NMC reflective account form: structure and guide
Use the NMC-approved form to record each of the five written reflective accounts prepared during your three-year revalidation period.
Important disclaimer
ReflectionGuide is not the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and this guide is not an official NMC document. Always check the linked NMC guidance before relying on a form or log.
Purpose
Use the NMC-approved form to record each of the five written reflective accounts prepared during your three-year revalidation period.
Current NMC expectation
The NMC says each reflective account must be recorded on its approved reflective account form. ReflectionGuide therefore links to that form and does not provide a substitute download.
Use the official NMC form
The NMC labels this form mandatory. We do not offer a ReflectionGuide-generated replacement.
Open the official NMC formForm structure
This blank preview uses the same field labels as the reviewed source definition used for the downloads on this page.
What was the nature of the CPD activity and/or practice-related feedback and/or event or experience in your practice?
Briefly identify what you are reflecting on. Keep people and organisations anonymous.
What did you learn from the CPD activity and/or feedback and/or event or experience in your practice?
Describe the learning you took from the activity, feedback, event, or experience.
How did you change or improve your practice as a result?
Record a specific change, improvement, or action you took, or explain what you will do differently.
How is this relevant to the Code?
Select one or more themes and explain the connection to your professional practice.
Options: Prioritise people · Practise effectively · Preserve safety · Promote professionalism and trust
Prompt-by-prompt walkthrough
- 1
Set the context without identifying anyone
Name the kind of CPD, feedback, event, or experience and give only the context needed to understand it.
- 2
State what you learnt
Focus on your own insight rather than retelling the whole event. The NMC says accounts do not need to be lengthy or academic.
- 3
Connect learning to practice
Explain the practical effect on your decisions, communication, skills, or future approach.
- 4
Make the Code link explicit
Choose the relevant Code theme or themes and explain why the learning matters under them.
Downloads and official sources
NMC sources
NMC source pages last updated 2021-05-26; content reviewed by ReflectionGuide 2026-08-25.
Don't start with a blank page
Bring your own notes. ReflectionGuide asks structured questions using your chosen reflective framework and helps you turn your thinking into a clear draft for you to review.