As a student nurse we must reflect in order to identify our strength and weaknesses to help improve interpersonal skills and enhance the quality of care we provide (Jasper, 2003). It is a process where we take ourselves back to an event and look at it from a different point of view, and then ask questions such as, ‘Why did I do it the way I did’, ‘What other ways could I have done it’ and ‘How I can improve on my actions for future instances’ (Ghaye, 2010). By following the reflective process – if done correctly - it enables us to establish areas which can be improved on by taking up further training and react differently if the situation where to occur again (Jasper, 2006).
We as professionals have a duty in which we must complete continuing professional development in order to retain registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Previously qualified nurses followed the PREP CPD Standard, however effective as of April 2016 a new legislation known as Revalidation will replace this. The Revalidation guidelines state that a minimum of five written accounts must be created in the three year period, before registration renewal (Revalidation, 2015). Once qualified it is essential to be a reflective practitioner to learn and develop throughout our careers from challenges we face. However our reflective accounts don’t always have to be based on an instance, we can reflect it on CPD and practice related feedback also (How To Revalidate, 2015). …show more content…
It can at times be hard to face and to realise flaws in the care we provide, but in order to improve the standards we must be critical towards ourselves and be able to recognise when we are not upholding the six C’s - care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and
We as professionals have a duty in which we must complete continuing professional development in order to retain registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Previously qualified nurses followed the PREP CPD Standard, however effective as of April 2016 a new legislation known as Revalidation will replace this. The Revalidation guidelines state that a minimum of five written accounts must be created in the three year period, before registration renewal (Revalidation, 2015). Once qualified it is essential to be a reflective practitioner to learn and develop throughout our careers from challenges we face. However our reflective accounts don’t always have to be based on an instance, we can reflect it on CPD and practice related feedback also (How To Revalidate, 2015). …show more content…
It can at times be hard to face and to realise flaws in the care we provide, but in order to improve the standards we must be critical towards ourselves and be able to recognise when we are not upholding the six C’s - care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and