Reflection on Standards of the National Safety and Quality Health Service

Running head: REFLECTION ON STANDARDS OF THE NATIONAL SAFETY AND
QUALITY HEALTH SERVICE 1
REFLECTION ON STANDARDS OF THE NATIONAL SAFETY AND QUALITY HEALTH
SERVICE

REFLECTION ON STANDARDS OF THE NATIONAL SAFETY AND QUALITY HEALTH
SERVICE 2
Introduction
The essay is a reflection of the clinical experience as a registered nurse. It is a reflection of the
two standards of the National Safety and Quality Health Service. In this reflective essay, I will
use the Gibbs Reflective cycle which helps practitioners think well of all activities done in the
clinical practice. Gibbs reflective cycle is very unique because it has six stages that help
practitioners in reflection (Husebø, O'Regan & Nestel, 2015).
The standards that I am reflecting on are the standards number three which involves preventing
and controlling of healthcare-associated infection through use of antimicrobials and prescribing,
and six which concern the effective communication for safety between the patients, their
families, carers, clinicians as well as multidisciplinary teams (Gardner, G., Gardner, A., &
O'connell, 2014). It encompasses the reflection based on my five weeks of clinical practice in the
cardiac ward of healthcare where I worked as a Registered Nurse.
Description
During my stay in a cardiac ward in the healthcare facility, I worked under a mentor. My buddy
nurse was a senior registered nurse in the facility. He allocates me to take care of a patient who
was a lady, but the name of the patient will be kept in privacy as per the regulations of the
(Nurses and Midwifery Board Nursing and Midwifery Council, 2017). For that purpose, the
client's name will be Mrs X. She was suffering had complications of short breath which led to
cardiac arrest.
During one of the das in the ward, I could see that the patient was breathing fast and almost
puffing. When I tried to approach the patient, she was unable to communicate in full sentences. I