Reflection provides nurses with a systematic way to understand experiences to improve professional development through learning to promote best practice (Horton-Deutsch and Sherwood, 2017). Purposeful reflection can lead to a deeper understanding of the situation and through new learning inform future practice and optimise care delivery (Asselin et al, 2012; Caldwell and Grobbel, 2013), and is used in nursing education and clinical practice worldwide (Galutira, 2018).