For my finial reflection I have decided to reflect on the reflective practice itself and my abilities to practice reflection‚ as it appears I am having some issues with the process. After receiving an A- on my last reflection‚ I spoke with my Faculty Advisor (FA) with the intention of discovering why I was not achieving marks in the A+ range on my reflections‚ and what I need to work on to improve on the quality of my reflections. Her feedback was that I was too broad in my approach; I spend too
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on our actions to better ourselves both professionally and personally. Reflection is important in the nursing profession as it allows us to think about our actions and discuss how we could perform them differently. We can then decide what we would do differently should the situation arise again (Johns and Burnie‚ 2013). Reflection plays a big role in developing the student into a nurse. Reflective practice involves exploration of oneself and it can lead to more competent practitioners (Barbour‚ 2013)
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Reflective Journal 1 This is a reflective journal on the nursing care of psychiatric patients in the inpatient setting. This journal will reflect on the milieu management‚ new learning experience‚ and my expressions of my own feelings towards the psychiatric facilities at John Hopkin’s hospital in Baltimore‚ Maryland. Milieu Management Milieu management‚ also known as environmental management‚ is a driven method put in place to ensure restorative benefit from the environment in which the patient
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Reflective Practice Portfolio Q1: Recall a situation in your clinical experiences in which an ethical decision was being made. If you have not been involved in this process yet‚ ask your preceptor to share an experience with you. Be sure only to discuss the situation as a case scenario without use of names of persons involved. Which ethical decision-making principles came into play? What impact did the ANA and/or ICN codes of ethics have on the decision that was made? Answer A 48 year old African-American
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Reflective Practice Reflection: Reflecting on the experience of a person who is incontinent. Time and date: May 5th 2012 Pat is a patient where I am doing my work experience in a nursing home. I introduced myself as one of his carers sat down beside him I made sure he was comfortable I introduced myself and asked was it ok to sit down beside him maintaining good eye contact and speaking in a low friendly tone of voice. Thinking and feeling: I felt that I was able to talk to Pat and I made
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The purpose of this task is to produce a reflective account of a work based incident using Gibbs model of reflection. The reflection will be based on communication skills in the ward setting. To maintain confidentiality of the patient in this reflection they will be known as Mrs X‚ in accordance with the NMC code of conduct (2008). Mrs X was an elderly lady admitted to the ward for rehabilitation. It became clear from the morning nurse handing over that Mrs X had been very ‘difficult’ to nurse
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This reflective essay will reflect on my experience of the adaptation course. In order to gain an insight into my development I will focus on certain issues that have been prominent during the course. I studied and trained as a nurse in the Czech Republic. Upon graduating I worked part time in an oncology department and then full time in a general medicine department for 7 months. Then I decided to come to England to learn English and to try living in different country. During my stay here it came
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University of Stirling studying Adult nursing. Stirling university is a fantastic place to live‚ work and study. The Nursing and Midwifery School in the University of Stirling has exceptional learning environments in which to enrich learning experiences. The University is often described of as one of the most attractive in the world and surrounds a beautiful loch filled with swans‚ rabbits and squirrels adding to the relaxed learning environment. Within the School of Nursing and midwifery‚ we have innovative
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highly of the nurses that made an impact in her short life. I wish to provide this kind of meaningful compassion to a patient one day. I currently volunteer at the UA Campus Health Walk-in Clinic and it has opened my heart and mind to the world of nursing. My duties involve patient interaction‚ shadowing health care
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I believe that implementing strategies to promote‚ maintain‚ and restore health is key to the nursing career; the main goal of nursing is to improve an individual’s health. In my clinical experience‚ it’s to maintain the individual’s health issues or diseases. An example of using teaching/learning principles is when taking a resident’s blood glucose a family member asked me what the normal range for blood glucose is. I explained that a blood glucose level between 70-100mg/dL is desired. Then I went
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