Clinical Supervision Model Assignment 3
Clinical Supervision - example assignment: Clinical reflective practice on critical incident
In this contemporary nursing practice, reflection plays vital role in the development of student nurses’ education portfolios (Malik & McGowan 2007, O’Connor 2008). Reflective practice is a tool used in clinical environment to describe, analyze, and evaluate practice so as to inform changes where necessary
(Gibbs 1988). This essay will discuss a critical incident of an institutionalized patient who planned to take an over-dose of medication. The domains used are: interpersonal relationship/organizational and management of care along with professional/ethical practice. Gibbs (1988) reflective circle will be used to describe what happened including feelings, evaluation, conclusion, analysis and action plan. Genericterms will be used for to protect patient confidentiality.
Introduction
Reflective writing forms a vital part of student nurse’s portfolio (Chabell & Muller 2004, Gustafsson &
Fagerberg, 2004; Rolfe Gardner, 2005). Reflective practice is a framework that aids nurses in their day to day work (Peden-McAlpine et al. 2005). Reflection is a vital tool for developing quality services, allowing nurses to be flexible in their approach and to incorporate changes where/when necessary
(Bulman, 2004; Bulman & Schutz, 2009). Without reflection nursing care can become automatic and no longer tailored to the individual’s needs. Reflection helps to examine experiences to see if there is something to learn and/or transferable to similar situations in future (Chabell & Muller, 2004). Reid
(1993) describes reflection as a method of evaluating experiences in the clinical practice environment so as to inform learning that will improve practice. Reflective practice is guided by different models which includes Johns (1994 & 2005) model of reflection, Gibbs (1988) reflective circle, Driscoll (2007) reflective circle to mention a few. I chose to use Gibbs (1988) model of reflection as my
In this contemporary nursing practice, reflection plays vital role in the development of student nurses’ education portfolios (Malik & McGowan 2007, O’Connor 2008). Reflective practice is a tool used in clinical environment to describe, analyze, and evaluate practice so as to inform changes where necessary
(Gibbs 1988). This essay will discuss a critical incident of an institutionalized patient who planned to take an over-dose of medication. The domains used are: interpersonal relationship/organizational and management of care along with professional/ethical practice. Gibbs (1988) reflective circle will be used to describe what happened including feelings, evaluation, conclusion, analysis and action plan. Genericterms will be used for to protect patient confidentiality.
Introduction
Reflective writing forms a vital part of student nurse’s portfolio (Chabell & Muller 2004, Gustafsson &
Fagerberg, 2004; Rolfe Gardner, 2005). Reflective practice is a framework that aids nurses in their day to day work (Peden-McAlpine et al. 2005). Reflection is a vital tool for developing quality services, allowing nurses to be flexible in their approach and to incorporate changes where/when necessary
(Bulman, 2004; Bulman & Schutz, 2009). Without reflection nursing care can become automatic and no longer tailored to the individual’s needs. Reflection helps to examine experiences to see if there is something to learn and/or transferable to similar situations in future (Chabell & Muller, 2004). Reid
(1993) describes reflection as a method of evaluating experiences in the clinical practice environment so as to inform learning that will improve practice. Reflective practice is guided by different models which includes Johns (1994 & 2005) model of reflection, Gibbs (1988) reflective circle, Driscoll (2007) reflective circle to mention a few. I chose to use Gibbs (1988) model of reflection as my