Essay on Gibbs Reflection - Reflective Learning Cycle

Running head: GIBB’S REFLECTION
GIBB’S REFLECTION
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Gibbs (Reflective Learning Cycle inspires a detailed explanation of a situation, analysis
of feelings, evaluation of the experience and analysis for developing clinical skills. In this
context, to maintain confidentiality of the patients and places, no names of the patients and
places will not be used throughout this essay.
Description:
The purpose of the essay is to reflect on the aspect of individual professional practice
which will facilitate the development of a role as a registered nurse. Hence, in this section of the
essay, while on the clinical placement at the respiratory ward in XXX hospital, I got
opportunities to conduct vital sign assessment of patients. The daily activities in the clinical
placement were to shower patients, dressing patients, a feeding bed making, and sometimes
manual handling including hoist and slide sheets. However, during clinical placement, I have
encountered an aggressive male patient of 58 years old who refused to involve in the care. He
was agitated, he used to yell and scream at every staff. Since I was feeling apprehensive before
starting the clinical placement, I was nervous and develop a fear of clinical errors, fears of
dealing with aggressive patient, fears of failing the subject and fears of committing error.
However, my nurse mentor manages to settle him by using the calming approach. I learned that
I might get same kind of patient in the future.
Feeling:
This section of the assignment will discuss the feelings during the clinical placement. I
was apprehensive and nervous before joining the clinical placement in the respiratory ward.
Before the clinical placement, I was also nervous as it was my first clinical placement.
Moreover, I was feeling anxious while dealing with an aggressive patient since I have developed

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a fear of committing clinical errors and failing the subjects. This fear and anxiety before clinical
placement, fear of committing errors left me realizing that I needed to learn various skills that
will help me to improve my clinical practice. I have realised that as a registered nurse my
priority of addressing the need of the patients and provide the best possible care to the patients.
After the practice incident of providing care to aggressive patients, I have realized that I needed
to improve self-regulation skills, self-esteem, and self-confidence in order to provide the best
possible care to the patients. However, I felt better after the first day of clinical placement which
facilitated my practice.
Evaluation:
This section of the essay will focus on the positive and negative experiences during the
first clinical placement so that the skills required to develop for professional practice can be
identified. Considering the positive experience during clinical placement, this clinical placement
provided me with opportunities to learn various necessary skills for appropriate professional
skills. During the clinical placement, I got an opportunity to use my learning activities from the
school into the clinical placement such as I have developed communication skills 5 moments of
hand hygiene, ISBAR handover, ANTT dressing techniques, pressure injuries and falls risk
assessment. I will use these skills in my clinical practice in order to provide quality and
affordable care to the patients. Apart from these skills, I have developed fundamental skills of
professional practice such as effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills, time
management that will facilitate the development of therapeutic skills with the patient. Moreover,
I got chance to listen to the narratives of my, I learn the effective ways of approaching aggressive
patient, I got opportunity to use new equipment, learn to DO ANTT DRESSING. I have
gathered skills for administering schedule 2 and schedule 3 drugs, cardiac assessment,