Guided group reflection: A question of organisation and support for baccalaureate nursing students: Part1. 2020

M M Graham, and B O'Brien
Department of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Limerick, Ireland. Electronic address: margaret.graham@ul.ie.

This paper focuses on an innovation and development of a guided reflective approach currently offered at a university in Ireland. Significant collaborative structures and processes were created and implemented in providing guided protected reflective time for fourth year pre-registration BSc Nursing and Midwifery students. This initiative is explored within a case study approach. Undergraduate preregistration programmes aim to develop practitioners towards becoming fit for purpose, compassionate and competent in meeting global health care needs. In the current educational literature, there is much about reflection from a theoretical learning stance. Minimum attention has been given to the practicalities surrounding the structures and processes providing learning spaces where reflection can flourish. Reflective practice offers learning opportunities to guide the development of self and practice critical for future learning. Guided reflection is described as an appropriate learning strategy influential in sense making for practice for final year pre-registration BSc undergraduate students.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007494 Ireland A country in western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain. The capital is Dublin. Eire,Ireland, Republic of,Irish Free State
D007858 Learning Relatively permanent change in behavior that is the result of past experience or practice. The concept includes the acquisition of knowledge. Phenomenography
D008880 Midwifery The practice of assisting women in childbirth. Traditional Birth Attendant,Midwife,Midwives,Birth Attendant, Traditional,Birth Attendants, Traditional,Traditional Birth Attendants
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D004508 Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate A four-year program in nursing education in a college or university leading to a B.S.N. (Bachelor of Science in Nursing). Graduates are eligible for state examination for licensure as RN (Registered Nurse). External Degree Programs, Nursing,Nursing Education, Baccalaureate,Baccalaureate Nursing Education,Baccalaureate Nursing Educations,Education, Baccalaureate Nursing,Educations, Baccalaureate Nursing,Nursing Educations, Baccalaureate
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013338 Students, Nursing Individuals enrolled in a school of nursing or a formal educational program leading to a degree in nursing. Nurses, Pupil,Pupil Nurses,Nursing Student,Nursing Students,Student, Nursing,Nurse, Pupil,Pupil Nurse
D036301 Qualitative Research Any type of research that employs nonnumeric information to explore individual or group characteristics, producing findings not arrived at by statistical procedures or other quantitative means. (Qualitative Inquiry: A Dictionary of Terms Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1997) Research, Qualitative

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