Rolfe Et Al 2001 Model With Specific Prompts Nursing Assessment
Type of Collaboration Individual Assessment
- Details Students willuse the Rolfe et al. (2001) Model with specific prompts outlined below to reflect on caring for a person experiencing a deterioration in theirconditionEITHER:From the studentsown clinical practice,OR:From the example of caring for a person with a deterioration in their condition provided on Moodle.
Descriptive-
- What?
- What is the situation? (Did you or should you have recognised indicators of deterioration?)
- What was my role in the situation?
- What was I trying to achieve?
- What actions did I take? Consider specifically:
How did I communicate my concerns- to the person I was caring for/the team?
What assessment skills and clinical treatment and care did I provide?
What person-centred processes (McCormack & McCance, 2017) did I use to support the person in my care and others?
What was the response of others?
What were the consequences? For the person I was caringfor?For myself? For others?
What feelings did it evoke? In the person I was caringfor?In myself? In others?
What was good/bad about the experience?
Theoretical-
- So what?Use evidence to support this section of yourreflection
- Sowhat does this tell me/ teach me/ imply/ mean about me/ the person I was caring for/ our relationship/ my care/ the knowledge and skills I am using/ my attitudes, values and beliefs/ the person I was caringforsattitudes, values and beliefs/ etc...?
- Sowhat was going through my mind as I acted?
- Sowhat did I base my actions on? Consider specifically:
Did your knowledge of the Clinical Reasoning Cycle including your structured assessment skills and clinical treatment and care inform your actions- explain?
Did the McCormack & McCance (2017) person-centred practice pre-requisites inform your actions- explain?
Did your professional communication and leadership skills and knowledge inform your actions- explain?
Sowhatotherknowledge can I bring to this situation?
Consider specifically:
Your knowledge of the Clinical Reasoning Cycle including structured assessment skills and clinical treatment and care
The McCormack & McCance (2017) person-centred pre-requisites
Your professional communication and leadership skills and knowledge
- Sowhat could / should I have done to make it better? For the person I was caringfor?For myself? For others?
- Sowhat is my new understanding of the situation?
- Sowhat broader issues arise from the situation?
- Action-oriented- Now what?Use evidence to support this section of yourreflection
- What would I do differently next time? Now what do I need to doin order toeffectively recognise and manage a deterioration of a persons condition in the future? Consider specifically:
Your knowledge of the Clinical Reasoning Cycle including your structured assessment skills and clinical treatment and care
The McCormack & McCance (2017) person-centred pre-requisites
Your professional communication and leadership skills and knowledge
- Now what broader issues do I need to consider if this action is to be successful?
- Now what would be the consequences of this action?
- Now what planning is required to activate the new direction?
Studentsare expected to critically reflect on theexperiencewith a focus on the role of the registered nurse in a health system.
- Style and format Critical reflectionusing the informationoutlinedabove
- Use these headings:
- Descriptive- What?
- Theoretical- So what?
- Action-oriented- Now what?
