A REFLECTIVE ACCOUNT

A reflective account on a study which you undertook and how it informed your practice. use gibbs model model (1988).

A reflective account on a study which you undertook and how it informed your practice. use gibbs model model (1988).

Introduction

This reflective essay will reflect on my experience of the adaptation course. In order to gain an insight into my development I will focus on certain issues that have been prominent during the course. This assignment will explain the pathophysiology of the disease process chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It will examine how this disease affects an individual looking at the biological, psychological and social aspects. It will accomplish this by referring to a patient who was admitted to a medical ward with an exacerbation of COPD. Furthermore with assistance of Gibbs model of reflection (as cited in Bulman & Schutz, 2004) it will demonstrate how an experience altered an attitude.

A Reflective Essay

I studied and trained as a nurse upon graduating I worked part time in an oncology department and then full time in a general medicine department for 7 months. Then I decided to come to England to learn English and to try living in different country. During my stay here it came to my attention that there was a shortage of nurses and so I went about applying to be registered with NMC. Reflection is stimulated by perceived discrepancies between a patient's beliefs, values, or hypothesis and current information, information, understanding, or insight. Such discrepancies might take place spontaneously in the learning context. However, nurses who wish to stimulate reflection can use strategies designed specifically to reveal or highlight discrepancies.

A dialogue journal which describes the patient's self assessment and the nurse's or fellow patient's responses is one strategy for stimulating reflection. Responses to the magazine should be demanding, provoking and non-judgemental. Comments should inquire the origins of the self perceptions and the consequences of holding them (Brookfield, 1987). For instance, queries such as, `How did you decide on this view?' or `What actions would this lead you to?' will frequently provoke deeper self reflection. The time required writing and reflecting and the time required to respond are usually seen as barriers to use of this strategy. Quick turn around time for the submission and return of journals might reinforce primarily matter and process reflection. Patients can also be encouraged to write poems, tell stories, or draw pictures as a way of reflecting on the expressing of their experiences (Boud, & Feletti, 1991).

The incident provides a unique and effective means of leading patients from the specific to the general in understanding their underlying hypothesis and beliefs. Patients are asked to describe ah especially positive or negative undergo related to a particular topic or theme. A set of guiding queries is frequently provided. Assessment of the incident is perhaps even more important than the incident itself. Group discussion or patient-nurse discussion creates depth of self reflection.

Experiential approaches have long been the cornerstone of facilitating patient ...