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School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin: 8 th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference
Transforming Healthcare Through Research, Education & Technology: 7 th – 9 th November 2007
Conference Proceedings
Table 1. Initial CIT Describing Learning from Experience of
the Certified Holistic Nurse (Study #1)
Your critical incident will be a part of a study that is exploring
learning from experience of the HNC. Of particular interest are
experiences that were particularly memorable or outstanding with
regards to learning from experience. Please reflect on an
experience that impacted the way you practice as an HNC.
1) Think back over your career as an HNC. Describe a
memorable experience where you were surprised at your ability
(know how) to deal with a challenge of practice. How did you feel
prepared to deal with this challenge based on your experience?
Where does the ‘surprise’ of your ability to meet the challenge of
practice emanate from? Perhaps you reflected “I am surprised that
I had known what to do during the situation”. Or perhaps you
reflected “Where and how did I learn what I needed to know to
meet the challenge of practice?
� When did the experience occur?
� How long had you been practicing as an HNC?
� Who was involved in the experience (titles, not names
please)?
� Where did the experience occur (in a clinical setting,
learning on your own, in a formal educational setting)?
� How did this experience influence your level of competency
as a practicing HNC? How did it impact the way in which
you practice?
� How have you incorporated this knowing into your
practice?
� How has this experience been an experience of learning?
Please be specific and detailed in your description of the learning
from experience including your feelings and thoughts about it at the
time and later. Please address how this learning from experience
influenced your level of competency as a HNC, how do you think,
feel, act as a result of this experience? How has this experience
impacted your practice?
Table 2. Revised CIT Describing Learning from Experience of
the Certified Holistic Nurse (Study #1)
Please think of an important event in your career. Please reflect on
how this experience affected you in your practice as an HNC.
Please describe this incident.
How would you describe the key lessons you learned from this
experience?
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