Analysis of Nursing Reflection

Running head: NURSING REFLECTION
NURSING REFLECTION
Name of the Student
Name of the university
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NURSING REFLECTION
Description
In my placement in surgical ward, I was allocated to take care of a patient, named Mr.
Brown, who had just undergone a knee replacement surgery. Mr. Brown had been operated for
the replacement of the right knee under an epidural anesthesia. After the patient was brought to
the ward, the anesthesia monitored the infusion pumps that has been prepared for Mr. Brown.
One of the infusion pump contained 1mg/ml dosage of morphine given in the form of a patient
controlled anesthesia. I asked the patient about the pain he had been experiencing, based on
which, I administered the prescribed dosage of diclofenac Sodium and oxycodone. At the end of
my shift I was called upon by one of my peer, who informed that he had overheard the matron
saying that, I did not use any pain rating scale on the patient, which could have helped me to
assess the pain status.
Feelings
During my nursing study, I had studied in details about the importance of the pain rating
scales, but forgot its implementation in real life clinical practice. I was anxious and perturbed
thinking about what would happen if the pain still persist or if the dosage of the pain relievers
needs to be altered depending upon the severity of the pain. I felt ashamed of myself that I did
not do my job properly.
Evaluation
Evaluating my experience, I understood that there is a large difference between the
theoretical study and execution of those in real life. I remembered that the workload of this