Olaniyi Ogundiya Phd* and Okhiai Okhemukhokho
This article explains the roles of reflective practices in health care profession and its significant impact in improving the practitioners' skills in reviewing how they have managed the situation that have occurred most especially how they have identified various areas in health profession that required further developments. It further explains in detail the meaning of reflective practises in health and social care and underscores its impact on the roles of reflection practice in health care services, the use of the practice theme as a framework for reflection, demonstration of active, ongoing critical reflection of learning experiences and assessment of the overall success of own reflective journey with the consideration of future carrier partway. It finally concludes that reflective practises encourage the health practitioners to holistically examine the health problems of the service users daily, providing skillful approaches through critical reflection to understand the aetiology of the health problem and develop reflection of working practises to overcome the health challenges. It finally recommends that reflective practises should be encouraged among the health care professionals and should be included in the curriculum as an integral part of the nursing education in order to facilitate the optimum healthy living of both the staff and the concerned service users.
Published Date: 2023-03-20; Received Date: 2023-02-16
