The complete information for the assignment is illustrated below. In the content assignment there is a youtube video which need to be reviewed or the assignment.
You may choose from the following options to view the movie in preparation for the reflection:
WIT may available at some DVD/video outlets, it will be available from the library at all 3 copies in the reserved section (it has to be viewed in the library and there is only one copy per campus) and it can also be viewed online at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0PPvYlGqL8
Students are required to select an aspect/scene (not the entire movie) and use Gibbs Reflective Cycle (see next page) to demonstrate their understanding of providing sensitive, individualised nursing care for a person with cancer.
N.B. If you are repeating the subject you will need to select another scene to reflect on. If you try to resubmit your previous reflection safe assign will pick this up and you will fail the assessment.
Please be warned that there are parts of the movie that are sad and there is poor care of this patient throughout her journey with ovarian cancer so the movie is quite confronting (have tissues handy).
Some Suggested Reading to Assist Analysis:
- Brown & Edwards: Chapter 5 (Palliative Care) & 12 (Cancer)
- Kozier & Erb 2012: Chapter 18, 26, 27 & 44 (This is a textbook that was used in year one. If
- you do not have it, there are copies available in the library).
- Nursing and Midwifery Board National Competency Standards for the Registered Nurse
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia Code of Ethics for Nurses in Australia
Reflection:
Reflection is an important component of nursing practice in order to learn from experience and improve in nursing care delivery. Usually nurses reflect on their own practice, however, viewing this DVD provides you with the opportunity to view practice within the movie and to reflect and think about how you could manage the situation differently to provide a high standard of nursing care for your patient.
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) require nurses to use reflective practice during critical thinking and analysis: ‘Reflecting on practice, feelings and beliefs and consequences of these for individuals/groups is an important professional benchmark’ (NMBA 2006, p. 3).
Please remember to complete the work in around 1500 words.