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clinical supervision
critical incident analysis
critical reflection
critical social theory
cues
emotional intelligence
group reflection
mentoring
moral agency
motivation
personal knowledge
professional attributes
professional portfolio
reflection
reflective cues
reflective models
reflective practice
reflective techniques
self-awareness
KEY TERMS
LEARNING OUTCOMES
After completing this chapter, the learner should be able to accomplish the following:
1.
Discuss the context of thoughtful professional practice in contemporary nursing and midwifery
2.
Define the links between self-awareness and reflection
3.
Explain the importance of self-awareness for professional self-assessment
4.
Explain the various types of reflection
5.
Discuss different reflective techniques and when and how to use them in practice
6.
Define the links between thoughtful practice, motivation, moral agency and person-centred care
7.
Discuss the barriers and criticisms related to reflection
8.
Briefly explain the concept of empowerment as it relates to critical reflection.
Thoughtful practice:
Self-awareness and reflection
opportunities for you to engage in self-awareness and
reflective activities.
Recognising the importance of reflective practice and the
pivotal role it plays in learning from your experience will
enable you to understand and appreciate that knowledge is
embedded in practice and is therefore essential in further
developing your clinical expertise. Thoughtful practice is
dependent on the nurse or midwife being person centred. In
order to be person centred, you must have an appreciation of
the concept of empowerment, or how power is used or
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HIS CHAPTER INTRODUCES THE CONCEPT
of thoughtful practice and the first of its key
components—reflective practice (Figure U3-1).
Reflective practice as an individual attribute has been
incorporated into the professional standards of nursing
and midwifery. This chapter outlines some of the
models and strategies that are referred to in the stan-
dards and other nursing and midwifery literature for
increasing reflective practice through improving self-
awareness. It provides practical examples as well as
