Johns Model of Reflection - Nursing
Summative Communication & Cultural Safety Reflection | | |
Following an adaption of Johns’ model of structured reflection (Jasper, 2003), I will discuss an event that occurred during my residential placement as a nursing student, what I have learnt and how I would act if the situation arose again. Lastly, I will discuss what I have learnt in relation to the Nursing Council of New Zealand competencies for cultural safety and communication.
Description of the experience: Phenomenon – describe the here and now experience
I was on my third day of residential care placement; the staff had just started to take turns for their morning tea break so I took the time to catch up on my case study patient’s medical history in the nurses’ station. Within a few minutes the Manager of the rest home ran in to gather the blood pressure machine and bandages. She informed another student nurse and myself to “take these to Max’s (pseudonym) room NOW, while I call an ambulance”.
We rushed to Max’s room to find no one visible, we then heard a caregiver comforting Max from inside his shared bathroom. It was then that we informed by the care giver that Max had rushed to the bathroom, avoiding his sensor matt and slipped on his faeces landing on his right side and had injured his hip and head quite severely and was becoming unresponsive.
Both shocked on what we had walked in on, me and my colleague stood silently in the door frame. I noticed the care-givers eyes’ start to swell with tears so I put on my gloves and rushed in to help clean up the faeces around him. Following this I then helped to retrieve a pillow for Max’s head and helped ensure the blanket was covering Max to give him privacy and warmth. While we looked after Max until paramedics arrived we tried our best to talk calmly to Max to keep him aware of what was happening and also help keep him calm. Due to Max becoming unresponsive the care-giver and I kept encouraging
Following an adaption of Johns’ model of structured reflection (Jasper, 2003), I will discuss an event that occurred during my residential placement as a nursing student, what I have learnt and how I would act if the situation arose again. Lastly, I will discuss what I have learnt in relation to the Nursing Council of New Zealand competencies for cultural safety and communication.
Description of the experience: Phenomenon – describe the here and now experience
I was on my third day of residential care placement; the staff had just started to take turns for their morning tea break so I took the time to catch up on my case study patient’s medical history in the nurses’ station. Within a few minutes the Manager of the rest home ran in to gather the blood pressure machine and bandages. She informed another student nurse and myself to “take these to Max’s (pseudonym) room NOW, while I call an ambulance”.
We rushed to Max’s room to find no one visible, we then heard a caregiver comforting Max from inside his shared bathroom. It was then that we informed by the care giver that Max had rushed to the bathroom, avoiding his sensor matt and slipped on his faeces landing on his right side and had injured his hip and head quite severely and was becoming unresponsive.
Both shocked on what we had walked in on, me and my colleague stood silently in the door frame. I noticed the care-givers eyes’ start to swell with tears so I put on my gloves and rushed in to help clean up the faeces around him. Following this I then helped to retrieve a pillow for Max’s head and helped ensure the blanket was covering Max to give him privacy and warmth. While we looked after Max until paramedics arrived we tried our best to talk calmly to Max to keep him aware of what was happening and also help keep him calm. Due to Max becoming unresponsive the care-giver and I kept encouraging