recovery oriented reflection on a psychotherapeutic approach

Assessment 2 - Practice-based and recovery oriented reflection on a psychotherapeutic approach

• Assessment 2 - Information

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Task Description

Referring to past clinical experience in Mental Health,using the GIBBS Reflection cycle, critically discuss a scenario of a psychotherapeutic approach with a patient. In your reflection, incorporate specific examples of your experiences during conversation with patients experiencing mental distress/illness.

Reflect and critically discuss the benefits and values of the live simulation(Mental Health clinical placement) with mental health patients for the development of your recovery-oriented nursing practice, in the education of nurses and other health professionals.

To succeed in this task, mind the below:

• You can use the first person, I and my, when discussing the benefits for your nursing practice development; however,you must support your reflection with reference to relevant literature.

• Use at least12 references, less than eight years old, includingat least eight peer-reviewed journal articles.

• List any other requirements

Additional Information

To help you complete this task successfully, the following resources are provided:

• Marking Rubric refer to this to understand how you will be assessed

• Cadmus Manual refer to this for information about academic skills (click thebookicon in the bottom right to access the manual)

• Checklist: How to write a Reflective Essay use this to help you complete the task

• Example: Reflective Essay review this to see a completed example of the task

• Resource name describe how students should use it

Remember:Attach or link the resources you mention in the Resources section

Checklist: How to write a Reflective Essay ?

Copy + paste this checklist into the Notes section in Cadmus. Tick off items as you complete them.

Remember:Adapt the steps below to suit the specifics of the task

Step 1: Task Understanding

• To help you understand what you need to do for this task and how will be assessed, you must:

• Read theInstructionsandChecklistcarefully

• Read theMarking Rubric

• Read theExample: Reflective Essay

Step 2: Plan Reflective Essay

• To help you plan your Reflective Essay, use this structure, adding dot points under each heading:

Introduction:

• Focus: state the focus of your reflection

• Course material: identify theories or course material that helped you in this experience

• Lessons: share the main lessons you learned from this experience

• Main themes: introduce the main themes that you will address in the body

• Suggestions: offer suggestions as to what you learned from the experience and how you may move forward

Bodyfor each theme you should:

• Identify: the theme, as introduced in the introduction

• Personal experience: share a personal experience/s that supports each theme

• Alignment: connect your experience clearly to course material, research, or other experiences to support the theme

Conclusion:

• Review: the importance of your experiences within the context of learning

• Restate: how you will move forward from this specific experience

• Suggest: additional opportunities for future growth or engagement

Step 3: Write Essay

Building on your plan, write your Reflective Essay. Things to remember:

• Be descriptive: state your thoughts clearly, making it easy for a reader to understand

• Be formal: even though this essay is reflective, it is still an academic paper

• Be factual: state your thoughts clearly, making it easy for a reader to understand

• Be selective: choose the most important and significant experiences

• Be logical: sort your ideas, thoughts, and insights in a logical order

ReviewExample: Reflective Essay

Step 4: Review

• When you have completed your Reflective Essay, review your work carefully for spelling, grammar or other errors

• Check that citations and references match

• Read theMarking Rubricagain to check that you have met the criteria

• Review theExample: Reflective Essay

Step 5: Submit Final

• Submit your Reflective Essay

• Remember:You cansubmit your work as many times as you like before the due date.

• Check your email for a submission confirmation email

• Once graded, review your feedback in Cadmus