Context ACCG 399 Reflection Learning Log and Essay This reflection learning log and essay guide is a helpful learning tool for you to access when you are completing your learning log and also your reflection essay. It provides you with an introduction to the purpose for setting a reflective piece of work and the benefits this produces for you. It provides activities to help you along the way (see separate guide “ACCG 399 Developing a Reflective Capacity Guidance”) and clearly sets out the requirements
Introduction: In this essay, I will discuss several issues that seem to bind nursing practice with questions of ethics, sociology and management. Reflective practice is an important aspect of nursing management and in this essay we discuss implications of discrimination in nursing care and examine the importance of anti-discriminatory perspectives in nursing. In this paper, the case study I will elaborate is of an elderly woman who was of a non-British ethnic origin and spoke little English. A junior
Their are many demanding professional adjustments when transitioning from student nurse to graduate nurse and the use of refection during this time is said to be a very important tool in guiding the learning process especially in the transition of a student nurse into a graduated registered nurse. It is common in the field of nursing to utilise reflective journalling to critically analyse certain experiences and reflect on how they made them feel and react. This involves looking deeper into a particular
This essay will discuss the importance of Professional Lifelong Learning (LLL), how it is important and its benefit to professional roles. It will also discuss the skill of reflection and attribute self-awareness which facilitate nurses in their engagement with professional LLL. LLL can be defined as the expectation that all professionals will uphold continuous learning both formally and informally (Wilcox, 2005). Quinn (2007) suggests that LLL is the process by which learning occurs throughout
Study Skills INTRODUCTION The purpose of this essay is to cover 3 key areas in Study Skills that will aid the author to develop both in life, and in higher education. Cottrell (2008) suggests a skill is a learned activity.-something you can develop through practice and reflection. You can fine-tune skills, including study skills, just as runners perfect their movement, breathing and pacing. There are many different reflection frameworks to use when learning and one of these frameworks will be
This essay will review the literature to critically explore the value and purpose of reflective practice. There has been a rapid increase in the ides of critical reflective practice over the last few decades, (Gould, 2004). Before we look at the value and purpose of reflective practice, it is important to take in account ‘reflective practice’ carries multiple meanings from the idea of professionals engaging in self-analysis to that of engaging in critical dialogue with others. For example, with
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to be the best experiences and other times they turn out to be your biggest mistakes. Each choice is overwhelming especially when it is an important one; in this essay I will explain how I came to the final decision of knowing that nursing is the career I want to pursue as well as outlining the importance and benefits related to reflective practice in nursing. All throughout my life I’ve been an incredibly indecisive person from making simple decisions about what I’m going to have for dinner to those
This essay will be discussing the importance of lifelong learning or as it is also known Continuing Professional Development (CPD). To do this, this essay will be exploring the definition of lifelong learning and what lifelong learning means to a professional. In the case of this essay, the professional that will be referred to is a nurse. Firstly, to begin, this essay will be examining the definition of lifelong learning. The Department of Health (1998) defines lifelong learning as: “A process
Reflective Practice Theoretical Essay Introduction(300) Rolfe (2011) state that reflection is a mental process which include thinking, feeling, imagining and learning about what was happening in the past and which could be considered as a personal experience. Reflection is a continuous debate on what might have happened differently and if this could affect differently the present and the future regarding the outcome if is positive or negative. Experience underpin the process of reflection