BLN105 Assignment Guidance The purpose of this assignment is to reflect upon the application of essential care skills within the context of clinical practice. This written piece of work, should be structured around the knowledge and skills you have developed when caring for a patient within practice, in either Placement 1 or 2.
A reflective account with a word count range from 1500 – 3500, you can write your work between this range without penalty BUT must achieve all of the module learning outcomes to pass. You must have an introduction, main body and conclusion.
It will assess the following learning outcomes; all of these must be incorporated into your assignment to pass the assessment:
1. Understand and apply the process of nursing assessment and healthcare provision that contributes to individualised care across the lifespan, including an explanation of the need to use reliable and valid observations of vital signs and behavioural changes.
2. Fundamental understanding for the need of self-awareness, reflecting on previous experience applying reflexivity in nursing practice applying commensurate levels of evaluation of the process of critical reflection
3. Appreciate the changes in physiological and emotional changes via accurate observation, measurement and recording of vital signs, escalating concern regarding the individual’s deterioration in wellbeing to ensure safe and effective professional practice.
4. Application of essential care skills with effective and appropriate communication within contexts of clinical practice and workplace environments with patients’ families and interprofessional colleagues to include the significance of holistic care and the evaluation of terminology in the context of life, end of life and death.
A reflective account of your performance and experience must be written, linking theory to practice, and be related to The NMC platforms of nursing. As this is a reflection, it should be written in the first person. Your work should be supported with contemporary research, theory, and literature. In addition to this, please be mindful to maintain confidentiality aligned with the requirements of the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC).
A reflective model must be used to structure your reflective work such as Gibbs Model (Gibbs, 1988). The subheadings of the reflective model you have chosen can also be applied and this should include the rationale for your choice of reflective model.
The reflective account can be separated into sections following each subheading, and it can be good practice to introduce which reflective model you are using at the start of the reflective account. For example: ‘This reflective account will use Gibb’s Model of Reflection (Gibbs, 1988)’ provide a rationale for using this model….and add the source to your reference list.
Please see examples below for Gibb’s Model of Reflection for further guidance on how to structure your work.
Description This should include your introduction, be succinct to ‘set the scene’ and inform the reader what your reflection is focused on. For example: This reflection will focus on my performance and experience during a clinical placement exploring the importance of effective communication when escalating concerns for a deteriorating patient etc…..
Feelings Consider how you felt before, during and after the scenario and what you can learn from this. Support any learning with evidence and research.
Evaluation Evaluate the situation. Were there any challenges and if so, what were these related to? How would you evaluate your performance? What could have been done differently and what does the research / literature state to support this? How would this have impacted or influenced the situation for you and the patient?
Analysis To critically analyse the situation, it is important to review the research and explore the literature and academic journal articles. What were the positive or negatives of the event? What does the literature state? Are there any themes you can identify or conflicting information? Examine National Guidance and policy and the evidence base which underpins practice.
Conclusion What are your conclusions? Would you do anything differently next time? If so, why, and what actions would you take? Could anything improve the situation for the patient and what does the research state to support this?
Action Plan The final section is to consider what you would do next? What does the research suggest for improving your practice and overall patient care? You are required to provide a front cover sheet and reference list, referenced to Harvard standard