,,Reflection is a process of receiving an experience of practice in order to describe, analyse, evaluate, and so inform learning about practice...’’ said Reid (1993).
It was one of the specialist placements during the second year of General Nursing programme. From 7th of February 2014 I started my work experience in Mental Health Unit 9A over Merlin Park Hospital in Galway. This specialist placement gave me opportunity to work under the guidance of a preceptor - one of the registered psychiatric nurses with people who suffer from mental health problems. To help in this reflective practice assignment, I have chosen Gibbs Reflective Cycle model. It is broken into clear steps: description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion and action plan (Gibbs, 1988). This structure can help to outline thoughts and feelings. Discussion will include my existing knowledge and the evidence based for the clinical skill. According to Cooney (1999) I will summarize my personal reflection and show how that situation had an impact on my personal and professional development and also of my future practice. To respect and protect the patient’s confidentiality, names and details have been changed.
Description
I was allocated in Unit 9A. This Unit was built in a 1950s in the east side of Galway City. Its main purpose is to provide treatment and rehabilitation to the residents. The aim of the unit is to enable patients to achieve the highest possible level of functioning and provide the best quality of life (Galway University Hospitals, 2010).
First contact wasn’t pleasure for me. Old building. I remember strong smell of cigarettes all over the place, even all windows were open. It was my first psychiatric placement and I didn’t know wha...
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...hat has worked and what hasn’t. If a student for example is taking blood for the first time and something goes wrong, they don’t find the right vein. Reflective practise would help that student to understand what he/she done wrong while carrying out the procedure and how they could stop that from happening again. Not is only reflective practice good for pointing out the bad factors of something but can also be there for when a procedure goes exceptionally well. If a health professional finds a certain technique works better than what’s in place already, reflective practise is a good way to shear the information you found with other colleges so they can carry out that particular producer. Gibbs 1988 is an example of reflective practice, he uses six stages when doing reflective practice which include Description, feelings, evaluation, analyse, analyse and actions plan.
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This essay will explore the authors meaning of reflection, how various reflective styles can benefit the practitioners within their settings, and how important reflection is within Early Years Practice. According to Appleby (2010, p.10), reflection is a generic term which describes various behaviours involving feelings, and thinking about thoughts and experiences, in order to examine issues and develop, new understandings and insights. Reflection within practice allows the practitioner to develop a sense of awareness around their daily activities, and helps them to evaluate how they could evolve these activities further, if the given opportunity was to arise again. Similarly, keeping a reflective journal
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The ability to become reflective in practice has become a necessary skill for health professionals. This is to ensure that health professionals are continuing with their daily learning and improving their practice. Reflective practice plays a big part in healthcare today and is becoming increasingly noticed.
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The case study focused on a nursing student named Jane, who described how she “absorbed her patient’s emotional trauma like a sponge” (Rees, 2012, pg. 321). Through reflective practice, Jane claimed she was able to “deal with the emotional challenges such as fear she frequently felt in practice” (Rees, 2012, pg. 321). Dr Rees findings established how reflection can help nurses manage their emotions, in order to help the individual gain strength to overcome emotions brought about by the practice of nursing. Clearly reflective practice assists a nurse in being a success throughout their
Reflection is a process that begins with looking back on a situation thinking about it, learning from it and then using the new knowledge to help you in similar situations in the future. We need to evaluate through reflection to examine whether change is needed. We can then decide what action is needed and what we would do the next time we are faced with a similar situation. It might not necessarily be something you have done wrong, it may well be you were happy with the outcome of a situation you had some input into and would do again. It may have been something you did differently that had a positive result and
Especially since nurses in the course of their day-to-day work need to be able to act autonomously and make appropriate clinical judgements (9). Reflection can be of value in making sense of difficult situations, as it allows one to clarify the situation for themselves and the outcome is to have a changed perspective which enables the nurses to improve his or her clinical judgement (2). Thus why, it is imperative nurses engage in lifelong reflection which recognises its value for professional growth and development and improvement in the quality of patient care (7). The Gibb’s model of reflection, for example is a great tool that nurses can use daily to help improve these skills.
Help improved my clinical skills and professional development, made me proactive and thus have learnt that reflection is an important tool for student nurse to improve on their practice.
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