Reflective Practice Using Nursing Education

Masters in Nursing Science Degree

NRS 535

Breyer State University
Instructor: Dale Mueller, EdD, RN

SYLLABUS

COURSE OVERVIEW: Welcome to this course on Reflective Practice, a graduate level course in the Nursing Education Track of the MSN program. The nursing educator will find reflective practice techniques to be applicable as an instructional technique in the classroom and also as an enhancement to professional growth in clinical practice.

Whether the nurse educator is planning to incorporate the content of this class in a traditional education setting, or whether these techniques will be applied by nurses in clinical practice, this course will provide the necessary background and preparation for either of these applications.

The use of reflection in education and professional growth is not new. This technique of determining what is known, what remains to be discovered, and how awareness is established in the affective, cognitive and psychomotor domains of learning has been used in many creative endeavors throughout history. This course will identify how reflective processes can be used to augment and enhance nursing practice.

Please do not hesitate to contact me via email at any time, should you have questions about the readings or either of the two assignments that are due in this course. I trust this will be a meaningful and reflective journey for you, the nurse educator, and for your future students in the realm of nursing and those colleagues, clients and communities who will benefit from advanced nursing practice.

TIME FRAME: This is a six-semester hour course. This course is allotted 10 weeks of time. You must complete all of the requirements for the course successfully by the end of the 10-week period. The first day of week one will begin the day that you register for the course, or the day which you notify me that your textbooks have arrived and you are ready to begin your studies. Please be cognizant of the time frame. It is rare that extensions of time are permitted, unless you have good justification. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be awarded six semester hours of credit.

TEXTBOOKS: You should select one textbook for this course from the list provided below. Each of these individual selections contain the information needed to complete the assignments and the course. Title availability may vary depending on yourlocation, so several books are listed here for your convenience. Only one textbook from this list is required.

Select one text:

Book 1: Nurse Education: A Reflective Approach. Reed, J. & Procter, S. Hodder Murray. (1993): ISBN # 0343557869.

Book 2: Reflective Practice in Nursing. 3rd Edition. Bulman, C., & Schutz, S. (eds.). Blackwell. (2004): ISBN # 1405111127.

Book 3: Reflective Practice: A Guide for Nurses and Midwives. Taylor, B. Open University Press. (2000): ISBN # 0335206891.

These texts may be found at your local bookstore. Your local bookstore most often will order them as a special order for you. Or, you may purchase both of these books online from any major bookseller or directly from the publisher.

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EXAMINATIONS: There are two examinations for this course, a mid-term exam and a final exam. The mid-term exam consists of an essay based on the textbook selected from the above list. The final exam consists of a one of three options for demonstration of use of reflective techniques as described in the assignment.

The mid-term examination must be completed by the end of the 5th week in the course.

The final examination must be completed by the end of the 10th week in the course.

The directions for both exams (papers) are located in the classroom for this course. Upon completion, send the exam to your instructor via email as indicated.

GRADING: The grading scale for this course is as follows:

90-100%    = A
80-89%      = B
70-79%      = C
Below 70% = Fail

COMMUNICATION: I am available via email for you throughout this course. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or comments.

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS: There are two written assignments in this course that comprise the midterm exam and the final exam. Please use an accepted academic style when composing your papers (such as APA or MLA). Your papers should be well-edited and use grammar and composition suited for graduate level work. Documents should be submitted as attachments in Word or rtf format. If you are using WordPerfect or Works, please save your documents in "rtf" format that is found in the Save as menu. Thanks.

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR: Dale is an assistant professor in the School of Nursing at a large traditional university in the US, and has enjoyed additional adjunct affiliations with many traditional and non-traditional colleges and universities over the past several decades. She is currently conducting a research study in nursing education that involves the ways that reflection can assist graduate and undergraduate nursing students to learn the rigors of nursing research at their various levels of practice. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International, and is a frequent presenter at national and international nursing education conferences. She holds a Doctorate of Education from Pepperdine University, an MSN from St. Joseph''s College of Maine, an MS in Clinical Psychology from California State University at Long Beach. She is board certified in Nursing Administration, Advanced, by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Uopn completion of this course you will be able to:

1). Describe the components of reflective practice.
2). Examine the ways that reflective practice enhances the learning process, nursing clinical practice, and organizational effectiveness.
3). Integrate the components of reflective process into a selected learning activity.
4). Propose ways that reflective practice can be used in nursing education and in clinical practice.
5). Assess the formative and summative contributions of reflective practice from the viewpoint of a nursing educator.

ASSIGNMENTS: For specific assignments, please click on the link "Assignments"

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