Week 3 - Introduction to Reflection Flashcards

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What is NOT reflection?

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Reflection is not just thinking about and event or experience
- It requires more than replaying or thinking about your practice

Is not just about the negative… reflect on positive experiences too.

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What is the goal of reflection?

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“To challenge an ultimately change practice” (Cooney, 1999)

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Reflection is…?

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Intentional
Purposeful
An active process
A learned/refined skill
Requires examination and analysis
Individual
Action oriented
- the process is not complete without action

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When should reflection happen?

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Before action
On action
In action

  • All of them should result in new learning that enhances behaviours or perspectives or practices to make things better
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What is reflection before action?

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thinking through a situation before (planning, what will happen)

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What is reflection on action?

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retrospective examination of the experience (looking back, what happened in the past)

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What is reflection in action?

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occurs in the moment of the activity and influences clinical decision making for that moment

  • in the moment, mindfulness
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Why is reflection important to nursing?

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  • CNO requirement
  • Enhances exploration of multiple ways of knowing
  • A process that exposes thoughts, feelings and behaviours
    • self awareness of how we want to practice compared to how we do practice
  • Fosters self-directed learning
    • identifying own learning needs)
  • Results in new learning and new goals
  • Critical examination and questioning leads to new ways of thinking and behaving in practice
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What are the multiple ways of knowing?

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empirical, personal, emancipatory, ethical, aesthetic

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Benefits of reflection in nursing for self

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improved critical thinking/clinical judgment/professional expertise, empowerment, greater self-awareness, personal and professional growth

  • Self-reflection surrounds the art of nursing; helps you find personal meaning in the profession and workplace
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Benefits of reflection in nursing for clients

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improved quality of care, improved outcomes

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Expectations of learners

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  • Learner brings to the reflective process personal dispositions or qualities/characteristics
    • influenced by present and past lived experience
  • Expected to demonstrate the following dispositions:
    • a will to learn, a will to engage, a preparedness to listen, a preparedness to explore new experiences, a determination to move forward, a will to speak, intellectual humility (open-mindedness)
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How does the reflective practice help learners to explore learner expectations?

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Reflective Practice helps learners explore which learner expectations they have and those they need to further develop

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Building _____ ____________ through Reflective Practice

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Building self awareness through Reflective Practice

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McMaster Model of Nursing

What is “Self”?

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Self: your own present and past lived experiences, expectations, beliefs and values that contribute to interactions, reflection, nursing practice, learning etc

  • In examining your own self, allows you to explore your own development as a person and as a nurse
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McMaster Model of Nursing

What is “Personhood”?

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Personhood: patient’s present and past lived experience, expectations, beliefs and values that they bring to care interactions, learning, illness/wellness journey etc.

  • Need to consider both self and personhood in Reflective Practice to modify and adapt care approaches
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McMaster Model of Nursing

What is the core of the Reflective Model?

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The exchange between student and teacher

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What is the Reflective Model grounded in?

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Grounded in the belief that professional education is based on the process of becoming; an unfolding and transforming of the self over time

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What is the intended outcome of becoming?

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The intended outcome of becoming is that reflection becomes a habit

  • students then graduate with desirable qualities and characteristics, such as courage, integrity, self discipline, respect for others, generosity, authenticity, and open mindedness
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What does the Reflective Model require?

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Requires presence, or being attentive to what is happening in the moment in a non-judgmental way

  • being aware of surroundings
  • cultivating mindfulness
  • pausing your thoughts
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Through Reflective Practice, the learner doesn’t just acquire and apply knowledge and skills, but rather evolves as a professional nurse through the ________ and ________ of ______, ______, ________, and ______

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Through Reflective Practice, the learner doesn’t just acquire and apply knowledge and skills, but rather evolves as a professional nurse through the promotion and integration of knowing, acting, being, and becoming

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Reflective Practice

What is Knowing?

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Knowing: the outcomes of reflective learning

  • involves a deeper knowledge of self and others, an understanding of the meaning of situations from objective and subjective perspectives, and the significance of these situations to self and others
  • reflection supports the integration of multiple ways of knowing into nursing
23
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All nurses in Ontario are required to complete their Self-assessment _______

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All nurses in Ontario are required to complete their Self-assessment yearly

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What are the 2 parts of Self-Assessment?

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Practice Reflection
Developing a Learning Plan

25
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What are the steps of reflection frameworks?

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Awareness
- recognizing there’s an event or situation worthy of reflecting on
- the heart of all models

Description
- describe that situation

Evaulation
- looking back at the situation and analyzing it more deeply

New awareness
- develop new ones

Learning
- what did you learn from this

Action
- if this situation happens again, would you be more prepared?
- eg. learning more about the situation

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What is an example of a reflection framework?

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The WHAT Model

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What is the WHAT Model?

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Need a “what”, “so what” and a “now what”

What?
- Happened? Was my reaction? Is the purpose of revisiting this situation?

So What?
- How did I feel then? Are my feelings different now?
- What were the effects of what I did (or did not ) do?
- What do I notice about my behaviour on closer examination?

Now What?
- What are the implications in my practice? Where can I get more information? What do I need to do to action my results?

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Importance of reflection as a means to grow and evolve __________ and ___________

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Importance of reflection as a means to grow and evolve personally and professionally