TITLE:
Reflective Educational Practice Process for Novice Nurses Based on Clinical Nurse Educators’ Experiences
AUTHORS:
Yukiko Ohashi, Yukiko Maekawa
KEYWORDS:
Clinical Nurse Educators, Reflective Practice, Educational Judgment, Novice Nurses
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Nursing,
Vol.15 No.9,
September
18,
2025
ABSTRACT: This study aimed to clarify the reflective practice process through which clinical nurse educators grasp the changing individual situations of patients and novice nurses and determine appropriate educational methods. Using Schön’s reflective practitioner model as the theoretical framework, we adopted a qualitative descriptive research design. Multiple semi-structured interviews were conducted with a nurse who had been responsible for education for at least two years, and thematic analysis was applied to the verbatim transcripts. Four sequential phases of reflection—pre-practice planning, real-time judgment, post-practice reinterpretation, and reconfiguration of future teaching—were identified. The findings highlight not only how educators make educational judgments in relation to the conditions of patients and novice nurses but also how they themselves transform through reflective learning. By visualizing the dynamic relationships between “supportive observation,” “advising,” and “reflecting,” this study contributes to a deeper qualitative understanding of educational practice in novice nurse training.