Self Reflection/Self Awareness

Self Reflections

Opportunity for nurses to examine their own actions, motivations, and feelings​

• Stimulates and supports the development of creativity

• To self-reflect you must first recognize your own internal biases or prejudices ​

  • Examine your own actions, motivations, and feelings...find support if struggling etc.​

  • Ex. Pt is a criminal​​

Reflection Results

in change of self

• Reflection is the thinking and feeling behaviors that are used to both create and clarify the meaning of an event

• Subjective Experience​

Stage 1 (“what” process of self reflection)

• Willingness to be open and perform self-assessment.

• Might discover what's comfortable vs uncomfortable.

• Contemplate actions before entering the actual situation.

• Focus on thoughts, beliefs, and feelings related to experiences​​

Stage 2 (“so what” process of self reflection)

• Critical analysis and exploration of alternatives​

• Determination of strengths and areas for development​

• Thinking about the situation in the moment of self-awareness, existing knowledge, and previously learned knowledge​

Stage 3 (“now what” process of self reflection)

• Look at judgements

• Commitment to change

• Whether or not you would have the same actions in the future or not.

• Take time to reflect

• Formulate action plan​

Self Awareness

The capacity to actively identify, process, and collect information about one’s internal mental state and public behaviors, including general physical appearance​

• Develops through examining one’s own behavior and through receiving feedback about that behavior

• ​Johari Window = process where you can collect info abt yourself individually. Hidden area is unknown to others, open area is known to others, etc​

Johari Window

• Open area = known to self and known to others

• Blind area = known to others, unknown to self (feedback is given here)

• Hidden area = unknown to others, known to self (disclosure)

• Unknown Area = unknown to other and unknown to self (self-discovery)

Perception

Refer to the sensory experiences of the nurse when giving care, such as what is seen, heard, smelled, and touched ​

• Includes the capacities of the five senses and is the primary cognitive process by which an individual collects sensory data and clusters it into a pattern​

Thoughts

Refer to the cognitive aspects of the way in which the nurse appraises the sensory information and makes decisions how to interact and deliver psychiatric nursing care​

Feelings

Refer to the emotional aspects of giving care to patients.​

Emotional Intelligence

a measurement of interpersonal phenomena and includes ​

• Accurate conscious perception and monitoring of one’s own emotions ​

• Modification of one’s emotions so that their expression is appropriate; managing one’s own anxiety and sustaining hope in the face of adversity ​

• Accurate recognition of and response to emotions in others  ​

• Skill in negotiating close relationships with others ​