Reflective practice and self-reliance development among nursing students

Abstract

Abstract The nursing student walks through a complex study system in a field full of challenges. He is called upon to embark on a three-year training program that should foster a better link between theory and practice and be part of a professionalization approach, thus ensuring the development of his autonomy. In such a context, taking a step back and questioning the practice on the part of each student remains an area rarely explored. Following the implementation of the competency-based approach, the development of reflective practice (RP) in students and the need to stimulate critical thinking skills in them are a priority. From this perspective, this study aims to study the development of RP among 200 students from 21 ISPITS (Higher Institute of Nursing Professions and Health Technologies) from different corners of the Kingdom of Morocco. It is done using a questionnaire, the internal validity of which has been approved, sent through the Google Forms platform. As such, this quantitative study will focus on two aspects on the first is descriptive exploratory to study the level of development of RP in ISPITS. The second aims to study the relationship between RP and the development of autonomy among nursing students and to verify the existence of a possible impact on their academic success. The results show a positive impact on the importance given to RP in ISPITS training. Also, the statistical tests demonstrated a positive impact of the RP on the development of autonomy and on the students' success.