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How do nurses experience reflective practice?
Background:
Reflective practice can raise the quality and consistency of nursing care, but there is little evidence of it being part of everyday culture and practice.
Aim:
To improve the incidence and quality of guided reflective practice.
Method:
Nurses from three trusts attended a focus group to gather experience, views and ideas of reflective practice/clinical supervision. The team also looked at supervision policies of nine trusts, best-practice examples and consulted nurse experts and leaders.
Results:
Quantitative results showed that most nurses had some form of supervision but had little opportunity to question and discuss. Qualitative results revealed seven common themes.
Discussion:
Project findings show a lack of organised and systematic reflection.
Conclusion:
New models of supervision and strengthened nurse leadership are needed to increase reflective practice among nurses.
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