Student Nurse's Guide to Successful Reflection: Ten Essential Ingredients 2e (eBook)

This book is an engaging and enlightening read. I highly recommend it to all personal tutors, academic advisors and anyone in higher education who guides students to learn more about themselves.Dr David Grey, UK Advising and Tutoring Association CEOThis book provides a unique, engaging, perspective on successful reflection, which is a welcome addition to the arduous academic textbooks on offer.Shelley OConnor, Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing, Liverpool John Moores University, UKThe second edition of this essential book continues to provide practitioners with an accessible and thorough account of reflections essential ingredients.Dr Marc Roberts, Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Health, Education, and Life Sciences, Birmingham City University, UKThis book is an easy to read, practical guide that will show you what reflection is and how you can do it successfully.Assuming no prior knowledge, this fully revised and updated text utilises the established ten essential ingredients of reflection from the first edition. It builds on this foundation to develop much needed reflective skills with new and updated chapters, enabling you to apply complex reflective theory and become an effective reflective practitioner.In clear and supportive language, Nicola Clarke will equip you with evidence informed understanding and ideas for application to your own situation, and support you to become an emotionally resilient, self-aware individual who can reflect and empower yourself to become the best version of you. This book includes: Expansion beyond nursing to include those who study any subject in allied health and the related fields where reflection is a requirement. New chapters exploring what reflection is, reflective writing for academic purpose, guided reflection, and new frameworks to support reflection. A how to approach using exercises for and examples from Health, Education and Life Sciences (HELS) and the everyday reflection and reflective practice made real. Authentic, jargon free writing that speaks to and is inclusive of the reader. Information that will empower you to reflect correctly and inform how you receive, and who you allow to support guided reflection in you.This book is a must-have text for all students of nursing, allied health, social work and all fields where an understanding of self and reflection is required.Dr Nicola Clarke is a senior lecturer and doctoral supervisor for the faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences (HELS) at Birmingham City University, UK.