Completing reflective practice post undergraduate nursing clinical placements : A literature review
- Authors: Barbagallo, Michael
- Date: 2019
- Type: Text , Journal article , Review
- Relation: Teaching and Learning in Nursing Vol. 14, no. 3 (2019), p. 160-165
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- Description: Reflective practice post clinical placement in nursing education is essential to integrate knowledge, skills, attitudes, and experiences. Many nursing programs in-cooperate reflective practice to permit the integration of core nursing education with clinical experiences to develop safe and component nurses. The purpose of this literature review is to examine the current trends in nursing education around reflective practice post clinical practice experiences.
Nursing students’ perceptions and experiences of reflective practice : a qualitative meta-synthesis
- Authors: Barbagallo, Michael
- Date: 2021
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Teaching and Learning in Nursing Vol. 16, no. 1 (2021), p. 24-31
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- Description: Reflective practice is a vital component of nursing education. It allows for the integration of core theoretical knowledge and the clinical experience. Despite a small and growing body of literature exploring the nursing students’ perceptions and experiences of this process, a review of the qualitative literature has not been published. The purpose of this meta-synthesis is to examine the qualitative data of nursing students’ perceptions and experiences of reflective practice. This meta-synthesis provides a model that suggests quality reflection results in an improvement in practice. Students perceive that quality reflection occurs when all facets of this model have been met. This encompasses an understanding of knowledge including, learning and the barriers and enablers to knowledge, as well as self-discovery including, facing emotions and personal growth. Understanding these experiences and perceptions will permit further understanding of the motivations and factors that influence the quality of reflective practice. © 2020 Organization for Associate Degree Nursing