Therapeutic nursing : improving patient care through self-awareness and reflection

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Therapeutic nursing : improving patient care through self-awareness and reflection

edited by Dawn Freshwater

SAGE, 2002

  • : pbk.

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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'I found the book to be fascinating and so thought provoking that it made me consider more carefully the text and prose to really understand what the author said. It is skilfully written, very readable and has implications for a wide range of people such as the undergraduate, practitioner, lecturer and researcher' - Accident and Emergency Nursing Gaining self-awareness is a vital aspect of professional development for all who work in the caring professions. In nursing especially, the ability to evaluate oneself affects all areas of practice, including direct patient care, working relationships with colleagues and maintaining one's own well-being in the often pressured environment of health care. This is an innovative text which explores the ways in which self-awareness can be used as a practical tool for continuing professional development and practice improvement. Divided into three parts, the book examines the role of the nurse as therapeutic practitioner, reflective learner and reflexive researcher. For all those wishing to develop their skills as autonomous, reflective, accountable practitioners, this book will be an inspiring read. It will be of immense use to those who teach and supervise nurses at all levels.

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The Therapeutic Use of Self in Nursing - Dawn Freshwater PART ONE: THE PRACTITIONER'S PERSPECTIVE The Importance of Philosophical Conference for Therapeutic Use of Self in Practice - Roderick McKenzie Therapeutic Nursing and Technology - Jill Down Clinical Supervision and Reflective Practice in a Critical Care Setting The Role of the Internal Supervisor in Developing Therapeutic Nursing - Gillian Todd PART TWO: THE EDUCATIONALIST'S PERSPECTIVE Transformative Learning - Jacqueline Randle Enabling Therapeutic Nursing Aesthetic ways in Day-to-day Nursing - Marilyn E Parker Nursing Students' Development of Caring Self Through Creative Reflective Practice - A Lynne Wagner PART THREE: THE RESEARCHER'S EXPERIENCE A Praxis Model of Research for Therapeutic Nursing - Carol Picard Individual Identity or Deviant Case? - Tessa Muncey Reflexive Research and the Therapeutic Use of Self - Gary Rolfe

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