Reflection on Practice 3

The reflection essay will focus on my experience and feelings about how I related with a patient who complained of severe pain in the surgical ward during my placement in the hospital as a student nurse.I will use Gibbs (1998) Reflective Cycle which is one of the most popular models of thought consists of six stages: Description which describes as the situation and what happened during the event . In my case, the management of this patient was admitted and was administered preoperatively for bowel obstruction ; secondly, the feelings that is the description or analysis of what my thoughts and feelings were at the time of the incident. Third, the evaluation of my experience : it's about what was good and bad about my experience . Fourthly the analysis of my experience of what I can do out of the situation . Conclusion is the sixth step and it's about what I could do and what could I not. The last step is the action plan. The action plan will be what I will do if this situation was raised or what I 'll do differently in the light of my experience in the steps above ( 2003) by Jasper. During my internship at acute surgical ward, I came across a patient who I will appoint Mr. A (not real name). This is due to confidentiality. According to the NMC (2008) code: Standards of conduct, performance and ethics for nurses and midwives to Article 5, 6 and 7, it says that "You have to respect people's right to privacy; You need to make sure people are informed about how and why the information is shared by those who provide their care; you must disclose information if you think someone may be at risk of harm, according to the law of the country in which you practice "(NMC 2008, p2). When I got to the room on 18th dec, the head nurse informed us about the case of the patient. I learned that Mr. Jones was admitted to the surgical department with severe abdominal pain and was diagnosed with bowel obstruction and is managed preoperatively for surgery. While attending to