REFLECTION ON PRACTICE

Reflection on Practice

[Name of Student]

Scope of the Report

The report examines an experience which is related to the personal clinical practice of a nurse. This report would be used to expand the personal knowledge and the reflection practice to learn from the experience in wound healing of a patient. Gibb's reflection model (1988) is used to develop the reflection practice for the analysis and discussion of the personal learning and development made in the light of the experience.

Introduction1

Gibbs model of Reflection2

Discussion2

Models of Reflection3

John's Reflection3

Kolb's Learning Cycle4

Reflective Practice5

Gibbs model of Reflection (1988)5

Wound Management and Reflection7

Wound Healing Process7

Type 1 Diabetic8

Type 1 diabetic patient wound handling8

Glycaemia Control9

Neuropathy9

Diabetic Foot Ulcer9

Monofilament Test10

Reflection on the case of Rosie11

Background11

Key Issues11

Reflection using Gibb's Model11

Description of Incident11

Feelings13

Healing Wounds after Amputation15

Evaluation17

Analysis18

Conclusion19

Action Plan20

Conclusion21

Reflection on Practice

Introduction

Nursing is a practice discipline. It is important that the nurse must be trained well enough and they are capable of applying the learned theories into their practice. This is the reason why the nurses give significant importance to 'Reflection'. Reflection has become an important part of nursing education. Reflection facilitates nurses in learning theoretical section and helps them apply the learned theories in their practice. The health personnel use reflection to incorporate learning into clinical practices.

The nursing apprentices experience contradictions between the learned theoretical content and approaches needed in practice. This challenges the learning process of the nurses and causes difficulties for nurses in practice. This is where the role of reflection begins. It helps the nurses to easily use their learned knowledge and integrate it into their professional practising.

Reflection can be defined as the premeditated intellectual processing, which can be used with the uncertain and difficult situations to fulfil a certain rationale. This is the reason why it holds a significance importance in the health professionals' execution of learning into practice.

The Government of Ireland has passed legislation according to which the fair deal system of financing the nursing homes in the country would be reviewed by the Government. The government has encouraged learning and development in nursing practice so that the nurses could come up with their best in practising professionally. This has made the role of reflection more significant in the development of nursing professionally.

There are several models of reflection that helps the nurses guide how to produce the reflection in words. These reflections are used by the nurses in written form where they pen down the portfolio of their practice. The most common model that is used for reflection amongst others is Gibbs reflection model. The others are John reflection model, Kolb's learning cycle and Atkins and Murphy's model of reflection and many more.

Gibbs model of Reflection

Gibbs model of reflection is also known as Gibb's Reflective Cycle. A proficient and skilled reflective practitioner constantly reflects on knowledge and has the ability of reflecting-in-action. The practitioner persistently learns from its experience in practice that will facilitate and encourage him in his future actions. Gibbs model of reflection is based on the following steps that help in writing the ...