Personal and Professional Development
Personal and Professional Development
This assignment will discuss proficiency from within the pre-registration clinical profile. The proficiency to be discussed shall be clause 4.1 'Personal and Professional Development '. The rationale as to why this proficiency was chosen was to reflect on a challenging situation in regards a client with personality disorder, which the author experienced during a clinical placement. The client who shall be referred to as 'Trevor, ' as to protect his identity in regulation to the Nursing and Midwifery Councils (NMC) 2004 Code of Professional Conduct regarding confidentiality (clause 3.2, pp 5). To help facilitate this assignment, a reflective model (Gibbs model 1988) will be incorporated to discuss how the author has achieved the necessary level of competence during nurse training.
The rationale to why this proficiency was chosen was mainly due to reflective practice being one of the pinnacle aspects to nursing, and especially so when faced with challenging situations. By reflection the student nurse can learn from past experiences by looking intensely at what the actual situation involved and to remember how emotions, thoughts and feelings played a part in the outcome. By evaluating and analysing on these points the nurse can develop an action plan to support future clinical practice. From reflecting on clinical aspects a student nurse can make the transition to professional nurse.
Gibbs (1988) model of reflection incorporates the following: description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion and an action plan.
The model will be applied to the essay to facilitate critical thoughts, relating theory to practice where the model allows. Also appropriate legislations will be included to support the assignment. A conclusion to the essay will then be given which will discuss how reflection skills contribute to acknowledging competence and provide evidence to personal and professional development.
The primary
This assignment will discuss proficiency from within the pre-registration clinical profile. The proficiency to be discussed shall be clause 4.1 'Personal and Professional Development '. The rationale as to why this proficiency was chosen was to reflect on a challenging situation in regards a client with personality disorder, which the author experienced during a clinical placement. The client who shall be referred to as 'Trevor, ' as to protect his identity in regulation to the Nursing and Midwifery Councils (NMC) 2004 Code of Professional Conduct regarding confidentiality (clause 3.2, pp 5). To help facilitate this assignment, a reflective model (Gibbs model 1988) will be incorporated to discuss how the author has achieved the necessary level of competence during nurse training.
The rationale to why this proficiency was chosen was mainly due to reflective practice being one of the pinnacle aspects to nursing, and especially so when faced with challenging situations. By reflection the student nurse can learn from past experiences by looking intensely at what the actual situation involved and to remember how emotions, thoughts and feelings played a part in the outcome. By evaluating and analysing on these points the nurse can develop an action plan to support future clinical practice. From reflecting on clinical aspects a student nurse can make the transition to professional nurse.
Gibbs (1988) model of reflection incorporates the following: description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion and an action plan.
The model will be applied to the essay to facilitate critical thoughts, relating theory to practice where the model allows. Also appropriate legislations will be included to support the assignment. A conclusion to the essay will then be given which will discuss how reflection skills contribute to acknowledging competence and provide evidence to personal and professional development.
The primary
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