Nursing Reflection: Gibbs Cycle Analysis of a Patient Case Experience

This nursing reflection details a specific experience where the author, a nurse, attended to a patient with severe wounds. Initially apprehensive, the nurse successfully managed the patient's wounds, leading to the patient's satisfaction and a subsequent promotion. The reflection highlights the nurse's feelings of accomplishment, increased confidence, and recognition of their risk-taking abilities. While the process was largely successful, the reflection also identifies areas for improvement, such as ensuring availability of necessary tools and medications. The reflection underscores the importance of competence, confidence, and preparation in achieving positive patient outcomes and professional growth. Desklib offers a variety of similar solved assignments for students.

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In some cases, there are events or experiences which people come across in their lives to
learn various things concerning themselves. For instance, in one occasion, there was a patient
who came to the hospital with serious wounds and after attending to her she recommended my
work and the managers decided to promote me to be a matron. At first, when the patient came, I
had a feeling that I may not meet her requirements because the wounds were severe. After
understanding the situation well, I came up with the necessary tools which enabled me to attend
to her to the maximum. After a while, I discovered that there was an improvement and I felt
happy about myself. I also felt more encouraged and discovered that with determination one can
easily achieve his or her goals (Roger, 2010).
After nursing, the wounds brought a positive change though there was still a bit of bad
smell in them. The patient did not experience pain anymore even though the wounds were
stinking. According to me and also the patient, that process went on as she expected. That’s why
she was pleased with my services and recommended my good work to the managers. The process
went on well because I had the necessary tools for nursing wounds. Also, the guidelines which
are given to all nurses on how to attend the patients helped me in attending to the wounds
effectively. On part of the smell, I did not have the powder which one applies to make the
wounds dry. This was due to shortage in the market and I encouraged myself to have many in the
store. Also, my competency in the nursing field assisted me in meeting the requirements of my
client. According to Natasha (2013), competence facilitates to effective work.
During this process, I had a lot of confidence and this helped me realize that I have the
capability to attend to patients who are even in critical condition. According to Gerard (2015),
trusting yourself helps one in move forward and achieve his or her goals. I also learned that I

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have the correct skills in my nursing field. Choosing to attend to the patient also helped me
realize am a risk taker because I had never nursed such wounds before. The experience helped
me achieve my goals because I always expect to be the best for my patients. Even if the process
was successful, there are some of the things I need to improve to avoid facing similar experience
in the future. I should know the correct tools and medication for serious wounds. This would
prevent me from experiencing some shortages during the work. According to Thomas (2013),
good preparation and identifying correct tools for each process helps one in achieving their
goals.

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