- Initial Posting – Provided reflective clinical judgement by answering the following questions
- 1. Introduction/Background
- Describe the nursing situation, include your relationship with the patient/family
- Consider experiences you have had which help you provide nursing care in this situation
- Include your beliefs about your role as nurse in this situation
- Describe any emotions you had about this situation
- 2.Noticing
- Initially, what did you notice about the nursing situation
- Describe what you notice as you spent more time with the patient/family
- 3.Interpreting
- Describe what you thought about the situation –cause, potential resolutions, patterns
- What other information (assessment data) did you decided you needed?
- How did you obtain this information?
- 4.Responding
- What was your goal for the patient/family?
- What was your nursing response/interventions did you do?
- Describe stresses you
- experienced as you responded to the situation
- 5.Reflection-in-Action
- What happened?
- How did the patient/family/staff respond?
- What did you do next?
- 6.Reflection on Action
- How did your nursing skills expand from this experience?
- What might you do differently if you encounter this situation again?
- What additional knowledge/information/skills do you need to face similar situation in future?
- Describe any changes in your values/feelings/emotions as a result of this experience
