Reflective Writing Assignment 2022

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REFLECTIVE WRITING
REFLECTIVE WRITING
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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REFLECTIVE WRITING
Description
This reflection writing is based on my experience of serving a 34-year-old woman with
severe mental health problems and follows Gibb’s reflective model (Andersen, 2016). Holy, the
patient has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress, addition of illicit substance
such as methamphetamine and cannabis, anxiety. She was admitted to inpatient psychiatric unit
initially and then transferred to the community care unit as she is homeless at present.
Feelings
I expect some preliminary things from client’s end and these are safe environment, no
discrimination, and cooperation in treatment. Holy was a schizophrenic patient with auditory
hallucination so treating the condition is critical for the nurse. Holy’s background, suicidal
attempts, her look with respect to her age and most importantly her low mood was the concerns
in the headspace of the nurse. My responsibility was to help her to get over the psychological
traumas for physical and financial crisis.
Evaluation
I have identified that the contextual factors in this case were condition of the patients,
difference in ethnicity, comprehensive factors for patient’s background, workplace atmosphere.
However, the contextual factors for the patient were socio-economic condition, personal life
problems, struggles of homeless life, physical and mental health condition. The patient might
have some sense of mistrust at the beginning as she was from different community and her