Brief task description
This written assignment requires you to self-reflect on the assignment question using the Gibbs Reflective Cycle as a guide and using contemporary literature.
Rationale for assessment task
As the complexities of caring for a patient in our healthcare system increases there is a need to reflect on our experiences to improve our own ability to be resilient to the constant changes and demands of the setting. As a Registered Nurse these attributes are important both personally and professionally for optimal health, positive leadership and for quality outcomes of patients.
Course Objectives assessed:
- Critically apply relevant legal and ethical principles to future health care practice situations at the level of a beginning Registered Nurse
- Interpret, analyse and apply the nursing scope of practice in health related scenarios
- Examine clinical leadership principles in nursing practice
- Engage in critical discussion which explores the relationship between professional identity, role conflict and role boundaries
- Interpret, analyse and explain professional formation through linking theoretical concepts of caring to clinical practice environments and lifelong learning.
- Apply exemplary communication in digital technologies and therapeutic relationships working with, and leading inter-professional teams in care decision making practices
Task detail
Consider the next stage of your transition from student to a graduate registered nurse. During this transition, the stages of reality shock can become real. How you, as a graduate registered nurse responds to each situation will prepare you for further challenges. However, this requires resilience, strength and the capacity to grow as a leader and to self-reflect. This task asks you to respond to the topic below:
