Driscoll’s Reflection Model

Driscoll’s Reflection Model
Nursing Reflection Essay Using Driscoll’s Model
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Kindly note that your assignment is not just about team work alone but rather team work in the
context of health promotion. The what happened column which is your experience incorporates
both health promotion and team work. I have highlighted the principles of health promotion for
you.

Driscoll’s Reflection Model
Introduction
This reflection essay based on Driscoll's model will help evaluate my understanding and
the relevant skills learned during practice. The cycles of Driscoll’s model involve the description
of the actual event (the actual occurrences and activities that took place), analyzing the event (the
personal feelings) and the proposed action plan which is termed as the what now column. This
model would help me apply theoretical concepts into the nursing practice. (Smith, 2016) It has
also ensured that I evaluate my individual contribution to teamwork efforts in health promotion
exercises. Throughout the entire process, keen interest has been taken on improving my future
health promotion strategies by reflecting on areas I could have handled better. (Hardacre and
Hayes, 2016, p.38) The exercise enabled me to exercise the health promotion principles which
include promoting social responsibility for health, combining diverse approaches to health which
in this case is education, organizational and community development and ensuring public
participation.
Application of the Driscoll’s Model
As a team commissioned to the field to undertake a health sensitization program in
promotion of health, we came across different patients and disorders. Our objective as a
multidisciplinary team was to promote health within the community. The session involved
training, health camps and on ground consultation services. The community members had quick
and easy access to the team and made it easy for their health issues to be addressed. The mass
campaign was modeled to educate the masses, provide medical care for any health cases

Driscoll’s Reflection Model
presented by the participants, train the clients to be in control of their health through preventive
measures and ensure person-centered care of the individual clients. I would like to focus on one
case scenario during the entire mass campaigns. This is because I was directly involved in the
case.
What happened
Fifteen years old boy named Jack was brought to me by the mother of 28 years old.
Please note that the name used is fictitious to ensure the confidentiality of my client. The mother
was worried that he was gradually losing weight and appetite. The child was diagnosed with type
1 diabetes at an early stage by the primary medical practitioner. In order to promote health, I was
meant to deliver an effective client-centered care plan through a process of implementation,
evaluation, planning and lastly assessment of the client's performance. This was meant to take
place as a cycle. As a multi-disciplinary team member (MDT), I knew that the patients and the
patient family member would be key to the effective decision-making process and the rest of the
team members would be of help throughout the nursing process. (Tieman, et al, 2017) Jack
needed life-long insulin treatment to control his blood sugar levels. Type 1 diabetes is a non-
communicable disease but chronic in nature.
Jack went into medical assessment and afterward, I brought him to the Multi-
Disciplinary team to identify his needs for the care plan. The team was made up of a mother,
nutritionist, mental health nurse, accident and emergency team, general practitioner, and a social
workmate. The Intermediate Care Assessment Team (ICAT) identified the care needs of the boy.