Transition to Professional Practice Assignment 2022

Running head: TRANSITION TO PFOFFESSIONAL PRACTICE
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Transition to professional practice
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Transition to professional practice
Description
When I was in third year doing my training program in our neighborhood health facility, I
was asked by my supervisor to bring him drugs I was not sure of. While I was searching, one of
the care assistants requested me to go and help her in dressing a patient who had chronic wounds
on his both legs. I agreed to help him and search the drugs later since it was for my own
understanding.
During that process, I was able to learn a lot about wound dressing. Wound dressing is a
complicated process and nurses should apply necessary measures to reduce pain and discomfort
to the patient (Willis, Reynolds & Keleher, 2016). I learned that there are different types of
wound dressing. Finally, I realized that nurses should ensure that all the equipment are clean
including their hands to prevent transferring infections to the patient.
After sometime, my supervisor asked me if I found the drugs and I told him that I went to
assist the care giver in attending the patient. He told me that I should think about time
management because I did not look for drugs when he asked. He also told me knowing drugs and
what they cure is one of the requirement of a registered nurse. I then asked myself whether I
should have focused on my own benefits or that of the patient. After reading on the standards of
a registered nurse practices, I found that I did the correct thing.
This experience was important to me because it helped me in fulfilling one of the
standards of registered nurses practices which is developing plans for nursing practice. In this
case, I was able to come up with a plan on how I should attend the two tasks. I decided to go and
help the care giver in attending the patient since it was the most urgent.

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Moreover, this experience helped me to think critically and analyze nursing practice.
Thinking critically and analyzing nursing practice is also another standard which registered
nurses and midwives should possess (Borbasi & Jackson, 2016). In this case, I tried to think
about the two tasks to see which one required my attention first. Nurses should always consider
patients’ needs first.
Feelings
I felt that assisting the care giver in wound dressing is more important than searching for
drugs. Although my supervisor told me that I should familiarize myself with the drugs, I thought
that nurses should think critically and in this case, helping the care giver in wound dressing was
the best decision. However, I thought I have offended my supervisor for not searching the
medicines when he requested. I was concerned about the patients’ needs and decided to go and
dress him rather than search for drugs. According to Nursing and midwifery board of Australia
(2018), nurses need to think critically and analyze nursing practices.
I was confused when my supervisor told me I should check on my time management
because of choosing to assist caregiver on wound dressing. I thought I was good in time
management because I always reported to my shift early. I went and searched to understand more
about time management in nursing practices. According to Stanley (2017), nurses can be good at
managing time but not doing things as required by the standards of nursing practice. Moreover,
the author talks about the importance of developing plans in nursing practices. Developing plans
helps nurses in both managing time and doing as per the standards.
Evaluation