Reflective Practice in Nursing

Running head: REFLECTION
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Name of the student:
Name of the University:
Author note:

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Introduction
The ability of a nurse to become reflective is the key skill that helps the nurse to create
positive impact regarding the care service on the patients on a regular basis (Bulman & Schutz,
2013). Through the process of reflection, the nursing professionals could increase their
knowledge regarding the experience and promote their deep learning. It is the method of identify
the strengths and weakness if individual in order to improve their skill (Redmond, 2017). The
process also helps to gather new knowledge about the nursing practice. Thus, it is important for
the nursing professionals to include reflection in their practice in order to learn from their
mistakes and develop their skills in an effective manner. Using my ability to reflect on nursing
practice, I will reflect on one of my experience regarding therapeutic relationship in nursing
practice, through the help of Gibb’s cycle of reflection in the following paper.
Gibb’s reflection model
Description:
The main focus of the assignment is the video that was provided by the professor in order
to reflect on the content of the video. The video is about vital sign assessment of a patient and the
way of establishing therapeutic relationship with the patient by a nursing professional. In the
video the nursing professional was seen to maintain calm and polite nature in order to create
positive impact on the patient. Throughout the video, the nursing professional has maintained a
positive attitude and self-confident regarding his skill of conducting vital sign assessment. It has
helped him to gain the trust of the patient during the session. The nursing professional has
engaged the patient in a effective conversation. He has allowed the patient to speak for him. He

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has used his communication skill in order to satisfy the patient and reduce the pressure of the
patient in his presence. Through the effective conversation, the nursing professional got the
consent of the patient regarding the assessment. Thus, he did not face any challenges throughout
the session. Throughout the video, it was seen that the nursing professional has maintained the
standard 2 of NMBA code of conduct that mentioned the importance of establishing therapeutic
relationship with the patient.
Feelings:
The video has played an important role in inspiring me to conduct vital sign assessment
in an effective manner. It was a pleasure to watch the way of establishing therapeutic relationship
with the patient. I was happy to understand about the body posture that is required to establish
effective therapeutic relationship with the patient. The way of starting conversation of the
nursing professional with the patient was encouraging. The communication skill of the nursing
professional has made me surprise. The strategy of the nursing professional of engaging the
patient in an easy conversation has helped me to understand the way of approaching the patient
in order to start the conversation. I was amazed to see the effort of the nursing professional to
establish effective therapeutic relationship with the patient. His way of speaking politely has
helped me to learn the proper way of respecting the dignity, culture and rights of the patient. The
video is helpful to identify the importance of the communication power and its role in gaining
the trust of the patient in order to carry out the vital sign assessment without any difficulties. It
has encouraged me to apply the positive aspects of the video in my daily practice in order to
improve my skill.