Self Reflective Study

The teacher must be a reflective practitioner who continually tests the effects of his/her choices and actions on others such as students, parents and other professionals to grow professionally. A good teacher shows the ability to adapt to ever-changing circumstances the ability to reflect upon her students and the situation to try to decide what will work best for every student individually.

I am writing this reflective journal in accordance with the CNO`s reflective practice standards and the LEARN model. Though my time on 600A has only just begun I have learned so much. Like many second year students, this is my first experience in the hospital. It has proven to be much different than my previous clinical experiences. My time with my first client stands out in my mind as a key learning experience.

The purpose of this paper will be to discuss the major philosophies that have shaped the nursing profession, how epistemologies have informed nursing science, the development of nursing philosophy, and the theoretical knowledge that has advanced the nursing body of knowledge. I will discuss how this new knowledge has influenced my perspective of the nursing profession, and how this will inform my theory-guided and reflective practice as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN). Furthermore, I will articulate the concepts and ideas of my personal nursing philosophy and paradigm, and the congruence to the theoretical concepts and elements of Dr. Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring (Watson, 1979).

My aim for today was to make more time for one on one sessions with the residents. This actually ended up working quite well as 5 of the 12 residents in cottage #3 went out for a bus outing from 0930-1100. I came back from my first break and was entirely done all the AM care, including that morning's shower, so I was able to take an hour to file and paint the nails of two residents.

Reflective practice is when you think about the work you have done and how well it went,

Reflective Assessment of Outcome of an Interview with a Practitioner in the Digital Arts Domain

Reflective practice is an important and personal attribute needed by teachers in order for them to improve their teaching practice and develop. Furthermore, authors have considered what reflective practice means for a teacher, Robins et al (2003) suggests that reflective practice is a useful tool for teachers to learn about their own values and attributes. It also provides them with greater knowledge of the diverse needs in their classroom. This tool is suitable to use when planning lessons, as reflections should show what works for different children and how you could possibly adapt your strategies so that every child is supported in the best way possible. Reflective practice provides professionalism and empowering skills to professionals,

Nurse Educator Seida Velija, and the wonderful staff of the ED for being so helpful.

During the self reflective assessment from module 3, I realized that the biases I identified were as a result of not clearly understanding the roles and responsibilities of other professionals. I mostly see other professionals come to my unit to provide care to patients with limited interaction to other nurses. If I am not the nurse caring for a specific patient who is being seen by another healthcare professional on my unit, it is very difficult to interact and know some of their roles and responsibilities. Even though, I might have an idea of some roles of other healthcare professionals, I will love to have an in-depth understanding of their responsibilities and roles. I think the same scenario applies to nursing. There are so many roles

In reading the article there were many great points that stood out to me. Of the many, the two that I appreciated most were how critical it is that we maintain the ability to listen to our clients, and how important it is to allow our relationships with our clients to flow naturally. While we have discussed in several of the course this semester the importance of listening to our clients, I feel that this will be a work in progress for many of us. Though many of us feel that we are great at listening and using reflective skills, myself included, the reality is that we are embarking on a new journey where such skills will need to be adjusted to meet the complexities of our new positions. With these new positions and challenges that come with

A load of research has been done on learning and reflective practice and its effectiveness on the practitioners and one of the first people to research reflective Practice was Donald Schon in his book “The Reflective Practitioner” in 1983. Schon was an influential writer on reflection and had two main ways of identifying reflection and they were reflection in action and reflection on action.

I became very sick during the first few weeks of Spring quarter. The week I got sick I had three midterms and I believed I had enough knowledge on the subjects to pass my tests. I couldn't have been more wrong and I did very poorly on my exams. After this happened, I should have contacted my professors for extra help, or even should have contacted them while I was sick to maybe take the tests another time. I regret that I didn't do any of this. After receiving my grades from Spring, I really changed up my work habits and study habits during my summer course at UCSD, and I'm currently enrolled on an online course for UCLA where I carried these habits over. I will do the same when Fall quarter begins at UCSB. I have pushed myself to do better and challenged myself to do things that necessarily don't make me feel comfortable, but is for my own good.

Reflection is considered as a state of mind which is a continuous practice (Fanghanel, 2004, p. 576). It yields confidential and safe ways to demonstrate personal experiences as well as continuously challenging perceptions, illusions and biases that can be damaging to cultures and society. Reflective practice enables the practitioner to learn about themselves and their work, their culture and society in which they live.

"…reflection in a mirror is an exact replica of what is in front of it. Reflection in professional practice… gives back not what it is, but what might be, an improvement on the original…" Biggs (1999).

During the course of the quarter, I feel that I have progressed somewhat. I've gained a lot of knowledge on rhetorical strategies and how to present arguments effectively. In the writings I have written, I feel that each writing works towards meeting the course goals. Logos, ethos, and pathos were strategies and ideas we were introduced to (if not already in the past) and were built upon throughout the quarter. The knowledge gained over the course of the quarter weren't only those three types of appeals. Rhetorical strategies like proposals helped reinforce the course and using rhetorical analysis in different situations have become easier throughout the quarter. I believe that I have made sufficient progress towards becoming a better