Reflective Practice: Clinical Competencies and Insights at Al Nahdah

This reflective journal details a student's clinical placement experience at Al Nahdah Hospital, focusing on the completion of five clinical competencies. The reflection covers strategic planning, monitoring work activity, technical excellence, and cultural competence. The student discusses their interactions with hospital staff, including the head of quality and staff development, and highlights the challenges and learning opportunities encountered. The journal also addresses the importance of cultural diversity in healthcare and the need for updated documentation and policies within the hospital. The student emphasizes the value of the experience in enhancing their knowledge and skills as a nurse and suggests improvements for future clinical placements, such as increased clinical coordinator support and better access to necessary documentation. The experience allowed the student to integrate theoretical knowledge with practical skills, contributing to professional development and readiness for a career in healthcare.

Reflection

Contents
Contents...........................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
SUMMARY.....................................................................................................................................2

INTRODUCTION
The first day was a great, staff are cooperative, we have meet the head of quality where she
gives us an introduction about the hospital different department, specialties, departments, the
common incidents, problems in the hospital and their future plan. As compared to my previous
working in small regional hospital, I analysed that the new and big healthcare establishment will
offer me ample opportunities to build career in my preferred field or profession. When I was
working as a student, I was allotted restricted working as key focus of my superior was to
improve my knowledge and set of skills so that I have to can focus on studies, passing exams and
reading more. However, experience of life of nurse was good as I used my skills and knowledge
for supporting patients through procedures, operations, offering advice and developing treatment
plans on outpatient care.
MAIN BODY
We have meet staff development in charge and she was friendly helping us to accomplish
and facilitate to achieve our clinical placement objectives. In this clinical placement we have to
finish 5 clinical competencies. The first competency was about strategic planning where I learn
how to perform a SOWT and Pestel, analysis of short and long term goals, exploring the policy
and procedure in Al Nahdah hospital. In the clinical practice, I have learned about processes
through which practice leaders determine type of practice that intends to be in future as well as
how it will get there. Herein, I have developed a vision for future practice in Al Nahdah hospital
and determine necessary procedures, priorities addition to operations for achieving the vision.
With goals and objectives in mind, I created an effective plan for the attainment of potentiality as
per my professional needs.
The second competency was about monitoring work activity, where I learn how to identify
problems and write an action plan with justification, also was a great experience to learn how to
use Gannt chart and how I can divide my academic and personal life, I learned that I have to use
80/20 (80acadamic+20 social). In the competency, I continued oversight of progression of
clinical trial so to ensure that it is carried out as per protocol and good clinical practice, standard
operating procedures together with regulatory requirement in Al Nahdah Hospital. I have learned
about techniques of monitoring work activity that are observation, communication with patients
and others, benchmarking with other work units and surveys.
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The first clinical VIVA with the teacher was impressive, I was sick, but I have learned a lot
of new things and changed the way that I looks for the things form a staff nurse to a manager has
to think one step early before his staff. Despite being sick, I performed well in VIVA and this
was possible because of my strong communication skill with the help of which I listened
carefully to what teacher was asking and answer in clear tone with right information. My teacher
provided me additional materials related to my professional discipline so to build a great career.
I learned about technical excellence, where we meet head of quality department, she
explains about quality improvement plans of al Nahdah Hospital and how it impacts positively in
the quality of care and patient satisfaction. While working in the hospital, I learned that technical
excellence is significant for ensuring compatibility addition to interoperability for achieving
goals. It fostered my potentiality for foreseeing together with eliminating issue prior it has
potential for jeopardising schedule, quality, budget and satisfaction of patients. Also we have a
meeting with head of staff development and career guidance, she elaborated more about different
courses they provide, the challenges they have during COVID pandemic, and the staff
development plan.
Competency no 9 (cultural competence) where I have learned more about the impact of
cultural diversity in the workplace, the importance to accept and deal with different cultural
diversity, and how to promote and jet benefits from cultural diversity. Within the competency, I
learned to deliver effectively, deliver personalised healthcare in form of quality of services to
patients having diverse attitudes, behaviours as well as values. The competence required tailoring
healthcare delivery in order to meet linguistic, social addition to cultural needs associated with
patients.
SUMMARY
The hospital was friendly, and staff too. In Al Nahdah Hospital, my experience for fighting
time and submitting competencies along with 2 VIVA per week enhanced my knowledge and
skill set for carrying out responsibilities as nurse. This experience helps me to learn how to
convert my time from worker life return back to student life. We try to meet other departments
we make a request but unfuorantly not replay. We request some information and document
which need to accomplish the clinical competencies but the top authority refused and some
departments refused because its confidential, They have a lot of missed documentation and
policies un-updated where they have to update. my recommendation is to have more than one
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clinical coordinator in the hospital, as the assigned coordinator was on leave for 2 weeks,
moreover to provide the necessary documentation and meet arranged with the concerned
department prior to clinical placement, thus will help us to complete the clinical competencies.
Also to have the operatory attend morning nursing administrative meetings to explore the
problems and how to solve them, ect. Working and learning in competencies helps me to gain
insights about my capabilities to carry out practices in a healthcare establishment.
Working in Al Nahdah Hospital, as a nurse, I have performed effectively with
multidisciplinary departments and teams comprising specialists, technicians, specialists,
assistants and many more. I fulfilled my responsibilities as a nurse including performing physical
examinations, administering medication, setting up treatment rooms, administering wounds,
assembling medical equipment and hence forth. With all these, I will be able to learn new things
as a student so that I can build a great career in the profession or industry.
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