Personal reflection through Gibb’s reflection cycle

Running head: MANAGEMENT
Management
Name of the Student
Name of the University
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1MANAGEMENT
Personal reflection through Gibb’s reflection cycle
Step 1: Description
As a Nursing student studying under XYZ University I was working on a general ward
while on a placement during my 3rd year. My mentor had asked me too research on a drug on
which I was unsure about. While I was researching on the drug, I had been requested by
healthcare assistance to assist him to deal with a patient who was lying on a soiled bed. I decided
to help him as the priority since researching on the specific drug was for my own learning as well
as knowledge development as well as not that urgent. After helping the healthcare assistant I
revived to my work of researching. Soon my mentor came and asked me if I completed
researching on the specific drug or not. When I stated the scenario to him, he suggested me that I
need to improve my own time management to be an efficient healthcare professional.
Step 2: feelings
Initially, I got perplexed and the whole situation left me questioning whether the need of
the patient should be my priority or my own professional learning should be given more
importance to during that point of time (Wu et al., 2015). I felt annoyed with myself due to the
fact that I was unable to express my opinion in front of my mentor. However the fact that I need
to learn more about the drugs that are unknown to me in order to enhance my knowledge so that
i can provide effective care to the patient in future also had striked me.
Step 3: Evaluation
As a result of this confusion, I decided to research on the concept of time management in
order to obtain a vivid knowledge of how to develop the same. I also decided to research on