Professional Development, Reflection and Decision-making for Nurses

Melanie Jasper

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN: 9781405132619
• eBook ISBN: 9781118307786
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Nursing

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

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