome addition to their bookshelves.’
Journal of Clinical Nursing
'This book is well written and structured so that it is straight-forward for the reader to make sense of the complex but essential aspect of the role of the mentor. It would be a helpful addition to any nursing library.'
Primary Health Care
