Transforming Nursing Through Reflective Practice

Reflective practice has been widely adopted as a successful method for developing nursing. The second edition of Transforming Nursing through Reflective Practice provides a wealth of new insights from practitioners actively involved in reflective practice in nursing research, education, clinical practice and practice development. This invaluable book enables nurses to continually evaluate their own practice in order to inform their approaches to reflection; critique, develop and monitor their professional practice; and thereby improve the quality of their patient care. There is a greater emphasis in the new edition on transforming practice, the research base for reflective practice and grounding the reflective process in clinical practice. * Examines the contribution of reflective practice to nursing * Enables nurses to continually develop their practice and improve patient care * Includes insights from many areas of clinical practice * Explores the role of reflection in clinical supervision and research studies * Examines the role of narrative and reflective dialogue in reflective practice

Reflective practice has been widely adopted as a successful methodfor developing nursing. The second edition of TransformingNursing through Reflective Practice provides a wealth of newinsights from practitioners actively involved in reflectivepractice in nursing research, education, clinical practice andpractice development.This invaluable book enables nurses to continually evaluatetheir own practice in order to inform their approaches toreflection; critique, develop and monitor their professionalpractice; and thereby improve the quality of their patient care.There is a greater emphasis in the new edition on transformingpractice, the research base for reflective practice and groundingthe reflective process in clinical practice.* Examines the contribution of reflective practice tonursing* Enables nurses to continually develop their practice and improvepatient care* Includes insights from many areas of clinical practice* Explores the role of reflection in clinical supervision andresearch studies* Examines the role of narrative and reflective dialogue inreflective practice

Foreword by Jean Watson.List of Contributors.1. Expanding the Gates of Perception.2. Evidence, Memory and Truth: Towards a DeconstructiveValidation of Reflective Practice.3. Living Relational Ethics in Health Care.4. Reflective Practice and Socratic Dialogue.5. Clinical Supervision in the Context of Custodial Care.6. Developing Prison Health Care through ReflectivePractice.7. Voice as a Metaphor for Transformation throughReflection.8. Reflexivity and Intersubjectivity in Clinical Supervision: Onthe Value of Not-knowing.9. The Beast and the Star: Resolving Contradictions withinEveryday Practice.10. Using Reflection in Complementary Therapies: CriticalReflection and Pain Management.11. Creating Sacred Space: A Journey to the Soul.12. Constructing the Reflexive Narrative.Index