Reflective practice

What is self awareness

Recognising ones values, assumptions, emotions, triggers and behaviours

What is self reflective

Analysing one’s actions, emotions, positions and communication to find strengths and recognise areas of improvement

Why is self reflective important

Because it helps nurses learn from experience and improve practice

Essential for indentifying and overcoming personal prejudices, stereotypes, and unconscious assumptions

Fundamental to forming authentic, genuine, and sincere therapeutic relationships

What is introspection

Noticing and reflecting on thoughts about oneself

Why is introspection important

Helps nurses understand how personal experiences influence patient interactions

What is reflection

Active exploration of personal experiences to make sense of events, understand emotional reactions and promote continuous learning

Why is reflection important

Develops and improves processes of learning to learn

Makes sense of new material, linking it what is already known

Develops the therapeutic relationship

What is the difference between introspection and reflection

Introspection focuses on understanding yourself

Reflection focuses on learning from experiences

What is reflective practice

Revising past clinical encounters over time to guide, informs and intentionally improve ongoing nursing care

What are the benefits of reflective practice

Helps nurses identify strengths, weaknesses and areas for improvement

Helps connect new knowledge with previous experience

Helps understand emotions and responses more effectively

What is the difference between reflection and reflective practice

Reflection is the cognitive act of critically examining past events and emotional responses

Reflective practice is the ongoing professional application of those insights to guide and improve future healthcare care.

What are the three key models of reflection

The 3 what’s

DEAL

Gibbs reflective cycle

What is the 3 what’s model

What (description)

So what (significance and emotions)

Now what (future actions)

What is the DEAL model

Describe

Examine

Articulate

Learning

What is Gibbs reflective cycle

Description - what happened

Feelings - what you think and feel

Evaluation - what was good and bad about the experience

Analysis - what sense can you make of this situation

Conclusion - what else could be done

Action plan - what could you do if it occurs again

What is emotional intelligence

The ability to recognise, understand, monitor, and manage emotional responses in oneself, as well as recognise and respond compassionately to the emotions of others

What is emotional labour

Involves withholding emotional responses to maintain a safe, non judgemental, and empathetic attitude towards patients

What is empathy

The ability to understand the experiences of another whilst separating your own values

What is sympathy

When you generate feelings of concern for the other person

Driving force for empathy

Shift focus to nurse, not on the patient

Why is empathy important

Expressing empathy converts to patients that the nurse recognises their personal circumstances, providing them with a safe space to disclose their needs and build strong rapport

When patients feel genuinely valued and understood through empathetic communication, their self esteem increases, their anxiety and stress levels decrease, hospital stay decreases

What is the difference between empathy and emotional intelligence

Empathy is the understand of another persons feelings

Emotional intelligence is the recognising and managing emotions in yourself and others