Can one write a reflective assignment on one`s own experience as a
patient.This reflective piece of work will be one of many on return to
nursing practice course. |
Request for Question Clarification by
pinkfreud-ga
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19 Oct 2005 14:46 PDT
This is an interesting subject, but it's not clear what you expect
from a Google Answers Researcher. Would you like for us to gather
links to patients' accounts of their experiences?
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Request for Question Clarification by
czh-ga
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20 Oct 2005 00:03 PDT
Hello elc-ga,
Writing a reflective paper about your own experience sounds like a
worthy project but none of us can answer your question since we don't
know what are the requirements of the school and/or class that you're
writing this assignment for. Why don't you simply ask your
advisor/instructor about the acceptability of a reflective paper about
your own experience. Have you already tried this avenue for getting an
answer? Thanks.
~ czh ~
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
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20 Oct 2005 05:10 PDT
Ms. Collins,
Please be aware that the information posted here at Google Answers is
public information, and viewable by anybody. Keep that in mind if you
decide to post additional details of your situation.
As for your question, my understanding of Reflective Practice is that
it is generally a peer-review process -- the process is to benefit
your professional development, and the input you receive will be from
your fellow nurses. As such, I would think writing on your experience
as a patient would be perfectly appropriate.
Of course, your particular process may differ, but there's no way that
any of us could know that. Have you checked with your school or
teacher for further guidance?
Let us know.
pafalafa-ga
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Clarification of Question by
elc-ga
on
21 Oct 2005 13:54 PDT
First of all, is it possible to delete my name at the end of my question?
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
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21 Oct 2005 14:00 PDT
Please email the editors:
answers-editors@google.com
and ask them to delete whatever information you do not wish to have in
a public forum.
paf
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Clarification of Question by
elc-ga
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21 Oct 2005 14:32 PDT
I have to submit an assingment on Relctive Nursing(one of what will be
many).I have never used your service before,so accept my appologies as
a novice.I don`t know how else to clarify my question.
I want to know if I can use my own experience as a cancer patient to
write a Reflective paper as one of my assignments.
I suppose instead of writing...what happened,my
feelings,evaluation,analysis conclusion,what I would do differently
next time with regard to Mr X, i WOULD BE WRITING it about myself,. I
hope this helps.
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Request for Question Clarification by
pinkfreud-ga
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21 Oct 2005 14:43 PDT
I'd like to be able to help, but since we don't have access to your
instructor, I don't see any way that we can guarantee that an account
of your own experience would be acceptable in a reflective practice
assignment. Asking the instructor is really the only way you can be
sure. Would you like for us to see whether we can find examples of
reflective practice essays in which the writer's own experience as a
patient was used? It should be kept in mind, however, that the
existence of such examples does not necessarily mean that your
instructor would accept this kind of thing.
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Clarification of Question by
elc-ga
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22 Oct 2005 07:05 PDT
Hello pinkfreud-ga,
I think that is a good idea,to find examples of Reflective papers that
patients have written themselves.Many Thanks.
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Request for Question Clarification by
czh-ga
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22 Oct 2005 16:46 PDT
Hello elc-ga,
I agree with Pinkfreud. There seems to be a dearth of reflective
papers written by either nurses or patients. You said that you are
looking for help with writing the first of many reflective papers as
you return to nursing. I think I?ve found some alternate resources
that will be helpful.
Researching your question I came across lots of resources on
reflective learning and specifically the use of reflective learning
techniques in nursing. I think some of these resources might be
helpful to you as you return to nursing and will give you some
insights into current practices in nursing education.
I?ve also come across lots of information about autobiographical
writing about illnesses. Most of these are books, not papers or
articles. I?ve also found some papers and commentary on how such
?autopathographies? can/should be used in nursing or medical
education. These might be useful to you as you decide how to approach
your autobiographical reflective essay on your experience with cancer.
Finally, although I haven?t been able to find any reflective papers
from nurses, I did manage to locate a selection of reflective papers
in other fields that might be helpful. Some of them are in fields that
are in human services and show the student?s reflections on personal
involvement with clients.
Please let me know if these resources could substitute for your
original request for reflective papers on nursing. I look forward to
your clarification.
~ czh ~
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Request for Question Clarification by
cynthia-ga
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22 Oct 2005 21:53 PDT
What kind of reflective essay? I wrote something as a patient, after
a near fatal motorcycle/car accident. It is more reflective of getting
onto paper exactly what was running through my mind non-stop, keeping
me awake for days. It was the entire experience starting a couple
seconds before impact, laying in the street, the medics coming, all my
thoughts and sensations, clear through the emergency room until I was
being wheeled up to the ward. It includes an out-of-body experience in
the emergency room.
I can find it if might be helpful. It's not long, maybe two pages, but
very intense.
~~Cynthia
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Clarification of Question by
elc-ga
on
23 Oct 2005 10:01 PDT
Hello,
I don`t think I can add more than I have already said. However,in the
book reflective practice by Beverly Taylor,she states in the preface
"Sometimes your reflection will be about your own personal and
professional growth issues,the nature of phenomena such as the
experience of illness,the meaning of events of clincal importance and
the dynamics and significance of interpersonal relationships".
The reason I have not asked teaches about my question is that I still
do not want people to know about my illness.I am trying to avoid
submitting a paper,whereby more people would know,and yet it would be
to no avail if my paper was to be rejected.
I hope you can make sense of this.
Many Thanks elc.
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Clarification of Question by
elc-ga
on
23 Oct 2005 10:54 PDT
Hello Cynthia,
Thank you for your response;it sounds an excellent idea.We may have had some
similar experiences
Kind Regards elc.
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