NURSING

Nursing Assignment

Table of Contents

Task 1 - Atkins and Murphy Article1

Task 2 - Evidence-based Approach to Global Health Promotion3

Task 3 - Determinants and Trends6

Task 4 - School-based Health Promotion8

Task 5 - Nurses' Role in Smoking Cessation10

Task 6 - HPHS Self-Assessment12

Task 7 - Priorities in Workplace Health and Health Promotion13

Task 8 - Health Promotion Projects and Strategies15

Task 9 - Reflection on Module17

References18

Nursing Assignment

Task 1 - Atkins and Murphy Article

The article focused on developing the understanding about the nature of the reflective process, and it allowed nurses to know about ways of enhancing their professional and individual learning. There could be no doubt about the fact that practice experience has been seen as a great source of learning. However, it came into observation that there are people who may not learn from their experiences. Despite developing a pool of knowledge based on prior experience, the nursing professionals have been observed making mistakes. In the light, of this article experience could not be sufficient alone as nursing professionals might require different tools to facilitate the process of learning. The article also suggested that reflection could be common in one's educational life where reflection could be a conscious as well as a complex process that may allow a person to think and interpret personal experience so to learn from it.

Moreover, the article presented a framework for reflection that explained ways of reflection occurrence and the kind of learning an individual may earn through the process. According to this framework, reflection occurred when a person became aware about an uncomfortable thought and feeling. It may be observed that the understanding of dominant thoughts, issues and feelings were used to describe satiation. At the third stage of framework, a person may be allowed to analyze a situation and address it by gathering knowledge, whereas the fourth stage could be a pragmatic phase where the situation is observed and the problem is solved by utilizing knowledge of a person. Finally, a person could recognize learning form the situation (Polosa et al., 2011, p. n.d.).

This article stated that each reflective activity will respond to cognitive conflict that may arise in an uncertain situation because of lacking knowledge that is required to answer it. Significant point to notice would be that the act of caring will immerse lastly in scenarios where situation will be controlled constantly while endorsing the reflection importance in practices of nursing. Besides, Atkins and Murphy (1994) maintained that instability or situation of doubt will promote a critical analysis assessing a situation where a person may think about the ways it has affected him and the way he influenced others and the context where it all has taken place.

Additionally, it will be important to know that control is brought into a person through learning reflection that serves the process of learning. From the other perspective, the article has suggested that even after terminating formal education one can view reflection as a way of continuing education. Both researchers have put emphasis on reflective competence and practice as essential components ...