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Reflective practice and its role in mental health nurses’ practice development: a year‐long study
Author(s) -
Graham I. W.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1365-2850
pISSN - 1351-0126
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2850.2000.00269.x
Subject(s) - nursing , context (archaeology) , nursing process , mental health , reflection (computer programming) , work (physics) , nursing practice , medicine , process (computing) , unit (ring theory) , psychology , reflective practice , psychiatry , pedagogy , computer science , mechanical engineering , paleontology , mathematics education , engineering , biology , programming language , operating system
The study reported in this paper lasted over a year, and identifies a conceptual framework of nursing practice based upon a relationship‐building process. It also identifies six characteristics of nursing roles inherent within the practice of mental health nurses on a Nursing Development Unit. The paper presents a structure and process of reflection for nursing practice as illustrated by the work of a group of nurses working in a NDU. The purpose of the study was to help them better understand their work with patients. The findings from the study are used to explore how the nurses described and implemented individualized, patient‐focused care. This care was based upon the ability of the nurse to communicate well and to build a relationship with a patient, bound within a context of change.