Revalidation and reflective practice

Abstract

From April 2016 nurses must meet the requirements of the new Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) revalidation process to maintain their registration. It is their responsibility to ensure they meet all revalidation requirements, but organisations and nurse leaders can support them to do so. Reflection is an important part of revalidation, and nurses are required to submit written reflective accounts and engage in reflective discussion. This article discusses how revalidation encourages a more conscious and active form of reflection. It also describes how leaders can help nurses to reflect on practice to identify improvements and become more familiar with the NMC Code.

Reflective Case Discussion (RCD) for Nurses : A Systematic Review

“…Meanwhile, the description of reflection techniques as an effort to improve professionalism using qualitative methods with a phenomenological approach , this study found a model called the model of professional development in nursing (Gustafsson, 2004).An overview of the strengths and weaknesses of the method of reflection in practice and learning (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia., 2016). As well as research conducted at Redcliffe Hospital and Cabolturre found reflective practice as a focus group model (Finch, 2016). Another study involved 127 nurses at University Hospital Quebec on evaluating reflective practice on nurses' attitudes (Dube & Ducharme, 2014).…”

“…RCD is designed to foster a culture of sharing and enhancing knowledge (Gustafsson, 2004). The research, developed by Finch (2016), concludes that engaging in reflective discussions not only helps you to recognize yourself but helps others to recognize your personality, discussions help relationships, foster work enjoyment, and support shared commitment in the organization. In addition, the preparation of discussion participants is the most important factor in the effectiveness of the discussion (Dube & Ducharme, 2014).…”