Reflective Practice in Oncology Nursing
Name of Programme:
BSc (Hons) Nursing
Student Name: Siti Aminah Ariffin
Student Number: J9168783
Name of Module
Acute Medical Care management
Module Code:
SDH 3010-N
Module leader:
Leslie Inayatullah
Assignment title Reflective Essay
Date of submission
10th September 2010
Word count: 3485 words
Nursing as a profession is committed to the care of patients and families throughout health and illness and across all setting of care. Nurses assess and plan care to deal with the multidimensional range of needs for those faced with cancer. Nurses have been integrally concerned in efforts focused on cancer prevention, and they also are essential in the emerging area of clinical heredity for prevention and early detection of cancer. I am a staff nurse with more than ten years of experience in oncology department; I have developed the oncology nursing skill in a one of the private hospital in klang valley. I would like to bring out my inspiration in oncology nursing and its reflection in this essay. Every now and again a new environment and situation comes along which really does add something to our understanding of what reflection is really means. The topics are excellent and I get to understand reflections in new ways from those are at the support group in my team especially. This topic is very accessible and full of insightful thoughts of reflection; there is an interesting array of proven and successful oncology trained nurses who have provided with a unique of how they treat the cancer patients in their various situations. Somehow, it also provides a fascinating insight into the influences, experience and approaches towards the cancer patients its highly practical approach those who wanted to become a good “features” nurses. Rather than just theorize, let us put it into the practical realities of reflection; now let me explain the variety of practical approach that demonstrate the key elements for the reflection.
First of all,
BSc (Hons) Nursing
Student Name: Siti Aminah Ariffin
Student Number: J9168783
Name of Module
Acute Medical Care management
Module Code:
SDH 3010-N
Module leader:
Leslie Inayatullah
Assignment title Reflective Essay
Date of submission
10th September 2010
Word count: 3485 words
Nursing as a profession is committed to the care of patients and families throughout health and illness and across all setting of care. Nurses assess and plan care to deal with the multidimensional range of needs for those faced with cancer. Nurses have been integrally concerned in efforts focused on cancer prevention, and they also are essential in the emerging area of clinical heredity for prevention and early detection of cancer. I am a staff nurse with more than ten years of experience in oncology department; I have developed the oncology nursing skill in a one of the private hospital in klang valley. I would like to bring out my inspiration in oncology nursing and its reflection in this essay. Every now and again a new environment and situation comes along which really does add something to our understanding of what reflection is really means. The topics are excellent and I get to understand reflections in new ways from those are at the support group in my team especially. This topic is very accessible and full of insightful thoughts of reflection; there is an interesting array of proven and successful oncology trained nurses who have provided with a unique of how they treat the cancer patients in their various situations. Somehow, it also provides a fascinating insight into the influences, experience and approaches towards the cancer patients its highly practical approach those who wanted to become a good “features” nurses. Rather than just theorize, let us put it into the practical realities of reflection; now let me explain the variety of practical approach that demonstrate the key elements for the reflection.
First of all,
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