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Book Synopsis...an important text for practitioners...this text is a valuable tool that develops self-inquiry skills.
Journal of Advanced Nursing
Reflection is widely recognised as an invaluable tool in health care, providing fresh insights which enable practitioners to develop their own practice and improve the quality of their care.
Guided Reflection: A Narrative Approach to Advancing Professional Practice introduces the practitioner to the concept of guided reflection, in which the practitioner is assisted by a mentor (or ''guide'') in a process of self-enquiry, development, and learning through reflection in order to effectively realise one's vision of practice and self as a lived reality.
Guided reflection is grounded in individual practice, and can provide deeply meaningful insights into self-development and professional care. The process results in a reflexive narrative, which highlights key issues for enhancing healthcare practice and
Trade Review“This approach enables individual practitioners to develop deeper insight and improve the quality of their patient care. Readers also will benefit personally, physically, and mentally from this enhanced self reflection and growth.” (Doody’s, 11 May 2012)
Table of ContentsPreface vii
Contributors xi
Chapter 1 The basic scheme 1
Christopher Johns
Chapter 2 Constructing the reflexive narrative 27
Christopher Johns
Chapter 3 Deepening insights 51
Christopher Johns
Chapter 4 Weaving the narrative 66
Christopher Johns
Chapter 5 A feminist slant 85
Christopher Johns and Colleen Marlin
Chapter 6 Awakenings 113
Aileen Joiner and Christopher Johns
Chapter 7 Finding a new way in health visiting 123
Yvonne Latchford
Chapter 8 Falling through the net and the spider’s web: two metaphoric moments along my journey 145
Maria Fordham
Chapter 9 Climbing walls 164
Christopher Johns
Chapter 10 Reflections on performance 178
April Nunes Tucker, Amanda Price and Antje Diedrich
Chapter 11 More than eggs for breakfast 195
John-Marc Priest and Christopher Johns
Chapter 12 Shifting attitude with deliberate self-harm patients in Accident and Emergency (A&E) 215
Jane Groom and Christopher Johns
Chapter 13 Jane’s rap: guided reflection as a pathway to self as sacred space 236
Christopher Johns and Colleen Marlin
Chapter 14 Audiencing 256
Christopher Johns
Chapter 15 Coherence and ethics 262
Christopher Johns
Chapter 16 An accidental tourist 284
Lei Foster
Chapter 17 Reflections 290
Christopher Johns Appendices 293
Index 299
