02971588 1 Decision making essay Decision making is important to nurses in today ’s society‚ ( Thompson et al 2002) as a number of policy and professional imperatives mean that nurses have to worry about the decisions they make and the way in which they make them. The government has produced several policy initiatives (DOH 1989‚ 1993a‚ 1993b 1913c‚1994‚ 1995‚ 1996a‚ 1996b‚1997‚ 2000‚ 2000) which have led to the creation of an evidence based health care culture ( Mulhall & Le May 1999). Thompson
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goal of approaching each patient with information which is as current as possible. The clinical practice guidelines are advocated because many experts have collaborated to produce the guidelines. According to Brent James‚ most matters can be standardized. However‚ given each patient is an individual‚ no individual or treatment is perfectly compatible with every patient. (Leonhardt) While the clinical practice guidelines approach is said to rely on the most recent research‚ such reliance does not
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ASSIGNMENT: REFLECTIVE ESSAY Due Date: Week 13 Final Reflection: Final Reflection As another semester comes to an end‚ it is a good time to reflect on your experiences and your learning. To summarize your experiences in this course‚ we would like you to write up a 5-10 page paper about your experiences in this class. It should address three main areas: 1. Your newly acquired knowledge of practical nursing. Think back to when you started this course; think about what you knew about practical
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Reflecting on ‘Reflective practice’ By: Linda Finlay‚ Phd‚ BA(Hons)‚ DipCOT “Maybe reflective practices offer us a way of trying to make sense of the uncertainty in our workplaces and the courage to work competently and ethically at the edge of order and chaos…” (Ghaye‚ 2000‚ p.7) Reflective practice has burgeoned over the last few decades throughout various fields of professional practice and education. In some professions it has become one of the defining features of competence‚ even if on occasion
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“Reflection is not just a thoughtful practice‚ but a learning experience”. (Jarvis 1992) This is a reflection on an incident that occurred during a shift on the labour ward. I have chosen Gibbs model of reflection (1988) to guide my reflective process. (Gibbs 1998) (Appendix I). Gibbs model (1998) goes through six important points to aid the reflective process‚ including description of incident‚ feelings‚ evaluation‚ analysis‚ conclusion and finally action plan. The advantage of Gibbs’s six-stage
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Module Title: Practice Learning Experience 1 Module Code: NURS08034 Cohort: September 2011 Assignment Title: Reflective Account Assignment Date: 12/07/2013 Word Count: 1‚656 Introduction This essay will demonstrate the aim of the Scottish Patient Safety Programme (SPSP‚ 2008) in relation to early intervention in a deteriorating patient‚ through reflective practice. Using Gibb’s (1988) reflective model the writer will analyse and
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What is reflective practice? In short‚ it’s a practice that helps you become an active learner. Many of us‚ including myself‚ may be considered or interpreted as passive learners. Passive learning goes a bit like this: we read textbooks‚ we follow everything our instructor or teacher tells us (sometimes we tune out)‚ we write exams and then…we forget what we learned. It’s common and though not everybody goes through this‚ historically‚ it happens more often than not. However‚ with active learning
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concept of reflective practice centres around the idea of life long learning in which a practitioner analyses experiences in order to learn from them.Reflective essay helps to promote critical thinking and analytical skills of the student.Reflective practice concept was introduced by Donald Schon (1983) and later many other researchers also been described reflective practice [Kurt Lewin‚Jean Piaget(1993)‚Benner and Wrubel (1989) Gibbs (1988) and Johnson (2000). Gibbs (1988) reflective cycle is
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A load of research has been done on learning and reflective practice and its effectiveness on the practitioners and one of the first people to research reflective Practice was Donald Schon in his book “The Reflective Practitioner” in 1983. Schon was an influential writer on reflection and had two main ways of identifying reflection and they were reflection in action and reflection on action. “The practitioner allows himself to experience surprise‚ puzzlement‚ or confusion in a situation which he
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Think back over the clinical experience you’ve had this semester. Share with your peers a change that has in your perception of community/public health nursing. Relate how this will impact your current place of employment. The clinical experience I have had in this semester definetly help me have better understanding about the role of a public health nurse and the importance of health and well-being of the communities. This is the foundation for me‚ as a nursing profesional‚ to reach out the community
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