NURS8015 Professional Nursing Practice

•    Look back and play every detail of the situation in your head, like a video.
•    What happened during this situation?
•    Has it happened before or was this a new experience?
•    What did you notice initially about the situation?
•    What did you experience during the situation? What did you think? What did you feel?
•    Was there anything concerning about the situation?
•    Was there any relevant information that influenced the situation? – from the patient, family, health care providers/team
•    Was there any missing information that you would have liked?
•    What emotions have you experienced during this situation?

Putting together the information from the noticing section:

 

•  Where did your knowledge come from?  Was it sufficient?
•  What did you think was happening with the situation? What did your observations and data interpretation lead you to believe? 

•  How did these observations and interpretations support your response to the situation?
•  Were there any differences between what you anticipated and what you experienced? Why do you think this happened?
•  What made the Positive? Negative? Interesting? Effective? Ineffective?
•  What has this interpreting section helped you to learn – about yourself? Anything else?
•  Have you learned anything about what you value/believe?
•  How did your experience impact your practice?
•  What have you learned about good practice?

 

Responding Based on the information in the interpreting section:

 

•  What was your response? List the actions you took.
•  Why did you feel or react the way you did, and why did others feel/react the way they did?

•  What went well? Is so, what were they? Identify and elaborate by providing examples, 2 areas of strength of yours from this situation
• Did you experience any challenges? If so, what were they? How did you manage them? Identify and elaborate by providing examples, 2 areas of development from this situation