Reflective practice: A critical incident
Jin Xiong Lian
New Graduate Program, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney NSW
PP: 217 - 221
Abstract
Reflection identifies one's professional capabilities, increases knowledge of self and improves understanding and management of patients.
Conducting reflective practice is conducive to professional development and growth. A complex medical and nursing management of a psychiatric emergency is illustrated through this critical incident.
Psychiatric nurses play a key role in de-escalating the aggressive behaviour of psychotic patients. Through reflection, the basic tools of psychiatric nurses are reviewed and the prime components of psychiatric therapy are discussed.
Keywords
reflection; reflective practice; communication; therapeutic relationships
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