Clinical Meeting Reflection

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This is a reflective essay based upon my experience that I had during my three week clinical placement in the hospital. The main aim of this reflection is to explore the importance of communication and interpersonal skills in the clinical placements. So in this paper I am going to reflect upon an incident with a particular patient with whom I communicate verbally and non-verbally most of the time during my placement. In contrast to this incident, I am going to use Gibbs model of reflection which consists of 6 stages that are description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, and conclusion and action plan. Description:-During my placement, in second year I was working in surgical ward .This was my second day on the placement ,I was informed by mentor …show more content…

When I cared and communicate with Sam I found that why he was so aggressive and angry. I notice that he was a smoker he do not have smoking from two days which makes him angry. Moreover, he do not have wheel chair in his room he was confined to his bed and therefore he lost his autonomy. According to NMC code of professional conduct (2008) nurses have to treat patients with respect and maintain their dignity. I feel so angry and thinking that I had to be questioned that why Sam’s requests were ignored by …show more content…

It is helpful in maintain therapeutic relationship between patients and health professionals. Poor communication skills leads to poor outcomes in the patient care (Pincock, 2004). According to NMC 2007 identified communication as an important skill in nursing profession and to become a register nurse students should have to be competent in this skill. In relation to Sam’s case nonverbal and verbal communication skills are required to tackle with his aggressive behaviour.(Berman.et,al,2010).As Sam’s body language showed that he was angry and tense according to peate,2006 when the patient is angry and aggressive it is require to use nonverbal communication skills while interacting with them. Nonverbal communication refers to bodily and facial expressions and touch among others ().In contrast if we approach Sam with empathy ensured if that we understood him and his participation in communication is valued it will help us to settle his aggressive behaviour. ().Sam’s aggressive behaviour was also one of the barrier in the communication. It may be due to withdrawal of cigarettes and nurses overlooked this symptom which leads to frustration among sam. He had no means of mobility to be able to leave the ward for a cigarettes .so this makes him angry. According to pepula (2004) theory of interpersonal relationship person get frustrated and angry when

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