Clinical Reflection

RUNNING HEAD: CLINICAL REFLECTION 1
Clinical Reflection
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CLINICAL REFLECTION 2
Clinical reflection
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During my practical class in NRSG140, there are different skills that I have gained. In
this assignment, I will reflect on one of the skills which is obtaining vitals from the patients.
Throughout the reflection exercise, I will use the Gibbs reflection model which is the best mode
of reflection among the nursing students (Williams, Woolliams, & Spiro, 2012). This skill is very
important in preparedness for clinical practicum since it is the duty of the nurse to obtain vitals
from the patient. There was a case in which a patient presented by the name Ashley Thompson
and she was 22 year old .The patient was admitted for excision of a mole on the right arm. The
patient works at a construction site and engages in social alcohol. Her past medical history
include type 1 diabetes that was well controlled and her current history was a mole on the right
arm. The patient also drinks socially. In this case study, I was to carry out assessment using the
skills that had been taught in class. I initially identified the patient using the two patient
identifiers and then obtained consent from the patient. After obtaining consent, I started by
carrying out a nutrition assessment by checking the Body mass index of the patient to find out if
she is obese .I also obtained vitals such as pulse rate. Other important vitals that I obtained
include temperature and finally blood pressure. There are some mistakes that I made when
estimating the pulse rate since I was using one finger but one of the nurse corrected me that I
should use the three fingers. All the vitals were then recorded on the assessment sheet and I
failed to communicate to the patient the importance of the vitals.