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<p>Preface vii</p> <p>Contributors xi</p> <p>Chapter 1 The basic scheme 1<br /> <i>Christopher Johns</i></p> <p>Chapter 2 Constructing the reflexive narrative 27<br /> <i>Christopher Johns</i></p> <p>Chapter 3 Deepening insights 51<br /> <i>Christopher Johns</i></p> <p>Chapter 4 Weaving the narrative 66<br /> <i>Christopher Johns</i></p> <p>Chapter 5 A feminist slant 85<br /> <i>Christopher Johns and Colleen Marlin</i></p> <p>Chapter 6 Awakenings 113<br /> <i>Aileen Joiner and Christopher Johns</i></p> <p>Chapter 7 Finding a new way in health visiting 123<br /> <i>Yvonne Latchford</i></p> <p>Chapter 8 Falling through the net and the spider’s web: two metaphoric moments along my journey 145<br /> <i>Maria Fordham</i></p> <p>Chapter 9 Climbing walls 164<br /> <i>Christopher Johns</i></p> <p>Chapter 10 Reflections on performance 178<br /> <i>April Nunes Tucker, Amanda Price and Antje Diedrich</i></p> <p>Chapter 11 More than eggs for breakfast 195<br /> <i>John-Marc Priest and Christopher Johns</i></p> <p>Chapter 12 Shifting attitude with deliberate self-harm patients in Accident and Emergency (A&E) 215<br /> <i>Jane Groom and Christopher Johns</i></p> <p>Chapter 13 Jane’s rap: guided reflection as a pathway to self as sacred space 236<br /> <i>Christopher Johns and Colleen Marlin</i></p> <p>Chapter 14 Audiencing 256<br /> <i>Christopher Johns</i></p> <p>Chapter 15 Coherence and ethics 262<br /> <i>Christopher Johns</i></p> <p>Chapter 16 An accidental tourist 284<br /> <i>Lei Foster</i></p> <p>Chapter 17 Reflections 290<br /> <i>Christopher Johns Appendices 293<br /> </i>Index 299</p>

<p>“This approach enables individual practitioners to develop deeper insight and improve the quality of their patient care. Readers also will benefit personally, physically, and mentally from this enhanced self reflection and growth.”  (<i>Doody’s</i>, 11 May 2012)</p>

<b>Chris Johns</b> is Reader in Advanced Nursing Practice at the University of Bedfordshire and is ‘one of the leading proponents of reflective theory’ (Nursing Times, 2000). He has authored and edited several books in reflective practice for Wiley-Blackwell including Becoming a Reflective Practitioner, Transforming Nursing through Reflective Practice, and Engaging Reflection in Practice.

<b>"...an important text for practitioners...this text is a valuable tool that develops self-inquiry skills."<br /> <i>Journal of Advanced Nursing</i></b> <br /> <br /> Reflection is widely recognised as an invaluable tool in health care, providing fresh insights which enable practitioners to develop their own practice and improve the quality of their care. <i>Guided Reflection: A narrative approach to advancing professional practice</i> introduces the practitioner to the concept of 'Guided reflection' in which the practitioner is assisted by a mentor (or 'guide') in a process of self-enquiry, development, and learning through reflection, in order to effectively realise one’s vision of practice and self as a lived reality. <p>Guided reflection is grounded in individual practice, and can provide deeply meaningful insights into self-development and professional care. The process results in a reflexive narrative, which highlights key issues for enhancing health care practice and professional care. <i>Guided Reflection: A narrative approach to advancing professional practice</i> uses a collection of such narratives from everyday clinical practice to demonstrate the theory and practicalities of guided reflection and narrative construction. In this second edition, Chris Johns has explored many of the existing narratives in more depth.  Many new contributions have been added Including several more innovative reflections, such as performance and art.These narratives portray the values inherent in caring, highlight key issues in clinical practice, reveal the factors that constrain the quest to realise practice, and examine the ways practitioners work towards overcoming these constraints.</p> <ul> <li>Enables practitioners to use guided reflection to develop effective healthcare practice and facilitate improvements in practice and care</li> <li>Provides guidelines for developing guided reflection as an effective tool</li> <li>Written by one of the leading proponents of reflective theory</li> <li>Includes a new set of narratives from nurses working in collaborative research</li> <li>Pioneers an innovative approach to reflexive narrative research</li> </ul>

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