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How do nurses experience reflective practice?
Nursing Times
|November 24, 2015
Summary
Nurses need more opportunities for guided reflective practice to improve patient care. New supervision models and stronger nurse leadership are essential for integrating reflection into daily nursing.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Healthcare Quality
- Professional Development
Background:
- Reflective practice is recognized for enhancing nursing care quality and consistency.
- However, its integration into daily nursing culture and practice remains limited.
- There is a need to explore barriers and facilitators to its implementation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To enhance the incidence and quality of guided reflective practice among nurses.
- To identify strategies for improving the integration of reflective practice into routine nursing care.
- To inform the development of new models for clinical supervision.
Main Methods:
- Focus groups with nurses from three trusts to gather experiences and views on reflective practice and clinical supervision.
- Analysis of supervision policies from nine trusts.
- Consultation with nurse experts and leaders to identify best practices.
Main Results:
- Quantitative data indicated that while most nurses had some form of supervision, opportunities for in-depth discussion and questioning were limited.
- Qualitative analysis revealed seven common themes related to the experiences and perceptions of reflective practice.
- Findings highlight a significant gap in organized and systematic reflection within nursing.
Conclusions:
- The study identified a lack of systematic and organized approaches to reflective practice in nursing.
- New models of clinical supervision are required to foster reflective practice.
- Strengthened nurse leadership is crucial for promoting and sustaining reflective practice within healthcare settings.
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