outline the positive and negative aspects of the incident— essentially what was good and bad about the scenario with supporting evidence?

This is a critical reflection of a practice experience that involved ethical dilemmas and legal issues.

Introduction (150 words)

This section not needed

Description (200 words)

This section not needed

Feelings (150 words)

I felt persuading the patient to get treated, this could be classes as coercing their decision (Buka, 2015) but again I would have felt anxious about discharging patient without having seen at hospital (Greaves and Porter, 2007).

Evaluation (300 words)

The key aspect of the evaluation element is to outline the positive and negative aspects of the incident— essentially what was good and bad about the scenario with supporting evidence?

Analysis (approx. 1000 words)

The Analysis is the central element of reflection. As such it is often the longest section— either the largest aspect of any written report, discussion or assignment. Analysis is also the most challenging aspect of any of the critical reflective models since it involves reviewing the specific issues related to the incident in question. Analysis focuses on either your actions and/or the actions of others, and should follow on from the feelings that you identified earlier in the model, but in more depth. Analysis also facilitates the exploration of the individual components of an incident, identifying any existing knowledge, challenging some assumptions or beliefs and exploring any alternatives. At this stage, the critical analysis of relevant knowledge involves examining the relevant existing knowledge, research or literature base this individual incident has raised, particularly when an element of a written report. If we again take the clinical example of the scenario, you might focus on the fact that you were managing the patient autonomously, feeling of helplessness and/or frustration due to patient refusing admission to hospital could be further explored in this section by considering if consent was maintained or no, from the perspective of patient’s legal and ethical rights, to decide her treatment. Exploration of the legal and ethical issues related to consent in such situations would form part of the analysis in this scenario. In analysis, you should take an objective approach and provide the relevant, up-to-date and appropriate evidence, literature or research regarding the specific aspects you are addressing.

Conclusion (100 words)

The Conclusion is just that, a short summary of the scenario, summarising the key points, underlining the highlighted feelings and the associated aspects that you further analysed, very similar to a conclusion in an assignment.

 

Action Plan (100 words)

The Action Plan focuses on presenting any new knowledge that you gained from this particular scenario. This allows you consider how, if presented with a similar situation and in the light what you now know, how you would manage a similar incident. It is difficult to state definitively how you might address an identical situation, since it could be argued that all situations are different; however, the main aim of the Action Plan is to highlight specific areas or points that have changed as a result of this episode of critical thinking, including any new knowledge or practice.

 

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