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Assessment : Post -Clinical personal reflection on clinical skills
Aim of assessment
This assessment aims to use critical self-reflection to achieve personal and professional self-awareness about your own practice in relation to core practice skills and the need for professional development. Engaging in critical reflection and critical thinking assists you in becoming a life-long learner in your personal and professional life.
Details
Identify ONE of the core practice skills provided below that you have completed this semester in your clinical practice unit:
Aseptic technique and simple wound management (wound dressing) Nursing responsibilities and practices when providing care for dying People and their families in home, aged care or hospital settings Identifying the person at risk: Falls and Pressure Area
Performing vital signs
Blood Glucose Testing
Mini Mental Health Assessment
Drug and Alcohol Assessment
Applying standard precautions/infection-control/ manual handling and other WH&S measures to promote safety
Students are to use the GIBBS Reflective Cycle (Gibbs. 1988) as a resource to complete the components below:
1. Describe in detail the clinical core practice skill that you are reflecting on.
2. Explain how this core practice skill or learning experience made you feel and why it made you feel this way.
3. Evaluate the positive and negative aspects of this core practice skill and the implications of these
4. Analyse the clinical learning you developed from the core practice skill and aspects that affected your clinical learning
5. Identify what else you could have done to enhance your learning experience when completing the core practice skill chosen
6. Action plan, what would you do differently to inform your future practice? Identify what new knowledge you require to support this action plan.
7. Provide at least 3 current (within 5 years) and relevant references in text and in a complete reference list according to APA Referencing Style.