Reflective Essay: Applying Nursing Standards to Abdominal Assessment

This reflective essay delves into the author's experiences and learning in the context of nursing practice, specifically focusing on the Registered Nurse Standards and the application of the Gibbs reflection cycle. The essay begins with an introduction to the Gibbs model and the importance of critical thinking and analysis in nursing. It then describes the author's experiences in abdominal assessment, highlighting the challenges and the need for a strong understanding of cultural sensitivity and professional relationships. The essay further evaluates the author's feelings, analyzes their skills in relation to nursing standards, and concludes with an action plan for continued professional development. The author emphasizes the need for both theoretical knowledge and practical skills, including the ability to multitask, conduct assessments, and maintain a professional demeanor. The essay references several sources, including books and journals, to support the analysis of the author's experiences and the application of nursing standards.

Reflective writing

Table of Contents
Introduction .....................................................................................................................................3
References .......................................................................................................................................5
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Introduction
This format is followed by the Gibbs reflection cycle, in which main topic is the
Registered Nurse Standards “thinks critically and analyse nursing practice”. The pattern used in
Gibbs is first to provide description, then feelings, evaluation of discussion, analysis of the
subject, conclusive results & conclusion and in end an action plan is discussed. The examination
which shall provide certificate to become a nurse is abdominal activities which involves a series
of several steps such as correct inspection, percussion, auscultation and in the end palpation. The
practice of becoming an registered nurse is not an easy task. I have personally experienced it.
Their is always so much to study & understands things related to every aspects that I had to
juggle between learning, understanding and applying several things at one time. I had to work
with proper therapeutic and professional relationship with all community, family and
friends(Külske, Rozikov and Khakimov, 2014). I have experienced several cases in which people
were having several health issues either physical or mental and in some cases people are having
health related challenges as well. The Australian culture is correct blend of culture & rituals with
several linguistic languages used in day to day lifestyle. Being a nurse I have to always follow
towards providing importance of culture & history of any person. As being an professional
registered nurse I have to be complete my duties and responsibilities as mentioned in the
Australian primary health care nurses association(Pozsgay, 2014). The profession I belong from
needs a nurse to be multitasker and should have knowledge about everything. This also include
several research, strategies and developing several evidence or proof regrading making
decisions. This is done to give correct information on therapeutic basis which will implicate
several results of people. The classes and activity skills period has endured my concepts in which
I have discovered huge skill which is to be convention-er. Also I have learned to become
independence and manage all sort of being professionally fit. I have always learned over here
that one has to be mentally and physically fit to be practically be responsible for the health and
safety of myself and the patient as well. We have always been said to be responsible for all
information with correct statistical data and information in which one has to keep their personal
and professional life apart. One in this profession has to be capable enough for providing
information to other people and should give the correct information as well. As a student one has
to remember all standards and provisions which are compulsory to follow while working as a
professional nurse. Their is a pro-rata basis on which standards and criteria are maintained and

followed some of them are like, critical thinking, therapeutic & professional sort of relationship
with all patients, conduct assessment with capability to perform, safe work and in last
qualitatively analyse the work and full fill all gaps in the following(Moran and et. al., 2016).All
such procedure followed is a logical procedure in which one has to keep control on their
emotions and keep a distinctive face for which a behavioural aspect must be created by the
person. Correct implementations of such rules or provisions helps a person in qualify on all
standards of this profession(Ansorge and et. al., 2014). This essay is bifurcated in two methods
in which one the examination is studies and in the rest mechanisms which influences such
concepts. Nursing education has become an brand obligatory option and in which there are
several tools which helps in providing real nursing a learned and evidential from and own
suggested reflected suggestion which will help in providing several aspects of several aspects in
nursing. I have to analyse such stands and levels which will help in self analysing myself and
will be creative in aspects of proper evidential. The procedure of internal analysis and self
development has reflected several aspects and commercial workings in such profession. Writing
for self observation helps in getting better in professional skills. The procedure used in this is
very calculative and helps in enduring my skill, Gibbs model ways in which firstly I have given a
good description of my work then the feelings I have towards it are mentioned. Then I have
critically evaluated my skills and abdomen assessment and analyse my skills properly. In the end
my conclusion of growth from this assessment is mentioned and in the last passages an action
plan to which I have to work is provided. This will help in pertaining correct assessments of my
skills, work and correct evaluation.

References
Books and journals
Külske, C., Rozikov, U. A., & Khakimov, R. M. (2014). Description of the translation-invariant
splitting Gibbs measures for the Potts model on a Cayley tree. Journal of Statistical
Physics. 156(1). 189-200.
Pozsgay, B. (2014). Quantum quenches and generalized Gibbs ensemble in a Bethe Ansatz
solvable lattice model of interacting bosons. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and
Experiment, 2014(10). P10045.
Moran, J. and et. al., (2016). Role of cardiopulmonary exercise testing as a risk-assessment
method in patients undergoing intra-abdominal surgery: a systematic review. BJA: British
Journal of Anaesthesia. 116(2). 177-191.
Ansorge, C. and et. al., (2014). Diagnostic value of abdominal drainage in individual risk
assessment of pancreatic fistula following pancreaticoduodenectomy. British Journal of
Surgery. 101(2). 100-108.