Exploring how reflective practice training affects nurse interns' critical thinking disposition and communication skills.
Nursing management (Harrow, London, England : 1994)(2022)
Abstract
BACKGROUND:It is useful for nurses to be able to engage in reflective practice. Reflective practice is an essential aspect of experiential learning.
AIM:To explore how reflective practice training during an internship programme in Saudi Arabia affected nurse interns' critical thinking disposition and interpersonal communication competency.
METHOD:A convenience sample of 93 senior nursing students undertaking the internship programme at a nursing college in a university in Saudi Arabia answered a questionnaire before and after taking part in reflective practice training sessions. The questionnaire used three tools: the Reflective Practice Questionnaire; the Critical Thinking Disposition Scale; and the Interpersonal Communication Competency Scale.
RESULTS:After the training, the overall mean scores for reflective practice, critical thinking disposition and interpersonal communication competency were significantly higher than before the training. Reflective practice had a positive correlation with critical thinking disposition and interpersonal communication competency. It also had predictive capability for the variance in critical thinking disposition and interpersonal communication competency (R 2 =0.798 and R 2 =0.553, respectively, P <0.001).
CONCLUSION:Reflective practice training provided to nurse interns in Saudi Arabia improved their reflective practice, critical thinking and interpersonal communication. Reflective practice training would be a useful addition to pre-graduate nurse education and to preceptorship or orientation programmes for newly recruited nurses.
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Key words
communication,continuous professional development,curriculum,education,experiential learning,interpersonal skills,nurse academics,pre-registration education,professional,reflection,training,universities
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