Gibb’s Reflection Cycle - Clinical Placement

Running head: GIBB’S REFLECTION CYCLE
GIBB’S REFLECTION CYCLE
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Introduction:
This essay aims to critically reflect on an incident experienced during clinical
placement. In order to reflect on the clinical incident, Gibb’s reflection cycle will be used since
it is the most suitable tool for reflecting the clinical experience and evaluate the skills required to
involve in effective clinical practice. This model is considered as the most effective strategy to
promote personal as well as professional development of independent professionals (Tanaka,
Okamoto & Koide, 2018). This model uses six stages such as description, feeling, analysis,
evaluation, conclusion and action plan to facilitate the reflective process. Each stage will be
discussed in details in the following paragraphs.
Description:
The incident I will be reflecting on occurred during the placement as a registered nurse in
the surgical ward. While in the clinical setting, I encountered a patient who was in for a patient
who was in an acute surgical ward following knee surgery. I was instructed by the physician to
provide Intramuscular injection of Metoclopramide since the patient was experiencing nauseous
due to the pain she was experiencing. I was required to administer intramuscularly as prescribed
on the patient’s medication chart. However, while I explained the patient regarding maintaining
the privacy, I did it in a rushing manner due to the nervousness I experienced during the
assessment. Consequently, the patient received compromised quality of care. I received feedback
from the supervisor that I would require to keep the privacy of the patient, provide a detailed
explanation of the process prior to administrating the intramuscular injection. In case the patient
may experience exposed and refuses the medication. Therefore, it is crucial to keep the privacy
of the patient during the administration of medication.

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Feeling:
This section of the reflective model will explore thought and feeling and explore the
underlying reason behind the thought process. Prior to the clinical experience, I was mindful to
involve in the effective nursing practise such as safe administration of medication, explain the
process to the patient and dispose of equipment appropriately. However, during the assessment
process and safe administration of the medication, I was anxious and apprehensive which
impacted my clinical practice. However, since I was new to the experience of intramuscular
administration and I was being assessed by the supervisor, I was nervous which impacted my
interaction with the patient. I apprehensive because I was new to this experience and I would
require to ensure that patient receives the best possible care provision. Therefore, I was not
confident enough to the deal with such a situation independently. Proper explanation of the
process to the patient regarding intramuscular injection would improve the clinical practice and
reduce my apprehension and nervousness. When I was received feedback from my supervisor, I
was happy that I can use this feedback in my clinical practice for addressing the need of the
individuals in the clinical setting.
Evaluation:
This section of the reflective practice will illustrate the positive and negative experience
during the clinical incident in the clinical setting. The positive and negative experience in the
clinical practice will lead to an increased understanding of the experience of service users and
my role as a registered nurse practitioner. Considering the positive experience from the clinical
incident, I have identified that I got an opportunity to involve patient in effective communication,
administer an intramuscular injection of Metoclopramide according to the medication chart of
the patient. Moreover, I got an opportunity to gather and facilitate skills such as aspects