Assignment - Reflection of your clinical experiences

For this assessment, you are required to consider an event or an incident that has happened to you on clinical placement. (If you prefer not to use your own experience, then use one of the case studies from your text book in Chapter 14, Managing emotional reactions in patients, families and colleagues). Choose an incident that caused you to 'stop and think' about teamwork and leadership on a nursing unit. Use the steps in Gibb's (1998) cycle as subheadings.

Case Study: 'We have to be real as nurses. We've moved a long way from the days when it was unacceptable for nurses to express emotions when caring for people. The day I don't feel will be the day I won't do this work anymore. But I always remember the children are not mine. There is a professional intensity and closeness; we got to know the child and their family incredibly well. Families remember everything about the care pf their child, but I don't. I move on and bring that level of intensity to the next family ... Getting that balance right comes from experience, but developing really good knowledge and skills about how to care for yourself from the beginning is very important,' says Karyn Bycroft, a New Zealand nurse practitioner who cares for dying children.

Reflective Questions:

1. Think of a client or patient you felt close to during your clinical work. What was it about the context and the person involved that enabled that closeness to be established?

2. How did the closeness influence the care you provided?

3. How did you manage to move on from that momentary closeness?

Attachment:- Assignment File.rar