Practice Arena as a Learning Environment
THE PRACTISE ARENA AS A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Within this assignment, I will critically analyze the significance of my practice arena as a context of learning. I will then go to explore how I as a mentor can contribute to learning in practise in order to improve the learning environment.
In order to ensure confidentiality, no names of practice areas and person are identified. However, a pseudo name (with an asterisk) has been given where applicable.
For centuries it has always been the tradition of mankind to regard their working environment not only as their source of income but also as a learning portal in hope for a better future. As mankind becomes modernized, the standard expectation of self’s competency in the workplace has tremendously increased.
I am a State Registered Nurse, graduated with a diploma in 2001 and have been serving in the healthcare profession for the past 10 years. My working environment in the medical ward has its own flow of rules and routine that one has to comply. In this ward, the hierarchy of employees is determined by seniority. Every new ward staff or students that come for practical experience here will be given ample orientation regarding the rules and regulation, job description, ward layout and guidelines regarding the working procedure and workplace. As a clinical instructor, my responsibilities include scheduling the duty roster, giving orientation, supervising, assessing and evaluating the students while they are on clinical practice.
My working unit is a 31 bedded ward, where it is divided into 3 sections. The first section has 3 beds which usually admit high dependency care patients, section 2 accommodates 16 patients and the last section admits 14 patients at a time. This medical ward is a centre for referred medical cases from the surrounding area, thus the admission census is always high.
The implementation of ward or rather bed sectioning, is to facilitate in the admission of patients. It also helps in
Within this assignment, I will critically analyze the significance of my practice arena as a context of learning. I will then go to explore how I as a mentor can contribute to learning in practise in order to improve the learning environment.
In order to ensure confidentiality, no names of practice areas and person are identified. However, a pseudo name (with an asterisk) has been given where applicable.
For centuries it has always been the tradition of mankind to regard their working environment not only as their source of income but also as a learning portal in hope for a better future. As mankind becomes modernized, the standard expectation of self’s competency in the workplace has tremendously increased.
I am a State Registered Nurse, graduated with a diploma in 2001 and have been serving in the healthcare profession for the past 10 years. My working environment in the medical ward has its own flow of rules and routine that one has to comply. In this ward, the hierarchy of employees is determined by seniority. Every new ward staff or students that come for practical experience here will be given ample orientation regarding the rules and regulation, job description, ward layout and guidelines regarding the working procedure and workplace. As a clinical instructor, my responsibilities include scheduling the duty roster, giving orientation, supervising, assessing and evaluating the students while they are on clinical practice.
My working unit is a 31 bedded ward, where it is divided into 3 sections. The first section has 3 beds which usually admit high dependency care patients, section 2 accommodates 16 patients and the last section admits 14 patients at a time. This medical ward is a centre for referred medical cases from the surrounding area, thus the admission census is always high.
The implementation of ward or rather bed sectioning, is to facilitate in the admission of patients. It also helps in