REFLECTIVE PRACTICE CRITERIA 

Description

Choose a significant situation or event that occurred this week in clinical practice.

• Describe this situation in detail, relating it to your own practice.
• What was going on? What happened?
• How did the client, family, or staff respond? (Use only initials to maintain confidentiality.)
• What was your role in this situation?

Reflection 

Reflect on the situation as it happened.

• What were your feelings and thoughts about the situation?
• What did you do? How did you feel about what you did? Why?
• What were the important elements of the event? What preceded the event and what followed it?

Analysis

Analyze the situation.

• What went well? What did you find difficult?
• Integrate what is known from nursing theory and related courses. Use your nursing textbooks or other professional resource to interpret this situation and expand your understanding of the event.
• Identify the course learning outcomes that apply to this situation. What have you learned?
• How does this experience compare to other situations in which you have been involved?

Evaluation

Evaluate the situation.

• What did you learn from this situation?
• What would you do differently in the future?
• What should you be aware of if this situation occurs again