reflective essay based on my attendance at a multidisciplinary team (MDT) meeting whilst on my two-week placement at a local mental health day hospital. The aim of this essay is to discuss the importance of the multidisciplinary team within the mental health environment and discuss factors that can influence the success or failure of multidisciplinary teams. Mental health teams generally comprise of psychiatrists‚ clinical psychologists‚ nurses‚ occupational therapists and social workers‚ but other
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Health Promotion Reflection In this reflection I will be using Gibbs Model of Reflection (Jasper M‚ 2003). I will be talking about a patient who was advised to give up smoking‚ as part of promoting health to the patient but not directly linked to their illness and treatment. What Happened. I had a patient come into the ward who had had surgery‚ but this patient was overweight and a smoker which always effects the procedure and recovery. During the nights they had to sleep with a machine to
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Some say that nursing is a straightforward profession‚ that a nurse only needs to look after poorly patients‚ administer medication‚ and write documentation. That caring is innate to human beings and doing it as a job is not so much difficult. But in my personal opinion‚ nursing is anything other than straightforward. Nursing as a profession requires critical thinking and sometimes spur-of-the-moment decision-making as the lives of people depend on such decisions. (Reflective Model Used) This paper
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could use this situation for my reflection the patient will be referred to as "Mr H". This is in order that his real name is protected and that confidentially maintained in line with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct to "Treat information about patients and clients as confidential and use it only for the purpose for which it was given." In order to help me with my reflection I have chosen Gibbs (1988)‚ as the model to help with my reflective process. This model comprises of a process that helps
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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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Gibbs model touches all aspects of the past incidents and which contains description‚ feeling‚ evaluation‚ analysis and conclusion. I would need to descript by understanding what had happened in the past and review the causes and actual outcomes as it is related to an incident that is being reflected upon. Next‚ based on my description I can determine if the incident was a good or a bad one and at the same time I would be able to understand the actual factors that contributed to my feelings. Basically
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some of the foods that you can gradually start giving your baby are: * Boiled and mashed vegetables. Use vegetables like potatoes‚ cauliflower‚ carrots‚ beans‚ etc. * Starchy foods which are rich in carbohydrates like rice‚ potatoes‚ cereals‚ and oats. * Ripe and mashed fruits‚ e.g.‚ banana‚ apple. * Diluted fruit juice (1 part fruit juice to 10 parts of water). * Dairy products like cheese and yogurt. * Commercial weaning products contain a variety of ingredients to meet the nutritional
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Introduction: In this essay‚ I will discuss several issues that seem to bind nursing practice with questions of ethics‚ sociology and management. Reflective practice is an important aspect of nursing management and in this essay we discuss implications of discrimination in nursing care and examine the importance of anti-discriminatory perspectives in nursing. In this paper‚ the case study I will elaborate is of an elderly woman who was of a non-British ethnic origin and spoke little English. A junior
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confidentiality. NMC (2008). Reflection is an important tool for all health care practitioners. It can improve our skills and help us understand the choices we make while in practice. Williams (2001) states that “Reflective learning involves assessment and re-assessment of assumptions and critical reflection occurs whenever underlying premises are being questioned”. Critically reflecting on events we experience will continually add to our understanding and knowledge base. “Reflection makes the practitioner
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under local anaesthesia in operation theatre. For this reflection‚I have used modified form of Gibbs model of reflection(1988). Reid(1993 cited Burns‚2008) suggests that using modified Gibbs model allows a practitioner to criticise oneself about the quality of reflection. Gibbs’ reflective cycle assists one to reflect sequentially through the incident‚ and arranges the thought process in a specific format ‚Brookes(2014). But‚in this reflection‚I have condensed my final thoughts into one conclusion
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For this reflection I will be using the Gibbs reflective cycle (1988) to demonstrate how members of the multi-disciplinary team worked together to achieve a positive client outcome. I will use the Gibbs model which incorporates the following: description‚ feelings‚ evaluation‚ analysis‚ conclusion and action plan (Gibbs 1988). This model facilitates critical thoughts‚ linking theory to practice and allows my personal feelings and opinions to be reflected upon. This reflection will discuss the importance
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Reflection based on Gibbs’ model of reflection (Gibbs‚ 1988) Description: I spent a week with other professionals from the Health Professions Council. The aim was to learn from each other to enable us to become better professionals and to help with our individual learning. the session also gave me an insight into how we work together with other professional groups in practice (Miller and Freeman‚ 2007). For this reflection I shall be reflecting on teams roles. As a professional I will need
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studying to be health professionals to work as part of team on a piece of work and to learn about different health professionals that there is (Barr et all 2005). In this assignment I will use Gibbs (1998) model of reflection (see appendix 1) to reflect on some of the work that the group and myself carried out and ways in which it could be improved. The aspects of working on the group poster that I enjoyed the most were getting to meet new people and learning about the different health professionals
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The purpose of this task is to produce a reflective account of a work based incident using Gibbs model of reflection. The reflection will be based on communication skills in the ward setting. To maintain confidentiality of the patient in this reflection they will be known as Mrs X‚ in accordance with the NMC code of conduct (2008). Mrs X was an elderly lady admitted to the ward for rehabilitation. It became clear from the morning nurse handing over that Mrs X had been very ‘difficult’ to nurse
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illness‚ have negative perceptions on mental health nurses‚ viewing it as less desirable‚ requiring little knowledge and giving no opportunity for professional progression. (Ng‚ et al. 2010) This is because mental health problems are harder to portray and understand than physical health problems‚ along with the fact it is easier to sympathise with someone who has a visible illness. (Angermeyer & Schulze. 2003) Students looking to move into a mental health nursing career are frequently recommended to
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NU 306 Mental Health Nursing *Reflections: Clinical Experiences in Community - Gero 1. Describe characteristics of clients served by this program. The clients at Shoals Hospital in the geriatric psyc. Unit were obviously old. I think the youngest person was a 60 year old female. All had psychiatric disorders but the disorder that seemed to be most prevalent was Major Depressive Disorder. I also got to talk to the oldest living person with Huntington’s disease which was very cool. 2
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I chose this model as it allows me to navigate myself through the reflection process and identify areas of weakness‚ ultimately enabling me to overcome these and improve my future nursing practice. Gibbs model is broken down into six stages as follows; Description: What happened? Feelings: how did I feel? Evaluation: What was good about the experience? What was
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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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In this paper‚ I am going to reflect on the situation that took place during the interview session of my first clinical in an old age home. I am going to use Gibbs Model for Reflection (1988) for this reflective writing in my assignment. Description The first clinical placement for my first semester of bachelor of nursing was in an old age home. In the old age home‚ my colleague and I had to take an interview with one elderly lady. We started talking to Mrs. X who is 88 years old. Mrs. X began
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Name Mental health I had been having periods of anxiety for over eight months which were characterized by sleepless nights and difficulties in concentration. Before then‚ I had been taking care of my father after my mother became ill and passed away two years ago. She had looked after my father and me in a loving manner and always took good care of us. I am a single women aged 26 years. I recently resigned from work in order to be present with my father as I take care of him. The problem got worse
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