Reflection: Nursing and Professional Student Nurse
|Reflective Essay |
Introduction
The aims and objectives of this assignment are to reflect on an incident and to explore and discuss research and theory with my understanding of the incident. Within this study the client referred to will be called Mr Bloggs, this is in order that his real name is protected and that his confidentiality will be maintained, in line with the UKCC code of conduct (1992). This contributes to one of the four NMC outcomes (Professional/ethical practice). My critical incident took place at a local Hospital during my thirty weeks placement.
In order to help me with my reflection I have chosen Gibbs (1988), as the model to help guide my reflective process. This is an iterative model with six stopping points, using these stopping points as headings; I will be able to reflect fully on the incident. So, what is reflection? According to Reid (1993), “reflection is a process of reviewing an experience of practice in order to describe, analyse, evaluate and so inform learning about practice”.
Description
Mr Bloggs was admitted to my allocated placement in an acute medical ward and he came in with an alcohol problem. He was found in the street unconscious with bruises all over his face down to his arms. He had been drinking heavily which made him aggressive. They put him into the side ward, as it appeared as if he could be harmful to the other patients. As I began my shift I could see he was becoming agitated. It was a bit chaotic in the ward, staff nurses were rushing around, and doctors were preparing for the ward round. I sat at the nurses’ station with a piece of paper in my hand preparing for hand over. Mr Bloggs came and sat beside me and looked annoyingly at one of the staff nurses. As the staff nurse was quite busy, she did not have enough time to assess him. I was not aware that this had made him more agitated. I tried to ignore him, as he was walking up and down the ward corridor and sometimes
Introduction
The aims and objectives of this assignment are to reflect on an incident and to explore and discuss research and theory with my understanding of the incident. Within this study the client referred to will be called Mr Bloggs, this is in order that his real name is protected and that his confidentiality will be maintained, in line with the UKCC code of conduct (1992). This contributes to one of the four NMC outcomes (Professional/ethical practice). My critical incident took place at a local Hospital during my thirty weeks placement.
In order to help me with my reflection I have chosen Gibbs (1988), as the model to help guide my reflective process. This is an iterative model with six stopping points, using these stopping points as headings; I will be able to reflect fully on the incident. So, what is reflection? According to Reid (1993), “reflection is a process of reviewing an experience of practice in order to describe, analyse, evaluate and so inform learning about practice”.
Description
Mr Bloggs was admitted to my allocated placement in an acute medical ward and he came in with an alcohol problem. He was found in the street unconscious with bruises all over his face down to his arms. He had been drinking heavily which made him aggressive. They put him into the side ward, as it appeared as if he could be harmful to the other patients. As I began my shift I could see he was becoming agitated. It was a bit chaotic in the ward, staff nurses were rushing around, and doctors were preparing for the ward round. I sat at the nurses’ station with a piece of paper in my hand preparing for hand over. Mr Bloggs came and sat beside me and looked annoyingly at one of the staff nurses. As the staff nurse was quite busy, she did not have enough time to assess him. I was not aware that this had made him more agitated. I tried to ignore him, as he was walking up and down the ward corridor and sometimes
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