title: How do nurses experience reflective practice?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Reflective practice can raise the quality and consistency of nursing care, but there is little evidence of it being part of everyday culture and practice.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To improve the incidence and quality of guided reflective practice.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nurses from three trusts attended a focus group to gather experience, views and ideas of reflective practice/clinical supervision. The team also looked at supervision policies of nine trusts, best-practice examples and consulted nurse experts and leaders.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Quantitative results showed that most nurses had some form of supervision but had little opportunity to question and discuss. Qualitative results revealed seven common themes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Project findings show a lack of organised and systematic reflection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  New models of supervision and strengthened nurse leadership are needed to increase reflective practice among nurses.
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wilshaw
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Trodden
mesh_terms: D017144:Focus Groups; D015399:Nursing Research; D009740:Nursing Staff; D006113:United Kingdom