Changing times – a time for reflection

Well, it’s the start of the New Year and for a lot of it is a time of reflection, evaluation of labor/life and seizing latest opportunities. Reflection and the power to be reflective are crucial in nursing practice because they influence clinical decisions that result in improved patient care and outcomes. Reflection is related to developing nursing competencies and coping with the stressors related to contemporary practice.

When people resort to reflection, they often evaluate or critically evaluate their experience of the event with hindsight (Johns, 2017). Reflexivity, however, is the processes of presenting and taking into consideration preconceptions (Freshwater and Rolfe 2001). Reflection and reflection are inextricably linked to the event of skilled practice because a physician’s actions, decisions, and private beliefs influence the way in which she or he provides care and establishes meaningful therapeutic relationships. Reflection is the strategy of evaluating practice and requires commitment to improving practice, curiosity to query practice, and responsiveness to latest ideas (Howatson-Jones, 2016; Johns, 2017). Becoming a reflective practitioner requires the power to critically reflect on personal values ​​and biases, often held subconsciously, that may impact, often negatively, the care provided to individuals and their families.

My time as associate editor at Evidence-Based Nursing is coming to an end, which puts me in a reflective mood. I actually enjoyed meeting latest people, sharing experiences, debating nursing topics, connecting with EBN readers, and gaining an understanding of the editorial process. However, this role completely modified my view of the worth and potential of social media in healthcare. In the broadest context, social media may be regarded as interactions that occur in virtual communities as a way of sharing information, ideas, personal messages, images, and developing networks and collaborations (Smith and Milnes, 2016). By engaging in a spread of social media activities as a part of my role as deputy editor, from blogging to Twitter chats, I developed many technical skills, nevertheless it was an appreciation of how social media may be used to have conversations across boundaries and disciplines and to have interaction into the controversy in a way that reaches each professionals and the general public that has had the best impact. Social media tools and platforms are embedded in society and may be used to expand horizons, learn, and connect with patients, students, colleagues, and develop potential research collaborations (Huby and Smith, 2016). I hope to work with a lot of you in the longer term and stay in contact through EBN’s social media activities.

Bibliography

Freshwater, D., Rolfe, G. (2001) Critical reflexivity: a politically and ethically engaged nursing research method. Nursing times research6: 526-537

Howatson-Jones, L. (2016) Reflective practice. Sage, London.

Huby, K., Smith, J. (2016) The importance of social media for nurses and healthcare: ‘to tweet or to not tweet’. Evidence-based nursing19(4), 105-106;

Johns, C. (2017) Becoming a reflective practitioner, 5^voledition. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester.

Smith, J., Milnes, L.J. (2016) Social Media: Importance for Research. Evidence-based nursing19(4), 99-100.

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