Reflection on Death of a Patient in Nursing Care

Running head: PSYCHOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY
Name of the student
Name of the university
Author note

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The thesis statement of the essay argues with the discussion, the analysis and the
refection regarding an acute event that took place while caring for a parent within the hospital.
This essay is my personal reflection regarding my personal insight over the death of a patient
whom I have been care and looking after in the hospital I serve. Throughout this essay, I will
highlight on the nurse patent relation and how his death has affected me. With the analysis of the
Gibbs reflection cycle, I will furthermore illustrate this reflection essay as the aid in the
recognition and towards the development of the skills and the knowledge, the accidents and the
improvement of my behavior towards the critical events in my upcoming career.
Discussion
The process of the reflection in the nursing care practice is generally guided by several of
the models of the reflection (Howatson-Jones, 2016). This essay will use the Gibbs model of
reflection as it is considered useful for structuring the parts by clearly separating in smaller
sections in the style of an ongoing cycle regarding the reflection and learning. Founded by
American psychologist and sociologist, Graham Gibbs, the reflective cycle encourages people
for thinking in a systematic way. I have chosen this cycle to illustrate my personal experience
during the specific event including the death of a patient at my ward.

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Figure – The
Gibb’s reflective cycle
Source – (Gibbs, 1988)
The figure above is the cycle of the reflection by Gibbs which I will us to explain my personal
insight regarding the death I observed. The below section will explain my reflection on the basis
of the 6 steps which are as follows.
Step 1 - Description
Ethan was in a good shape until he fell down at the washroom of his home back in the
last yeear. He has been presented in A &E apart from the past medical history of myocardial
infection and tachycardia. I was assigned for taking care of Ethan who was then having certain