I am reflecting on medication administration using different stages of Gibbs Reflective Cycle such as description‚ feelings‚ evaluation‚ analysis‚ conclusion and action plan (Gibbs‚ 1988). Medication administration is a key element for nursing practice. During my CPU class‚ my tutor demonstrated how to administered medications to patient using five rights which were right patient‚ right drug‚ right time‚ right dose and right route (Bullock & Manias‚ 2013)‚ to follow the OSCA criteria step by step
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always been stated to the nursing students about the importance of developing therapeutic and professional relations between clients and amongst the members of the interdisciplinary teams. Although I agree to the aforesaid statement‚ but I have always struggled to find the fine line that marks the professional boundaries. In this reflective writing‚ I will be using Gibbs reflective cycle (Gibbs‚ 1988) to describe my journey onto developing and using this essential nursing competency most effectively
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Reflective practice enables us to develop our reflective skills which can be used during the learning process‚ enabling health and social care professionals to improve the quality of care they deliver to patients (Baillie‚ L.‚ Black‚ S. and Dr‚ 2014). According to Dewey (1929)‚ the Educational theorist‚ he argued that “we do not learn by doing but by doing and realising what came out of what we did“(Baillie et al‚ 2014. P.264). In addition‚ (Howartson‚ J.‚ 2010) emphasises that when one reflects
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intelligence(Grainger 2010). It will use Gibbs(1969) reflective cycle to explain one of the areas where I found myself incompetent with the use of a pain assessment tool. Even though there are variety model of reflective writing Gibbs model is ideal and permitting for explanation‚ analysis and valuation of the experience helping the reflective personal to make sense of the incident and examine their works. To maintain the confidentiality of the persons according to Nursing and Midwifery Council (2008) it
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Using Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle (or Gibbs’ Reflective Model) Gibbs’ reflective cycle is a theoretical model often used by students as a framework in coursework assignments that require reflective writing. The model was created by Professor Graham Gibbs and appeared in Learning by Doing (1988). It looks like this: Action plan If it arose again what would you do? Descripiton What happened? Conclusion What else could you have done? Feelings What were you thinking and feeling
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Gibbs’ (1988) Reflective Cycle Gary‚ Andrea‚ Nick & Omar Gibbs’ reflective cycle is a common model for reflection. It includes 6 stages of reflection Gibbs (1988) reflective cycle • It is a never ending cycle‚ whereby theory and practice constantly feed each other • It can start as quite a shallow process‚ but the more you develop and the more you begin to analyse the tasks‚ the deeper your learning experience becomes • In professional practice‚ tasks do not always follow set procedures – you
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The clinical skill I have chosen to reflect on is the administration of Intramuscular (IM) injections. I will use a reflective model to guide me in my reflection. The Gibbs reflection cycle features‚ description‚ feelings‚ evaluation‚ description‚ conclusion and an action plan (Gibbs 1988). The first stage of Gibbs (1988) is description of events. On my clinical placement I had the opportunity to administer a drug to a patient via IM injection under the supervision of my mentor. I had already
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REFLECTION on Nursing Handover I have decided to reflect upon the first time I did a nursing handover. In accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2004) Code of professional conduct‚ confidentiality shall be maintained and the patient’s name is changed to protect indentity. Reflective writing is considered a key component of portfolio assessment because it provides evidence of skills development and increasing clinical competence (Smith 2005). What is reflection? Reflection is defined
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“Investigate transfer of information at nursing handover” (Boyd‚ Cumin‚ Devcich‚ & Lee‚ 2015‚ p. 161) is clear and concise. The dependent variable of this study is the nurse’s confidence in the truth of information and independent variables is the way the information is presented. The sample population is clearly defined‚ and the result “ adds to the literature because it is one of very few studies done using an experimental design to investigate nursing handover” (Boyd et al.‚ 2015‚ p. 165). Research
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GIBBS REFLECTIVE CYCLE Description (What happened?) Action Plan (If it arose again what would you do?) Feelings (What were you thinking & feeling?) Conclusion Evaluation (What was good & bad about the experience?) Description (What sense can you make of the situation?) (Gibbs 1998) Stage 1: Description of the event Describe in detail the event you are reflecting on. Include e.g. where were you; who else was there; why were you there; what were you doing; what were other people doing;
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