Week 3 - Introduction to Reflection Flashcards
What is NOT reflection?
Reflection is not just thinking about and event or experience
- It requires more than replaying or thinking about your practice
Is not just about the negative… reflect on positive experiences too.
What is the goal of reflection?
“To challenge an ultimately change practice” (Cooney, 1999)
Reflection is…?
Intentional
Purposeful
An active process
A learned/refined skill
Requires examination and analysis
Individual
Action oriented
- the process is not complete without action
When should reflection happen?
Before action
On action
In action
- All of them should result in new learning that enhances behaviours or perspectives or practices to make things better
What is reflection before action?
thinking through a situation before (planning, what will happen)
What is reflection on action?
retrospective examination of the experience (looking back, what happened in the past)
What is reflection in action?
occurs in the moment of the activity and influences clinical decision making for that moment
- in the moment, mindfulness
Why is reflection important to nursing?
- CNO requirement
- Enhances exploration of multiple ways of knowing
- A process that exposes thoughts, feelings and behaviours
- self awareness of how we want to practice compared to how we do practice
- Fosters self-directed learning
- identifying own learning needs)
- Results in new learning and new goals
- Critical examination and questioning leads to new ways of thinking and behaving in practice
What are the multiple ways of knowing?
empirical, personal, emancipatory, ethical, aesthetic
Benefits of reflection in nursing for self
improved critical thinking/clinical judgment/professional expertise, empowerment, greater self-awareness, personal and professional growth
- Self-reflection surrounds the art of nursing; helps you find personal meaning in the profession and workplace
Benefits of reflection in nursing for clients
improved quality of care, improved outcomes
Expectations of learners
- Learner brings to the reflective process personal dispositions or qualities/characteristics
- influenced by present and past lived experience
- Expected to demonstrate the following dispositions:
- a will to learn, a will to engage, a preparedness to listen, a preparedness to explore new experiences, a determination to move forward, a will to speak, intellectual humility (open-mindedness)
How does the reflective practice help learners to explore learner expectations?
Reflective Practice helps learners explore which learner expectations they have and those they need to further develop
Building _____ ____________ through Reflective Practice
Building self awareness through Reflective Practice
McMaster Model of Nursing
What is “Self”?
Self: your own present and past lived experiences, expectations, beliefs and values that contribute to interactions, reflection, nursing practice, learning etc
- In examining your own self, allows you to explore your own development as a person and as a nurse
McMaster Model of Nursing
What is “Personhood”?
Personhood: patient’s present and past lived experience, expectations, beliefs and values that they bring to care interactions, learning, illness/wellness journey etc.
- Need to consider both self and personhood in Reflective Practice to modify and adapt care approaches
McMaster Model of Nursing
What is the core of the Reflective Model?
The exchange between student and teacher
What is the Reflective Model grounded in?
Grounded in the belief that professional education is based on the process of becoming; an unfolding and transforming of the self over time
What is the intended outcome of becoming?
The intended outcome of becoming is that reflection becomes a habit
- students then graduate with desirable qualities and characteristics, such as courage, integrity, self discipline, respect for others, generosity, authenticity, and open mindedness
What does the Reflective Model require?
Requires presence, or being attentive to what is happening in the moment in a non-judgmental way
- being aware of surroundings
- cultivating mindfulness
- pausing your thoughts
Through Reflective Practice, the learner doesn’t just acquire and apply knowledge and skills, but rather evolves as a professional nurse through the ________ and ________ of ______, ______, ________, and ______
Through Reflective Practice, the learner doesn’t just acquire and apply knowledge and skills, but rather evolves as a professional nurse through the promotion and integration of knowing, acting, being, and becoming
Reflective Practice
What is Knowing?
Knowing: the outcomes of reflective learning
- involves a deeper knowledge of self and others, an understanding of the meaning of situations from objective and subjective perspectives, and the significance of these situations to self and others
- reflection supports the integration of multiple ways of knowing into nursing
All nurses in Ontario are required to complete their Self-assessment _______
All nurses in Ontario are required to complete their Self-assessment yearly
What are the 2 parts of Self-Assessment?
Practice Reflection
Developing a Learning Plan
