CRITICAL REFLECTIVE JOURNAL SUMMARY INTRODUCTION In the era of evidence based practice and knowledge-driven healthcare‚ nurses are constantly challenged to discover new and better ways of delivering care. Thus‚ journaling and reflective practice becomes an important tool in Nursing Practice. Reflective writing through keeping a journal allows nurses to become more sensitive observers and encourages enquiry which focuses on the roles as well as direction of nursing (Holly‚ 1987). Through this professional
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LEARN Reflective Based on Previous Nursing Practice Look Back During a night shift in ICU‚ a 65 years old unconscious patient had massive bleeding from his IV catheter because I did not fix the end cap properly after starting the IV line. Elaborate Objective Recall Direct supervisor‚ resident physician and I were involved in this event. I fixed an 18 gauge IV catheter on the brachial vein of the patient’s right hand but I did not do the procedure properly. I put the end cap on the Luer lock but
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Nursing Diagnosis 1. Acute pain R/T: inflammation and obstruction of the gallbladder AEB: patient verbalizes abdominal pain of 7/10‚ grimaces‚ rubs his stomach‚ BP 158/79‚ T990F 2. Deficient knowledge R/T: lack of knowledge about the importance of incentive spirometer AEB: patient says that he does not know how to use and needs to know more about its importance. 3. Risk for deficient fluid volume R/T: restricted intake 4. Risk for imbalanced nutrition less than body requirement R/T: impaired
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Chest Trauma Chest trauma is classified as either blunt or penetrating. 1. Blunt Chest Trauma I. Definition a. Blunt chest trauma results from sudden compression or positive pressure inflicted to the chest wall. Motor vehicle crashes (trauma due to steering wheel‚ seat belt)‚ falls‚ and bicycle crashes (trauma due to handle bars) are the most common causes of blunt chest trauma. II. Pathophysiology Injuries to the chest are often life-threatening and result in one or
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I am reflecting on medication administration using different stages of Gibbs Reflective Cycle such as description‚ feelings‚ evaluation‚ analysis‚ conclusion and action plan (Gibbs‚ 1988). Medication administration is a key element for nursing practice. During my CPU class‚ my tutor demonstrated how to administered medications to patient using five rights which were right patient‚ right drug‚ right time‚ right dose and right route (Bullock & Manias‚ 2013)‚ to follow the OSCA criteria step by step
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upon my practice placements and discuss my development in relation to professional/ethical practice‚ care delivery‚ care management and personal/professional development. These are the four domains related to the learning outcomes required by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC‚ 2004)) for entry in to the professional register. They are all concerned with promoting high standards of professional practice and good quality of patient’s care. I will also reflect upon the Enquiry Based Learning (EBL)
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Sarah Santiago Student ID# VT1501024 English2: Part 2 General (Revision B) 06 - Assignment 1_6 When I got into a terrible car accident last year‚ I thought it was the worse time in my life. Little did I realize that this experience would help me grow‚ and even inspire me – not despite the horrific nature of the event‚ but because of what happened. Most of the time when people go through huge things in life whether it’s good or bad‚ the outcome is them learning something from whatever happened.
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Guidelines for completing the Reflective Journal Templates Studies have shown that reflection upon one’s learning is key to a full learning experience. For this reason‚ you will be required to keep reflective journals as part of your professional development. There are two different Reflective Journal templates. • Workshop Reflection – to be completed after attendance of each one day of workshop • Technology Reflection – to be competed after using the technology in your work practises
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Award in Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector Reflective Journal Session One – Practical (13/10/10) Sue Bracchi The main points I have learnt from this session are: We started the session with an icebreaker which was very specific. I found this very challenging as I wanted to say more than the one point that was allowed. The ‘Get/Give’ activity was very thought provoking as it allowed me to really think about what it was I actually wanted from the course and what I felt I
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practice under the supervision of my mentor‚ utilising the skills taught during the module thus far. What happened During morning routine sick parade I was presented with a 21 year old male soldier experiencing severe acute‚ non specific‚ abdominal pain. Under the supervision of the medical officer (MO) I proceeded to carry out a full assessment and abdominal examination‚ using Byrne and Long’s (1976) model to structure the consultation. I requested the patients’ consent before conducting the examination
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