title: Reflective practice: a learning tool for student nurses.
abstract: Reflection is a vital skill in contemporary nursing with student nurses expected to engage in reflective learning from the very beginning of the nurse educational programme. This article demonstrates the meaningful learning that resulted as a consequence of using critical reflection on practice. Gibbs' (1988) cycle aided the process highlighting the practical application of this cyclical framework to the author - a first-year student nurse. Matters concerning gender issues in nursing and professional conduct emerged from the analysis and were inherently explored. The article concludes by demonstrating the personal benefits of using Gibbs' (1988) cycle to varying situations and thus promoting its excellence as a learning tool for student nurses worldwide as a consequence.
authors.affiliation: School of Health and Social Care, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool.
authors.forename: Peter Mark
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Wilding
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009727:Nurses, Male / Q000523:psychology; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000451:nursing; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000379:methods*; D012647:Self-Assessment; D013850:Thinking; D006113:United Kingdom; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery