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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description | 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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spelling | doaj.art-d3e13636662141db82de15b98be467b52022-12-22T03:21:21ZengAOSISCurationis0379-85772223-62792004-09-01274374810.4102/curationis.v27i4.1019906Reflective thinking in clinical nursing education: a concept analysisM. Chabeli0M. Muller1Department Of Nursing, Rand Afrikaans UniversityDepartment Of Nursing, Rand Afrikaans UniversityOver 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?”https://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/1019 |
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