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Professional development, reflection and decision-making /
Vital Notes for Nurses: Professional Development, Reflection and Decision-making provides a concise, accessible introduction to professional development, reflective practice and clinical decision-making. Vital Notes for Nurses: Professional Development, Reflection and Decision-making explores the co...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
John Wiley & Sons,
2006.
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| Colección: | Vital notes for nurses.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- About the authors; 1: The context of professional development; The context of professional development, reflective practice and decision-making; The context of professional development in Britain today; Governmental influences on continuing professional development; The role of the Nursing and Midwifery Council; Expectations of your employers; Service user expectations; Professional development activities; A model of professional development; The novice practitioner; The competent nurse; The proficient nurse; The expert nurse; A strategy for continuing professional development.
- Relevant to your needsEasily defined; Achievable in the time you have available; Cost-effective; Timely; Chapter summary; 2: Reflection and reflective practice; The context of reflective practice; Setting the scene: reflection, reflective learning and reflective practice; Reflective practice as professional practice and development; The benefits of practising reflectively; Benefits for the individual; Benefits for patients and service users; Benefits for your employer and the organisation you work for; Benefits for your profession; Tools for reflective practice.
- Experience, choosing a focus for reflection, the first side of the triangleUsing the reflective processes, the second side of the triangle; Putting the 'action' into reflective practice, the third side of the triangle; Micro-methods for reflective practice; How you reflect, using micro-strategies; Using the 5WH cues; Borton's framework; Developing critical thinking; Using others to help your reflective activity; Chapter summary; 3: Reflective writing for professional development; Reflective writing in professional development; The nature of writing; When to write.
- Structuring reflective writingUsing the 5WH cues; Strategies for reflective writing; Techniques for reflective writing; Short-period techniques/stimulatory/getting started techniques; Medium-term and developmental techniques; Long-term techniques; Experienced nurses' use of reflective writing in professional portfolios; Demonstrating accountability through reflective writing; Chapter summary; 4: Decision-making in professional practice; Making decisions; Decision-making in everyday life: intuitive and analytical thinking; Personal and professional decision-making.
- The legal and social context of health careValues and the ethical context of professional practice; Decision-making models; A process model of decision-making
- using the 5WH cues; Decision-making in practice; Accountability; Capacity and consent; Chapter summary; 5: Evidence-based practice; Introduction; What is evidence-based practice?; Terminology; Evidence from research; Other forms of evidence; Hierarchies of evidence; Judging evidence for use in practice; Judgements based on hierarchies; Judgements based on expertise; Using evidence to support decisions in practice; Chapter summary.