Reflective Essay The aim of this essay is to prove an understanding of my perception of reflection and how reflective practice impacts on the clinical environment and the learning process. The essay is based on my practice and training in the cardiac ward during my Foundation degree in Health and Social Care. I have selected 5 extracts from my Reflective Journal concerning a patient experiencing shortness of breath which led to a cardiac arrest. In order to be able to use this situation for my
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Reflective Journal 1 This is a reflective journal on the nursing care of psychiatric patients in the inpatient setting. This journal will reflect on the milieu management‚ new learning experience‚ and my expressions of my own feelings towards the psychiatric facilities at John Hopkin’s hospital in Baltimore‚ Maryland. Milieu Management Milieu management‚ also known as environmental management‚ is a driven method put in place to ensure restorative benefit from the environment in which the patient
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I began my studies at the University of Phoenix online in the year 2012. My studies were in general Psychology accelerated courses online. My intentions were to further my education in order to transition from the educational field‚ and begin to pursue my career in Behavioral Health and Sciences. However‚ during this transition in my life‚ I began to encounter some distracting and difficult challenges along the way that were very stressful and emotional for me. Many of my challenges were very drastic
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Reflective Practice Portfolio Q1: Recall a situation in your clinical experiences in which an ethical decision was being made. If you have not been involved in this process yet‚ ask your preceptor to share an experience with you. Be sure only to discuss the situation as a case scenario without use of names of persons involved. Which ethical decision-making principles came into play? What impact did the ANA and/or ICN codes of ethics have on the decision that was made? Answer A 48 year old African-American
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Reflective Practice Reflection: Reflecting on the experience of a person who is incontinent. Time and date: May 5th 2012 Pat is a patient where I am doing my work experience in a nursing home. I introduced myself as one of his carers sat down beside him I made sure he was comfortable I introduced myself and asked was it ok to sit down beside him maintaining good eye contact and speaking in a low friendly tone of voice. Thinking and feeling: I felt that I was able to talk to Pat and I made
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The aim of this assignment is to review a reflective account of events that occurred during a clinical placement‚ whilst on operational practice in an out of hospital environment. This incident involved a physical assault on a young woman. Siviter (2004) defines reflection as gaining self-confidence‚ identifying when to improve‚ learning from good or bad mistakes and behaviour‚ being self-aware and improving the future by learning the past. Therefore reflection can enable the Paramedic to use
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I believe that implementing strategies to promote‚ maintain‚ and restore health is key to the nursing career; the main goal of nursing is to improve an individual’s health. In my clinical experience‚ it’s to maintain the individual’s health issues or diseases. An example of using teaching/learning principles is when taking a resident’s blood glucose a family member asked me what the normal range for blood glucose is. I explained that a blood glucose level between 70-100mg/dL is desired. Then I went
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Reflective Essay This essay aims to critically review my strengths and weaknesses as a self-regulated learner‚ in relation to key skills which demonstrate my ability to use reflective practice. Also‚ the essay will identify and implement the learning skills required to complete the modules in Year 2 of the programme. It will produce and make use of individual learning plans that reflect how I could improve upon my interpersonal skills and implement a personal development plan. Furthermore‚ a demonstration
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Reflective Journal Implementation of the evidence review on best practice for confirming the correct placement of nasogastric tube in patients in an acute care A nasogastric tube is inserted to a patient for medical administration‚ feeding and for drainage of gastric content‚ it is very commonly be used in the ward‚ especially for critically ill patients in acute care ward and the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). And according to our previous knowledge‚ we have learnt several methods to check the correct
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Reflective Essay Why we use reflection It is important that we use reflection in order to further develop our skills in practice. No matter which reflective cycle chosen it is important that you identify what has been learned from the experience‚ how it has helped‚ if it is negative‚ how to overcome the problem in the future‚ and how it relates to theory and knowledge you have been taught. Reflective practice has been identified as one of the key ways in which we learn from our experiences in practice
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