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Professional Development, Reflection and Decision-making for Nurses
About This Book
Vital Notes for Nurses: Professional Development, Reflection and Decision-making provides a concise, accessible introduction to professional development, reflective practice and clinical decision-making.
Vital Notes for Nurses: Professional Development, Reflection and Decision-making explores the core strategies of reflective practice and decision-making underlying professional nursing development. Separate chapters on reflective writing, evidence-based practice, clinical supervision and portfolios demonstrate the inter-relationship between professional development and professional practice. It is aimed at both student and qualified nurses, recognising that professional development is a life-long commitment. It provides clear guidance to help practitioners think critically about their actions, work within professional boundaries, be accountable for their actions and plan for their future.
* Provides a concise introduction to professional development, reflective practice, and clinical decision-making
* Written in a clear accessible style which assumes no prior knowledge
* Enables students to consider and develop their practice in order to become competent practitioners
* Each chapter includes learning objectives, scenarios and case studies
* In the Vital Notes for Nurses series
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Table of contents
- Contents
- About the authors
- 1: The context of professional development
- 2: Reflection and reflective practice
- 3: Reflective writing for professional development
- 4: Decision-making in professional practice
- 5: Evidence-based practice
- 6: Portfolios and the use of evidence
- 7: Understanding clinical supervision: a health psychology orientated process of person-centred development
- 8: Practising as a professional
- Index