practice‚ the concept of reflective practice which entails a process of self-analysis‚ self-dialogue‚ self-evaluation and self-observation has long been a prominent concern. In recent years‚ there has been a growing literature concerned with reflective practice which is conceptualized as an approach that acknowledges the uncertainty and complexity that are inherited in contemporary social work practice. This paper aims to explore the theoretical and research base of reflective practice and professional
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Reflective Essay Why we use reflection It is important that we use reflection in order to further develop our skills in practice. No matter which reflective cycle chosen it is important that you identify what has been learned from the experience‚ how it has helped‚ if it is negative‚ how to overcome the problem in the future‚ and how it relates to theory and knowledge you have been taught. Reflective practice has been identified as one of the key ways in which we learn from our experiences in practice
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A REFLECTIVE ESSAY This is a reflective essay based on a event which took place in a hospital setting. The aim of this essay is to explore how members of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) worked together and communicate with each other to achieve the best patients outcome. Reflection is an everyday process and is very personal matter. Jasper (2003) suggests that reflection is one of the key ways in which we can learn from our experiences. Reflective practice can be defined as process of making sense
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Reflective Essay The aim of this essay is to prove an understanding of my perception of reflection and how reflective practice impacts on the clinical environment and the learning process. The essay is based on my practice and training in the cardiac ward during my Foundation degree in Health and Social Care. I have selected 5 extracts from my Reflective Journal concerning a patient experiencing shortness of breath which led to a cardiac arrest. In order to be able to use this situation for my
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shall identify and address one of my learning outcomes which has been met on my placement. I shall identify a reflective cycle and explain my reason behind choosing that specific reflective model. One of the learning objectives I set myself was to be confident/accurate in taking a patients vital signs. I choose to use Gibbs reflective model in this assignment as this is a clear reflective model which would enable me to reflect effectively; during my time of practice I learned how to read vital signs
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Kolb Learning Styles Final Report Unit 5 Project by Chassidy B. Kolb Learning Styles David Kolb’s theory of learning styles is one of the best known and widely applied and it suggest that learning is a cyclic process which involves an individual proceeding through each of the following four stages and will eventually prefer and rely upon one style more than the others. The four styles are: Divergers‚ Convergers‚ Accommodators and Assimilators. Research has shown that these four
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reflection in the mirror. The same can be said about the reflective compositions. A reflective composition is the result of introspection into past experiences or memorable events in our lives. We introspect into these memorable events and reflect over them with regards the emotions and influences they have left in our lives. In simple words a reflective essay is a piece of ‘you’ being presented in words. What is Reflection? In a reflective composition you really need to think about yourself and
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Reflective report This reflective report has been structured following Gibbs’ (1988) model. Gibbs’ model provides an iterative model of reflection which I am going to use to answer a series of ordered questions: the answer to each question leads onto the next stage of the reflective cycle. Description I will be discussing an incident that occurred while I was on duty in a nursing home where I work as a healthcare assistant. A nurse confronted a carer in an unprofessional manner during handover
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Reflective essay writing‚ as its name suggests‚ entails focusing on reflection‚ consideration‚ etc. This is a form of essay writing in which you put down your thoughts. It is quite a flexible form of writing‚ but there are some general rules that you should stick to. You will have a general layout for your essay‚ which includes an introduction‚ a main body and a conclusion. An interesting aspect of reflective essay writing is that you and your reader may benefit by what you reflect on. Your Reflective
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reflect in a systematic manner the delivery of care to an individual with a learning disability. I will aim to describe learning disability nursing practice. This will be done with reference to holistic‚ person-centred approaches‚ the use of nursing models‚ within the framework of the nursing process and within the operation of the multi-disciplinary team. These processes and structures will guide and enable me to review and identify an individual’s health care need. Throughout the process of the care
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