Reflective Analysis of Medication Administration Session

This reflective essay analyzes a student's experience during a medication practice session, focusing on oral, subcutaneous, and intramuscular drug administration. The student, following the Gibbs reflective cycle, describes the event, including the routes of administration and the observed performances of peers. The essay details the student's feelings of encouragement and disappointment, evaluating their compliance with core nursing practices. The analysis highlights areas of strength and weakness, particularly in adhering to medication administration protocols. The conclusion identifies the student's drawbacks and outlines an action plan for improvement, emphasizing the importance of practicing core skills and focusing on patient safety. The essay references key nursing practice standards and guidelines.

Running head: REFLECTIVE ANALYSIS OF MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION SESSION
Reflective analysis of medication administration session
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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The following assignment is a reflective essay of my experience during the medication
practice session using Gibbs reflective cycle (Cumbria.ac.uk, 2017).
Description of the event:
This was a practice session during the CPU at (workplace) and we were given three route
of drug administration: oral administration, subcutaneous injection, and Intramuscular injection.
I was aware of the rules and steps of oral drug administration mentioned in Australian nursing
core practice skills (Anmf.org.au, 2017). Main steps include, washing hands before attending
patient, checking Medical Record Number (MRN) number, documenting patient’s records before
and after providing medication and check the detail like time and date, expiry details, dosage of
the medicine (Dressman & Reppas, 2016). I followed all these steps and took the tablets in the
bottle cap before putting the medicine in medication cup. However, I missed two steps: washing
hand after medication and wiping the bottle mouth before putting the cap back. Natalie chose the
intramuscular route for drug administration and she made no mistakes according to my
evaluation. However, Sean injected medicines through sub-cutaneous route and he missed on so
many steps of actual process (Dougherty & Lister, 2015). He did not washed his hands after
entering the ward and started to assemble the injection essentials (Orsini & Divers, 2012).
Feeling:
The feeling of this session encouraged me a lot. I gained my confidence to handle a patient
however missing on few steps made me dis-satisfied. Watching Sean injecting medicine through
sub-cutaneous route was little embarrassing as he missed out an important step of washing
hands. Whereas Natalie’s dedication empowered me to focus on my learnings and procedures in
future. Her way to treat a patient and administrating drug intramuscularly was inspiring.

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Evaluation:
After completion of the practice session, I felt little disappointed. One major limitation of
this experience was failing to comply with the core values and steps of drug administration that
could have harmed the patient. However, the positive aspect was, it was only a practice session
and I had opportunities to evaluate my faults.
Analysis:
After this medication administration procedure, I discovered my compliance level to the
actual nursing oral drug administration aspects. The core practice skills that need to be followed
by every nurse, I was able to remember and complied with those steps. This session made me
quite confident about the forthcoming Objective Structured Clinical Assessment (OSCA), as I
did not missed out any important steps during the practice.
Conclusion:
I am able to figure out my drawbacks and areas where I need to focus more before the
OSCA exam. I should have spent more time of my practice sessions to focus on medication
administration skills that would have helped me to focus in that scenario. I should have focused
on the core skills of nursing to be confident during the session.
Action plan:
In future, to deal with such situation I am going to focus more on the core practice skills
and will spend more hours to practice medication administration. To enact those skills I will be
trying to attend few more practice sessions with virtual patients and will evaluate myself. Before

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attending such practice, I will study about all the core skills. To handle the challenges while
providing medication, I will congregate them according to the situation or patient.

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