Introduction to Nursing Practice

Introduction to Introduction to Nursing Practice

The main purpose of this report is to reflect upon the photographic group activity in which I had taken part. In this report, I am going to make use of the Gibb’s Reflective Cycle (1988) and discuss about the various challenges as well as rewards that I have experienced during the entire course of the group project in which I have taken part. Moreover, in the due course of my reflection report, I am going to make use of the Pacific techniques of having an adequate level of understanding in terms of performing in an integrated manner, that is in groups.

Gibb’s Reflective Cycle ( 1988)

The Gibb’s Reflective Cycle was created by Graham Gibbs in the year 1988 with an attempt to provide a particular framework to the different kinds of learning and experiences an individual is making in his life (Sekarwinahyu et al., 2018).

Here the different stages of the Gibb’s Reflective Cycle through which I am going to reflect upon my experience:

Description- As a part of the Nursing Practice course, we were divided into a group of five and was asked to prepare a photographic project. The task given to our group was to create a discussion on the Tobacco Factory in Papatoetoe, which is located in the interior parts of the South Auckland. In this regard, me along with my group members engaged in the task of clicking multiple pictures from different places and we discussed about those pictures as per its relevance with the topic provided to us.

In this context, it was me, who suggested the other members of my group to first express their point of views on each of the pictures clicked and then we can decide with a mutual consent that which description as interpretation about each of those pictures would be most appropriate.

Feelings- In the due course of this photography project, I had experienced a number of challenges but was able to gradually overcome the same because I had an adequate level of knowledge and understanding about the nursing philosophies as per the Pacific worldviews.

Initially, I experienced a lot of issues in terms of managing the project well with the other members of my group. The key reason for this was that the other four members of my groups belonged to a different as compared to the kind of culture from where I hailed from. Hence, this created a huge difference in the viewpoints about each of the pictures we clicked. For example, one of the pictures clicked by a group member seemed to be totally a source of disappointment for me, that according to me had the potential to damage the reputation of Tobacco Factory, which we had captured, however, two other group members protested against my view point by depicting that here the reputation of the factory is not a matter of concern, our first priority here should be to protect the life of the numerous people, who would be consuming the tobacco produced by the factory in concern.

Evaluation- After a comprehensive discussion about the particular photograph in concern, I was able to understand the point of view of the other two members of my group. Hence, it was determined, keeping in mind the Pacific World-Views in terms of the nursing practice (Asian American Pacific Islander Nurses Association, 2016), that the picture which was showing the downside of the Tobacco, could be easily used as a means of communicating with people who suffering health damages due to tobacco consumption and making them understand as a nursing a staff, that their feelings are being valued by the support workers. This can contribute to a great extent towards protecting the life of thousand people from the health damages created by tobacco consumption.
Analysis- I think, it is important for a nursing staff to show empathy towards their clients and then only they will have a sense of security, which is very important for a nurse to create a sound relationship with their clients.

Furthermore, as per the Pacific World Views in terms of nursing staff, it is significant for a nurse to have clear idea about her own culture and then only he or she would be able to understand the culture of their client and will also be able to understand its difference from their own culture (Nanai et al., 2017). Thus, with the help of this group activity, I was also able to understand the culture of my group members, their view point on the concerned photography, and I think after proper analysis that the two group members point of view was more appropriate as compared to mine, when it comes to nursing practice. Furthermore, my view point was appropriate from the business point of view and not from nursing point of view.

Conclusion- In the future, when I come across more such projects, I will focus more on the principles of Nursing Practice and think lesser from the point of view of a business.
Action Plan- In this context, I think I should polish myself to a higher extent in terms of the Codes of Conduct of Nursing as well as in terms of Pacific World View of Nursing Practice (Asian American Pacific Islander Nurses Association, 2016). I will try to take part in more of such group activities, so that I can learn the proper skill of analyzing a situation critically in relation to the Nursing Practice.

Conclusion on Introduction to Nursing Practice

Through this reflective report, it can be concluded that I should take part in more group activities, which will help me to understand the culture of others and thereby, I will be able to respect the culture of my client as a nurse.

References for Introduction to Nursing Practice

Asian American Pacific Islander Nurses Association. (2016). Proceedings of the 2016 Asian American/Pacific Islander Nurses Association conference: Global health & nursing: Advancements through research, education, and practice. Asian/Pacific Island Nursing Journal, 1(3), 61-69. Retrieved from https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1033&context=apin

Nanai, J., Ponton, V., Haxell, A., & Rasheed, A. (2017). Through Pacific/Pasifika Lens to Understand Students Experiences to Promote Success Within New Zealand Tertiary Environment. Sociology Study, 7(6), 293-314. Retrieved from http://orapp.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/12831

Sekarwinahyu, M., Rustaman, N. Y., Widodo, A., & Riandi, R. (2018). Development of problem based learning for online tutorial program in plant development using Gibbs' reflective cycle and e-portfolio to enhance reflective thinking skills. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 1157, No. 2). Retrieved from https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/1157/2/022099/meta

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