Reflective thinking in clinical nursing education: a concept analysis
Over decades nursing had an interest in clarifying and developing its knowledge base and its conceptual foundation. Reflective thinking has become a popular word in nursing education world wide, but its meaning and effective use remains debatable because of lack of clarity in its meaning (Mackintosh...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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AOSIS
2004-09-01
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Series: | Curationis |
Online Access: | https://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/1019 |
Summary: | Over decades nursing had an interest in clarifying and developing its knowledge base and its conceptual foundation. Reflective thinking has become a popular word in nursing education world wide, but its meaning and effective use remains debatable because of lack of clarity in its meaning (Mackintosh, 1998:553). The researcher engaged in the concept analysis of reflective thinking so as to fully understand its meaning and interpretation, hence the research question to be addressed by this article is: “What is the meaning of reflective thinking in clinical nursing education?” |
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ISSN: | 0379-8577 2223-6279 |