Reflection on Medication Administration in Nursing

Running head: REFLECTION 1
Reflection
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation

REFLECTION 2
Reflection
Description
It is an imperative nursing obligation to administer medication effectively. However,
various factors may contribute to poor administration. When I was in the nursing ward during the
administration of oral medication an unfortunate incident occurred. I failed to follow all safety
procedures when administering oral medication using a syringe to a baby (Kim and Bates, 2013).
First, after taking off the cap of the syringe, I forgot to put it in the dustbin. The baby took the
syringe's cap without my attention and it choked him. Surgery had to be performed to remove it
from the baby's throat.
In the nursing, I observed my fellow student, Mary, administer a subcutaneous injection
accurately. Mary prepared the sick child for injection by encouraging his mother to position him
well in her hands. She further carefully chose the injection site, prepared for the administration
and administered the injection. Afterwards, Mary provided nursing care. However, another
student, Peter, failed to adhere to the provided guidelines when administering an intramuscular
injection. The medication was to be administered by injecting the thigh. Peter failed to divide the
thigh into three equal parts (Jin et al., 2015). Therefore, he did not inject the medicine in the
middle third of the thigh. The Gibb’s model is vital in analyzing what I learned from the three
events.
Feelings
The core objective of health professionals is to ensure the provision of quality clinical
services. Consequently, delivery of health services ought to be timely, accurate and more so done
in a safe environment. I felt emotional breakdown because my poor administration of the oral
medicine resulted in another critical situation. However, in my subsequent activities, I strive to
improve by being keener to steer clear other calamities that may arise. Observing Mary