Gibb’s Cycle of Reflection Framework

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Gibb’s Cycle of Reflection framework
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Gibb’s Cycle of Reflection framework
Introduction
Reflection in nursing is linked to learning from experience or the past event. It is seen as a
significant approach for individuals who embrace long life learning. Reflective practice is an
approach commonly used in nursing practice in order to promote nurses in becoming qualified
and independent professionals (Smith & Roberts, 2015). This essay critically reflects on what
we have learnt this semester. It includes the aspects of health assessments such as measurement
of TPR, measurement of BP and health interviewing. This relates to my developing ability
geared towards meeting the comprehensive conducts assessment of patient’s health. The model
of reflection used in this paper is the Gibbs cycle of reflection which is utilized to encourage
people with a certain experience. The model consists of six processes of reflection which
enables one to think and reflect on all the phases of experience (Perry, Faan, Potter & Ostendorf,
2019).
Description
This semester has been very promising for me in becoming a qualified independent nurse.
The topic that has been interested during the semester is patient health assessment. Having
knowledge of health assessment as a nurse is important as it helps one to identify the medical
requirements of patients. The health of patients is surveyed by directing the physical examination
of the patient. Physical examination helps the nurse to obtain the complete health assessment of
patient. We were also taught about observation techniques such as auscultation, palpation and
percussion.

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There are different types of health assessment that we learned. These health assessments include
pain assessment, assessment of blood pressure among others.
While assessing the pain, we are first supposed to perform hand hygiene, consult patient
documentation then introduce ourselves to the patient to gain consent. Another important thing
that we were taught by our educator is to understand how to prepare patient and provide privacy
as appropriate (Morton, Fontaine, Hudak, & Gallo, 2010). Also, we should initiate
communication and clarification of the client’s immediate concern.
Another important subtopic that we covered in this semester is the process of patient health
assessment that involves temperature, pulse and respiration. We were able to go through and
understand step by step assessment of patient’s temperature, pulse and respiration. Furthermore,
we were able to learn new things like interviewing the client on matters of health. All these parts
of patient health assessments require skills and confidence while performing them.
According to (Yanhua & Watson, 2011), assessment includes the collection of data about
someone’s state of health. The definition seems so simple but in the real sense it is a difficult
thing to practice without knowledge and skills. In other words, what I learned during the course
of the semester was that patient health assessment is not just checking the physical being but also
checking on other factors such as the values of the client, the patient’s family and support
networks and the patient’s ability to care for self. In order to follow a holistic model of patient
care, all these components must be fully assessed (Al-Shaer, Hill & Anderson, 2011).
Feelings
Although this topic initially seemed to be simple, I realized later that it is not that simple as
it needs a lot of concentration as most part of a nurse involves assessing the patient. I also