Reflective Thinking In Nursing Competency

Reflective thinking is an effective competency that is used in nursing education to develop professional and sustainable nursing competencies. Reflective thinking is a complex learning skills that students use it to transform and integrate their knowledge with experiences to accomplish a high level of cognitive ability (Abu Jado, 2015; Chelliah & Arumugan, 2012; Meek, Riner, Pesut, Runshe, & Allam, 2013; Phan, 2009). Moreover, the advantages of reflective thinking can improve and develop significantly in students’ cognitive and emotional intelligence; such as, self-awareness, lifelong learning skills, problem-solving skills, critical thinking, and clinical judgment competency (Chelliah & Arumugan, 2012; Cimer, Cimer, & Veki, 2013; Hatlevik, 2011; Mann, Gorden, MacLeod, 2007; Meek et al., 2013; Phan, 2009; Severtsen, …show more content…
To approach complex and incongruity clinical practice, reflective thinking enhances students’ understanding, professional communication, analytical thinking skill, team working, and logical and ethical decision-making (Armstrong & Sherwood, 2012; Chelliah & Arumugan, 2012; Cimer et al., 2013; Mizaei & Phang, 2013). Importantly, reflective thinking have a positive outcome in improvement of students’ academic achievement and institutes’ educational quality (Eladi, 2016; Hsien & Chen, 2012; Odiba & Baba, 2013; Porntaweekul, Raksasatays, & Nethanomsak, 2015; Shafter, 2015). According to Hsien and Chen (2012), reflective thinking enhanced academic performance among lower grade and performance students. To accomplish academic goal, reflective thinking is an important competency to develop students’ critical thinking and emotional intelligence dealing with a challenging contexts and academic anxiety (Abouelfettoh & Ateeq, 2013). Besides, reflective thinking related to students’ persistent and significant effected in students’ academic performance