Academic Skills for Nurses

The purpose of this section is to build on your:

• Academic writing skills for level 6
• Critical thinking skills for level 6
• The skills that underpin reflective writing.

• Progressing to your 3rd year (video 2 minutes 44 seconds)
• Synthesising (estimated reading time 5 minutes)
• Driscoll Reflective model (estimated reading time 10 minutes)
• Find a passage of about 100 words from a previous assignment. We will use the TOPIC tool in the session to see if you can improve it.

The session presentation is available here for anyone who may wish to review it before or after the.  The session is based around activities, and you will get the most benefit from participating in the sessions.

Creating an action plan based on your reflection is an essential part of the assessment. Use this template to get started.