Reflection and Nursing Assignment 2022

Running head: REFLECTION ASSIGNMENT
NURSING ASSIGNMENT
Name of the student
Name of the university
Author note

1REFLECTION ASSIGNMENT
Introduction
Reflection is termed as one of the primary attribute in nursing profession as through the
implementation of reflective practice nursing professionals are able to retrospect upon their
actions and could develop their scope of improvements (Barksby, Butcher & Whysall, 2015).
This retrospection also provides them with the scope of improvement so that with professional
development, nurses could improve their personal skills as well.
In this assignment, I would be discussing about few of my Bachelor’s practicum
experiences that helped me to implement my theoretical knowledge to the practical situations. I
would use the 5 R’s of reflective model while discussing the way I was able to understand the
implementation of The National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) standards in
practical situations.
Industry standard 3: Preventing and Controlling Healthcare Associated Infection
Reporting
While undergoing one of my bachelor’s practicum situations, I experienced the
importance of proper implementation of the NSQHS standards so that patients could be provided
with effective and quality healthcare (Safetyandquality.gov.au, 2019). I was provided with the
opportunity to work with one of the RNs in the emergency ward and I was asked to maintain
medication log for every patient (Safetyandquality.gov.au, 2019). However, I observed that one
of the enrolled nurses did not wear gloves and was calculating medicine dosage for medicine
administration (Aronson et al., 2016). This was the situation that forced me to think about the
importance of NSQHS standard as it was violated in front of me.

2REFLECTION ASSIGNMENT
Responding
Upon watching the nurse violating the situation, I felt concerned for the patient’s
situation as the nurse was about to administer the medicine to the patient. However, the lack of
objection from the other nursing professionals affected my thought as I learned in my theoretical
classes that while working for patients, it is important to implement hygiene and cleanliness in
the ward so that the quality could be improved (Tamilselvi & Srinivas, 2016). Hence, this
situation contradicted my knowledge about hygiene in ward.
Relating
As per the NSQHS standard that I learned in classroom, it is important for the nursing
professionals and healthcare professionals to help and contribute in preventing, managing or
controlling Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) so that good health outcome could be
obtained for every patient. Hence, if it is followed, the nursing professional should have worn a
glove so that the HAIs could be prevented (Aronson et al., 2016).
Reasoning
While explaining this situation, I would mention that while calculating medicines and
other interventions that is directly implemented in patient’s body, the nurse should focus on
infection preventive measures so that the patient could be protected from harmful effects of HAIs
(Shaban et al., 2016). Hence this aspect should have been maintained in the care process.
Reconstructing
This situation made me aware that it is the responsibility of the nursing professional to be
aware of the NSQHS standards and use their best to implement effective care so that positive