Rasmussen College Diabetes Mellitus Patient Clinical Reflection

Clinical Reflection Template

What is a clinical reflection?

Clinical reflection is a descriptive summary of students experience during a clinical rotation.The clinical reflection is not based on your personal feelings or thoughts but reflects knowledge, theory and critical thinking applied during the course of caring for a patient.A clinical reflection help to emphasize theories learned in the classroom/clinical environment and strengthens the critical thinking process of the student.

Requirements:

  • APA format
  • Cite references if used
  • Minimum of 200 words
  • Completed by Week 10 Sunday at midnight and turned into your clinical instructor (email)
  • Incorporates the questions below
  • Attach as a word document

Clinical Reflection Questions/comments:

  • Choose one patient and identify the priority problem. What did you contribute toward resolving or easing the problem?
  • Give a nursing diagnosis on your patient’s priority problem and explain
  • Provide an example of an incident during clinical that reinforced the theory you have learned in class lectures.
  • Provide an example of an incident that contradicted the theory you have learned.
  • What clinical skills can you improve?
  • What were you most proud (i. e. behavior, skill performance, interactions, significant observations)?
  • How will you plan your next clinical session based on knowledge acquired during this clinical rotation?
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