Question: Phases Phase 1: Sell Awareness Phase 2: Descriptio Phase 3: Reflection Guide For Reflection • Find A Safe Space To Focus, To Become Mindful And Present To Self And Others. • Pay Attention To Your Thoughts And Emotions And Write Down Those That Appear To Be Significant At This Time • Describe In Detail The Experience You Are Reflecting On Include …

Phases Phase 1: Sell Awareness Phase 2: Descriptio Phase 3: Reflection Guide for Reflection • Find a safe space to focus, to become mindful and present to self and others. • Pay attention to your thoughts and emotions and write down those that appear to be significant at this time • Describe in detail the experience you are reflecting on Include where you were, who else was there why were you there what were you doing what others were doing what was the context; what happened, what was your part in this what parts did the other people play, what was the result. Identify the key issues within this description that you need to pay attention to? • Write a description of your thoughts and feelings at the time but do not analyze these Recall and explore your thoughts and feelings include: – What was I trying to achieve? – Why did I act as I did? – What are the consequences of my actions for the patient and her family, for me and for the people I work with? – How did I feel about this experience when it was happening? – How did the patient feel about it? – How do I know how the patient felt about it? – What was I thinking during the experience! – How did other people make me feel? How did the situation make me feel? -How did I feel about the outcome of the event? – Think holistically about the experience. Include what you think or feel now • Explore the experience from different perspectives identify the interal (you) and external factors (environment others) that influence the experience. • Draw on paradigms that influence philosophy and models of care and identify what approach was evident. – What internal factors influenced my decision-making and – What external factors influenced my decision-making and actions? – What sources of knowledge did, or should have, influenced my decision-making and actions? • You explored the issue from different perspectives in stage four providing a lot of information on which to base your judgement The purpose now is to consider if you could have dealt with the situation differently? . During this phase you should ask yourself what you could have done differently and explore alternative strategies • Evaluate or make a judgement about what has happened including what was good about the experience and what did not go so well Relate the decisions to the holistic nursing paradigm include: – What went well? – What did I do well? – What did others do well? – What went wrong or did not turn out how it should have done? – In what way did I or others contribute to this? – How could I handle this better? What other choices did I have? – What would be the consequences of these choices? – How did the operating model influence the practice outcome? – How could another model influence the outcome? Phase 4: Knowing Phase 5: Evaluation Analysis) Phase 6: Learning (Synthesis How do I feel now about this experience? – What did I learn from the situation? – Have I taken effective action to support others and myself as a result of this experience? How have I made sense of this experience in light of past experiences? – What actions do I plan to take forward? – What plans do I have to share my experience to support learning? – In what way has this experience supported me in my journey to become a nurse? Has this experience informed my understanding of practice at a deep personal level? Has the experience provided any insights about holistic nursing practice? In what way has this experience transformed my personal & midwifery practice perspective?