FoundationsofProfessionalReflection SWRK1001

Assessment2:FoundationsofProfessionalReflection Assignment Type:Reflective Practice

AssignmentDescription:FoundationsofProfessionalReflection-Patient/clientinterview

DueDate:Thursday2ndMay20251pmWeighting:40% (rubric is 100 points)Word count:1400 +/-10%

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UnitLearningOutcomes:LO1|LO2|LO5

CourseLearningOutcomes:CLO1,2,3,4.

Professionalstandards:NMBAStandardsforPractice1,3,4,7.

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AssessmentAims:

The aim of this assessment is to help you develop skills in reflective practice and to identify communicationtechniquesthatareimportantwhenspeakingwithpatientsinthehealthcaresettingto conduct various health assessments. The aim of this assessment is to also help you strengthen your academic writing skills.

AssessmentInstructions

The aim of this assessment is to help you develop skills in reflective practice and to identify communication techniques that are important when speaking with patients in the healthcare setting to conduct various health assessments. The aim of this assessment is to also help you strengthen your academic writing skills.

Thisassessmenthasthreeparts.Followthestepsbelowtocompleteeachsection.

Part1:TheScene(300wordsrecordedasbulletpoints)

Think of yourself as a story observer as youre watching the interactions in the following patient interview video. This part will help you to develop your "nursing radar" - noticing not just what people say, but all those important unspoken signals too. Make sure that you have a balance between the observable events and the unspoken story and remember, you dont need to record everything, focus on your key observation and thoughts.

Part2:DivingDeeper(700words)

You will now use your observations, imaginings and evidence-based literature to explore the patient interview from three different angles. Use examples from the video clip and support what you write with evidence-based literature (e.g. peer-reviewed literature, textbooks, and nursing standards if relevant).

1. WalkinginthePatient'sShoes(approx.250words) -thissectionshouldbewritteninthefirst person (e.g., I, me, my)

• Write as if you ARE the patient
• What was the experience like for them; what was good and bad about the interview from the patientsperspective?

• How did they feel during different moments of the interview?
• What strategies used by the nurse interviewer made them comfortable or uncomfortable?

2. Behind the Badge (approx. 200 words)
   • What was the nurse interviewer trying to achieve?
   • Whatcommunicationstrategiesdidtheyusethatworkedwellanddidnotworkwell?
   • Wereassumptionsweremadeaboutthepatientandwhateffectdidthishave?
3. YourProfessionalTake(approx.250words)
   • Nowstepbackandbeyourself-anursingstudent
   • Whatdidyoufeelafterwatchingthevideoclip?
   • Whatcontributedtothenurseinterviewersactions(goodandbad)intheinterview?
   • Whatsensecanyoumakeoftheinterviewconductedbythenurseinterviewer?
   • Whatnewinsightsdidyougainfromwatchingthisinteraction?
   • Connectwhatyousawtowhatyou'relearninginclass

Part3:BringingItAllTogether(400words)

ThisiswhereyoubringyouranalysisandevaluationfromParts1and2togethertodrawconclusions:

• Drawtogetherkeyinsightsaboutthebiggestcommunicationimplicationsforthepatientusing theory to support your points
• Whathaveyoulearnedaboutusinggoodandbadcommunicationinahealthinterview?
• Howwillthisinfluencethewayyouinteractwithfuturepatientsinasimilarsituationifyouare the interviewer?
• Whatspecifictechniqueswillyoutrytouseinyourownpractice?
• Use scholarly articles and/or textbooks to support how you could further develop your communicationskillswhenconductinganinterview(i.e.whatcouldbedonedifferently?)

Remember:

• Useexamplesfromwhatyouobservedtosupportyourpoints
• Includereferencestoshowhowyourobservationsconnecttonursingtheory
• Behonestinyourreflectionaboutwhatyou'velearned

Referencelist

1. Write anend-textreferencelist inAPA7^thstyleofthesourcesprovidedaswellastheadditional references you have sourced.
2. YouwillneedtoaccessthearticlesusingtheECUlibrarysearchsystemstofindallthe bibliographic details needed to write the end-text reference list.
3. Youcanfindasampleend-textreferencelistintheECUReferencingLibraryGuideLinkstoanexternal site.

AdditionalInformation:

AcademicWriting:

Priortocompletingyourtask,pleasereviewModule6.Linkstoanexternalsite.oftheAcademicSkills Online Modules or consider attending the targeted workshop for assignment 1 or the Academic Skills@ECU generic academic skills workshops on paraphrasing, referencing and writing academic paragraphs.

YourparagraphsinParts2and3must:

1. Bestructuredwithacleartopicsentence,supportingsentences,andaconcluding
2. Paraphrasetheideasfromthesourcesandincludecorrectin-text
3. Useappropriateacademiclanguageandwell-constructed

Resources:

YoumustuseevidencefromthearticlesandtextbooksbelowtosupportyourdiscussioninPart

2. Note:Alsoremembertoincludeoneextrasourcerelatedtothetopic.

Coretext:(OToole)Communication:Coreinterpersonalskillsforhealthprofessionals(4Linkstoanexternal site.^{thLinkstoanexternalsite.}ed.)Links to an external site.

ProfessionalandtherapeuticcommunicationLinkstoanexternalsite.

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Note:These are not necessarily the correct bibliographic references just enough information to assist you with your library searches