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Reflective Writing for Nursing, Health and Social Work

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Reflective Writing for Nursing, Health and Social Work

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This book takes students step-by-step through the process of planning and writing a reflective essay, beginning with crucial guidance on planning and structure. It introduces different reflective frameworks and shows readers how to structure a piece of writing according to a particular framework. Chapters contain a wealth of activities and exercises which will help build students' skills and confidence.

The new edition features guidance on working with AI tools as part of the reflective writing process – and helps students understand the benefits, the risks and how to maintain academic integrity. The book also features a new introductory section about getting into the reflective mindset.

Suitable for students of all health-related disciplines, this book gives readers the key tools they need to take their writing to the next level.

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Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Types of reflective writing
2. What is reflection and why is it important?
3. The reflective writing journey
4. Capturing reflections while on placement
5. How to identify themes
6. Approaching reflective writing – frameworks, models and cycles
7. Planning
8. The style of reflective academic writing
9. Introductions for reflective assignments
10. Paragraphs for reflective assignments
11. Conclusions for reflective assignments
12. Theory to practice – first steps
13. Incorporating sources into your reflective writing
14. Writing critically & writing with flow
15. Editing and proofreading your reflective assignment
16. Reflective writing for professional development
Appendix 1: Examples of different types of reflective writing
Appendix 2: Punctuation guide
Appendix 3: Feedback glossary
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Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published Jul 10 2025
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 2nd
Pages 184
ISBN 9781350507715
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Series Bloomsbury Study Skills
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Elizabeth Tanguay

Dr Elizabeth Tanguay is Lecturer at the Centre for…

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Peter Hanratty

Dr Peter Hanratty is a lecturer with over ten year…

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Ben Martin

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