Beginner's Guide to Reflective Practice in Nursing

Catherine Delves-Yates is an experienced nurse and a Lecturer at the School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK. She started her nursing career as a student at the Nightingale School of Nursing, London and has worked clinically in adult and paediatric critical care in the UK and has taught and nursed in America, Africa and Nepal. Her passion is to ensure all nurses have the knowledge, skills and professionalism to deliver effective compassionate care to each of their patients. Catherine is an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Buea and the Higher Institute of Applied Medical Sciences, Cameroon and an international advisor to the Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Nepal. Currently she is researching whether nursing students' views of health and illness alter during their pre-registration nursing programme.

Part A: Understanding Reflection Chapter 1: What is Reflection? Chapter 2: A First Reflection Chapter 3: Thinking Critically Chapter 4: Writing Reflectively Chapter 5: How Can I Reflect? Part B: Applying Reflection Chapter 6: Improving Care Through Reflection Chapter 7: Improving Practice Through Reflection Part C: Going Further Chapter 8: Achieving and Maintaining Competence Through Reflection Chapter 9: The Role of Reflection in Evidence-Based Practice Chapter 10: So Many Models... Chapter 11: Theory, Philosophy and Critiques