Guided Reflection (eBook)

Chris Johns is Reader in Advanced Nursing Practice at the University of Bedfordshire and is 'one of the leading proponents of reflective theory' (Nursing Times, 2000). He has authored and edited several books in reflective practice for Wiley-Blackwell including Becoming a Reflective Practitioner, Transforming Nursing through Reflective Practice, and Engaging Reflection in Practice.

Preface vii

Contributors xi

Chapter 1 The basic scheme 1
Christopher Johns

Chapter 2 Constructing the reflexive narrative 27
Christopher Johns

Chapter 3 Deepening insights 51
Christopher Johns

Chapter 4 Weaving the narrative 66
Christopher Johns

Chapter 5 A feminist slant 85
Christopher Johns and Colleen Marlin

Chapter 6 Awakenings 113
Aileen Joiner and Christopher Johns

Chapter 7 Finding a new way in health visiting 123
Yvonne Latchford

Chapter 8 Falling through the net and the spider's web: two metaphoric moments along my journey 145
Maria Fordham

Chapter 9 Climbing walls 164
Christopher Johns

Chapter 10 Reflections on performance 178
April Nunes Tucker, Amanda Price and Antje Diedrich

Chapter 11 More than eggs for breakfast 195
John-Marc Priest and Christopher Johns

Chapter 12 Shifting attitude with deliberate self-harm patients in Accident and Emergency (A&E) 215
Jane Groom and Christopher Johns

Chapter 13 Jane's rap: guided reflection as a pathway to self as sacred space 236
Christopher Johns and Colleen Marlin

Chapter 14 Audiencing 256
Christopher Johns

Chapter 15 Coherence and ethics 262
Christopher Johns

Chapter 16 An accidental tourist 284
Lei Foster

Chapter 17 Reflections 290
Christopher Johns Appendices 293
Index 299

"This approach enables individual practitioners to develop
deeper insight and improve the quality of their patient care.
Readers also will benefit personally, physically, and mentally from
this enhanced self reflection and growth."
(Doody's, 11 May 2012)