Gibbs Cycle: Reflecting on Cultural Competence in Nursing Practice

Running head: GIBBS CYCLE
GIBBS CYCLE
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Introduction:
Gibbs’ reflective cycle can be defined as the theoretical model by which individuals can
effectively use it as a framework and thereby reflect on the experiences gained to develop skills
and knowledge. Researchers have often liked the procedure of reflective practice for students as
it gives them the scope of studying their own experiences and thereby improve their working
ways to achieve success. They are extremely useful for healthcare professionals as this mode of
learning gives them the cope to develop new insight and learn throughout their lives. Therefore,
the act of reflection is the great way that increases confidence and hence become a more
proactive as well as qualified professionals. This assignment would mainly contain a reflection
of the learning experiences I had developed about the cultural competence required by nurses in
their practice and this would help me to provide a safe as well as culturally competent care.
Gibbs reflective cycle:
Description stage:
In this stage, the student needs to describe the events that had taken place. Before the
initiation of the course, I was not aware about the ways that how culturally incompetent care is
associated with negative outcomes of the health of the native people. I already had ideas that
their culture is different from ours but was not aware about the exact ways by which they were
different. Before, the coursework I had attended one aboriginal patient in the placement where
my approach of treatment was not at all culturally competent. The patient had become upset and
had left the place without further treatment. Later, after I had gone through the coursework I had
developed huge amount of knowledge and had been able to understand the different mistakes
that I had made during the treatment of the patient.

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Feeling:
I was extremely happy and satisfied after my coursework was completed. This is because
I got the scope of learning, any important things that would have great contribution in making
me a culturally competent nurse. I was very excited as I developed the idea that I would from
now on be able to provide the best culturally competent care to native people. This would ensure
their satisfaction and high quality life.
Evaluation:
This stage mainly says what was good and bad about the experience. The best part of the
learning experience was that it made me competent enough by which I can handle native people
respectfully. This course helped me learn about the different cultural traditions, preferences as
well as inhibitions of the native people and hence the care that would be provided by me would
keep these considerations in mind. I would be able to interact with them in a way by which I can
maintain their dignity and autonomy and help them to be satisfied with the treatment. This
treatment helped me to learn ways that that would help the native patients to align with the
recommendations and suggestions I give. This would help them to develop quality lives (Jacob et
al., 2016). However, the only negative part of the experiment was that it was quite strenuous and
energy draining. A large number of chapters need d to be covered and it was creating huge
pressure on me. I was drained out physically and mentally but my will helped me to adhere with
the coursework.
Analysis:
In this stage, the individuals need to make sense of the situation. This coursework was
helpful to me in a large number of ways. This coursework taught me how to develop my cultural