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Introduction to Clinical Practice
Re?ective Writing / Reflective Portfolio
Learning Outcome 1: reflect critically on personal strategies to maintain self-care and develop emotional intelligence to ensure safe professional and clinical practice
Learning Outcome 2: apply relevant Interprofessional and discipline- specific ethical, legal, and regulatory principles, frameworks, and practice standards
Task overview
In this task, you will create a structured reflective portfolio that explores a meaningful moment related to your wellbeing, personal limits, or growth as a developing nurse. The purpose of this reflection is to help you connect your own experiences with the NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice, the Code of Conduct, and the Code of Ethics.
You will consider what you learned about yourself, identify one realistic self-care strategy, and reflect on how nursing standards continue to
evolve to support safe, ethical, and contemporary practice. Your work should be written in your own words and grounded in your personal experience.
Rationale
Nursing requires emotional awareness, ethical clarity, and the ability to care for oneself in order to care safely for others. This reflective portfolio invites you to examine a moment where you became aware of your wellbeing, limits, or need for self-care, and to connect this insight to the expectations of the nursing profession.
This task supports the development of:
- reflective practice
- emotional intelligence
- ethical and professional reasoning
- a safe and sustainable nursing identity
You are encouraged to reflect honestly while sharing only what you feel comfortable disclosing.
Resources
This guide lists the essential resources you will need to complete the assessment task: Caring for the Caregiver: A Reflective Exploration of
Self-Care in Nursing.
Assessment Task Sheet
Description: Outlines the task instructions, word count, structure, and marking criteria.
Access: Available via your Blackboard [BB] site under the 'Assessment' tab.
Accessibility: Provided in accessible PDF and Word formats. Screen reader compatible.
Reflective Writing Guide
Description: Explains how to write reflectively, including examples and tips.
Access: Available on the University Learning Support site or Blackboard [BB] site under 'Writing Resources'.
Accessibility: Available in HTML and PDF formats. These include alt text and headings for navigation.
APA 7th Referencing Guide
Description: Provides instructions and examples for citing sources correctly.
Access: Available on the University Library website or Blackboard [BB] site under 'Referencing Help'.
Instructions
Use the student template provided on Blackboard. Do not alter the structure. You must ty pe only in the shaded boxes (content outside of
the shaded box will not be marked).
Your portfolio must follow the stated criteria (please note the inclusion of the word limit here is only a guide to help you stay on track with your word limit)
Personal reflection and insight reflection (≈180-200 words)
Describe a specific moment where you became aware of your wellbeing, limits, or need for self-care in a care-giving or learning context.
Reflective Insight [Understanding of self-care in nursing] (≈280-300 words)
Analyse what this moment taught you about yourself, your emotional responses, and your developing professional identity.
Professional standards connection (≈180-200 words)
Explain how your reflection links to the NMBA RN Standards for Practice, Code of Conduct, and/ or Code of Ethics, and how self-care supports safe and ethical practice.
Evaluation of a self-care strategy (≈150-160 words)
Identify one specific, realistic self-care strategy that will support your wellbeing, emotional regulation and capacity to practise safely
Briefly explain
Why you chose this strategy
How it supports your wellbeing and emotional regulation
How it will help you meet the expectations of safe and ethical nursing practice
Professional standards innovation (≈270 - 300 words)
Having reflected on your own wellbeing, limits, and responsibilities as a developing nurse, this final section invites you to look outward and
consider how nursing standards themselves evolve to support caring, safe, and ethical practice.
Choose one (1) of the contemporary nursing priorities below:
planetary health
cultural safety
digital literacy
interprofessional practice
Identify the specific NMBA RN Standard (or part of a Standard) where you see a gap or opportunity, and explain the change you propose.
Propose one specific, realistic change that could be incorporated into the NMBA
Registered Nurse Standards for Practice to strengthen this area.
Briefly explain:
what the Standards currently do
where a gap or opportunity exists
how your proposed change supports safe, ethical, or modern nursing practice