Reflection Paper On Being A Prefect

At the age of thirteen, I found myself visiting my mother on a cancer ward. How depressing? In fact, it wasn’t due to the high-spirited enthusiastic nurses, this is where it dawned on me, my heart lay in nursing. Nurses have the unique role within each health care setting they come into contact with, the thought of having the chance to positively change and improve someone’s quality of life leaves me yearning for the opportunity. Throughout secondary school, I remained a hard-working and dedicated student, my enthusiasm for learning shined through, so much that I was selected to become a prefect. During my time as a prefect I was given a year seven form class to look after and monitor progress, throughout the year this was a great responsibility

Throughout my week placement, I was given the opportunity to shadow nurses, inserting cannulas, clean dressings and take general observations, only some of the things I was fortunate enough to see within the week. One of my poignant experienced during my week of placement was being able to witness stuff dealing with a patient infected with MRSA, learning the vast extent of maintaining hygiene by following legislation allowed me to gain an insights in to some of the subject knowledge I as a nurse will need to know. On entering my second year of health and social care I have begun a year’s placement at North Middlesex hospital, I am attending placement once a week, shadowing a nurse each time. Having started my placement I had to instantly demonstrate my resilience after dealing with distressing situations such as watching a patient being incubated. Being In a hospital environment has allowed me to gain clinical knowledge on how a ward is run, by solving an analysing problem.

From beginning health and social care level 3 until present, I have sacrificed a lot of my free time in completing assignments to a deadline. Most of my time had previously been dedicated to my hobby; Salsa dancing. Dancing has improved