Reflection On Reflection In Nursing

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Reflection is turning experience into Learning. Reflection is a conscious, dynamic process of thinking about, analysing, and learning from an experience that gives insight into self and practice.
As part of a six week clinical placement I was posted in Aged care. During my clinical placement, I had an opportunity to enhance my knowledge about the ageing process. I had learned to apply advanced knowledge to plan appropriate care for an older person with complex health needs, analyse the principles underpinning best nursing care of an older person, integrate legal and ethical considerations into nursing care, including documentation and develop practice in relation to the care of a person with dementia.
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I was asked by NUM to do some of the assessments for a new resident that came in during my duty hours. All assessments (nutritional profile, skin integrity profile, mobility profile) went well but I got struck with pain assessment tool (PAINAD) which they use for pain assessment as I was not able to comprehend the tool. I approached NUM for seeking clarification regarding pain assessment …show more content…

Afterwards I had done number of pain assessments on residents to analyse the effectiveness of their ongoing pain management program.
As per the National Competency Standards for the Registered Nurse, I was able to practice within an evidence-based framework (standard-3), participates in ongoing professional development (standard-4), and conducts a comprehensive and systematic assessment (standard-5)
Conclusion is the fifth stage of Gibbs (1988) cycle which acknowledges the learning and achievement of my goal of accurate pain assessment. I am now able to achieve my competency of collaborative and therapeutic practice and comprehensive assessment(Unit 5, 9, 10) as outlined in National Competency Standards for the Registered Nurse. I feel confident enough to assess the pain in non-verbal and dementia residents accurately and validly as the pain assessment done by me was counter assessed by NUM. She found it valid assessment. Moreover I was assessed by my assessor on my findings of pain assessment on three

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