Examples of Reflective Writing Example 1 I arrived on the ward at 7:30 ready to begin a 12-hour shift. After receiving handover‚ my mentor assigned me the job of bathing Mr B with the help of a healthcare assistant. Mr B has Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)‚ a progressive disease of the nervous system with rapid deterioration due to spongiform encephalopathy. He is not expected to live to Christmas‚ even though he is only 19 years old. He is mentally aware of what is going on but is physically
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losses; overall‚ pretty commonplace‚ small town lives. Here‚ hidden in the ordinary‚ Wilder begins to weave one of his themes and uses Mrs. Gibbs to advance it. She is raising two children‚ married to the town doctor‚ and just a regular housewife. Hers is a perfect life for Wilder to expand upon the theme of finding extraordinary in the ordinary. Mrs. Gibbs as a character strengthens the idea that even the most ordinary‚ run-of-the-mill lives can be special and meaningful to the people living them
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One of the only universally medically proven methods for preventing the spread of HIV during sexual intercourse is the correct use of condoms‚ and condoms are also the only method promoted by health authorities worldwide. For HIV positive mothers wishing to prevent the spread of HIV to their child during birth‚ antiretroviral drugs have been medically proven to reduce the likelihood of the spread of the infection. Increased risk of contracting HIV often correlates with infection by other diseases
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Experiencing Mentorship & Reflection of Practice – Applying Research in Practice Description of Mentorship Through out the years the nursing profession has changed‚ through evidence based practice‚ and nursing research the profession has elevated. Nurses have the tremendous responsibility of human lives in their hands‚ and as such the demand for clinical competence is essential. Academic education is a part of the journey however‚ as nursing is a practical profession there is also
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Mason Ramsay CAS Reflection for 15 October 2012 Since my last CAS reflection and meeting‚ the special needs cheerleading team that I coach has started practicing again. I plan to work with the team until the end of the season in May. The group of kids has grown from seven to twelve and I am excited for the new kids on the team. I hope that they will enjoy it as much as I do‚ and I know that I will be able to bond with these children just as I bonded with the children on the team last year.
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In this essay I intend to reflect upon the first time I administered an injection. To assist me in the process of reflection I will use De Bono ’s Six Thinking Hats (1985) methodology of thinking. Although‚ traditionally‚ this method is used in business and management‚ I feel that it is applicable to nursing as it has enabled me to dissect my thinking. De Bono suggests that we need to practice deliberate thinking as opposed to reactive thinking if we really want to progress ideas and reach sensible
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in which I have achieved and demonstrated competency in practice. I will utilize the Gibbs [1988] six stage reflective cycle in order to reflect on my personal experience from the work based learning module. I will examine my thoughts‚ feelings and evaluate and analyse the rationale of why I have developed my particular clinical skill and the benefits of this to the patient‚ service and role development. Reflection is characterized as learning through experience towards gaining new insights or changed
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NURSING INFORMATICS Module 1 |SEMESTER ONE | |LEARNING ACTIVITIES | | | |Health 1 | |Electronic Literature Search | |Professional Growth 1 | |Nursing Informatics as Competency
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Reflective Journal on clinical practice Event | Evidence | On 4th June‚ H’stix was done to a patient. | It is my first time to perform H’stix to patient. I misunderstood that a small drop of blood was enough but it should be more for the blood glucose detector to measure. | From 5th - 7th June‚ Vital signs taking was done | There is a big time improvement for vital signs taking after three-day practice. The procedure of vital signs taking becomes smoother.Since the patient is an isolation
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How Reflection Affects Nursing Practice in the Clinical Setting Dakota Melland The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explain how the skill of reflection affects nursing students in the clinical setting. Different reflection examples and how they affect nursing practice will be discussed. A nursing reflective study from 2007 will also be explained to give a better understanding of how reflection enhances nursing student’s educations during clinical
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