Episode must involve an RN – WHY? This is not saying you can’t see good/poor leadership or mentorship from an EN or AIN – but as you are about to graduate as a RN you need to focus on an RN
Assessment 2: Reflection
on leadership
Using the Gibb's
Model of Reflection students will reflect
on their experiences on a previous placement with leadership or mentorship from a Registered Nurse and how they will integrate this in to their future nursing practice.
Length: 1000 words
Assessment 2:
Reflection on leadership: TIP
SHEET
General points
Word count =
1000 words
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This means 1000 words
+/- 10% so between approximately 900-1110 words
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I have provided a
guide to word counts in each section – this is a guide only
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References and
reference list are NOT included in the word count
Getting started
Your first
step is to think of an episode on placement where you witnessed/experienced
good or poor leadership or mentorship from a RN
Key words
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Episode
must involve an RN – WHY? This is not
saying you can’t see good/poor leadership or mentorship from an EN or AIN – but
as you are about to graduate as a RN you need to focus on an RN
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Placement
– this can be any placement you have been on during your nursing degree
o NB:
This is NOT to come from your work experiences – WHY? We are looking for your
experiences as a student RN
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Leadership
– we have discussed leadership a lot in this subject so you should be aware
what this encompasses
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Mentorship
– this is your experiences being mentored – i.e.: buddied with a RN
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Good
or poor experiences – you can use either
– often we learn more from our poor experiences
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Think of an episode
where you experienced good leadership or mentorship – and what made it good –
how this made you feel – you will unpack this using the reflective cycle with
the aim to take the best elements – make sure they are grounded in evidence –
and incorporate to your own practice
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OR think of an
episode where you experienced poor leadership or mentorship – and what made it
bad – how this made you feel – you will
unpack this using the reflective cycle with the aim to take the best elements –
make sure they are grounded in evidence – and incorporate to your own practice
Now review Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle as these are
the headings that you will use in this assessment – there is a copy in
assessment resources
1. Description (approximately 250
words) 10 marks
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Thinking of the
episode you have chosen - describe this and tell us what happened.
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This sets the scene
for the rest of the assessment – so take your time to choose an appropriate
episode
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This is a narrative –
to provide an overview of what happened
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Be concise – don’t
include superfluous information e.g. it isn’t a step-by-step guide to everything
that happened on a shift
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Not academic language
– but please still use good grammar and spelling
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You can use the first
person – we want to see how you were involved
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Make sure you provide
specific detail – don’t just provide
generic details e.g. don’t just say the RN showed good mentorship by providing
good communication – how did they do this? This is what you want to take away
and learn from the encounter
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NB: Don’t identify
the RN or the facility this occurred at – this would be a reach of confidentiality
2.
Feelings
(approximately
100 words) 10 marks
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Written in the first
person
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What were you
thinking and feeling during this episode
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Use descriptive and
honest language – again this is not academic language
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What impact did this
have on you
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Relate the feelings
to what happened in the episode
e.g. “I felt a bit overwhelmed when the RN asked
me to manage the situation but at the end of it I felt really proud of myself
for stepping up”
OR “I felt really upset and disheartened when
the RN made fun of my first attempt at a IMI”
3. Evaluation (approximately 100
words) 10 marks
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Based on what you
have described above – in the narrative and your feelings section -what were
the positive or negative aspects you can identify in the episode
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This part is not
analytical – you are making your own personal judgements about what you thought
was good or poor
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This can be written
in the first person
4. Analysis (approximately 250
words) 15 marks
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What sense can you
make of the situation?
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This is building on
your evaluation - reconsider the things that were good or poor
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The aim is to explain
the causes of things that happened – it asks the question why? E.g. so if
mentoring was poor – why might that be the case? If you are saying you saw good
leadership relate to the evidence on this
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This part is
analytical – it does not describe – so this is NOT in the first person
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Use academic writing
in this section
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Here you will go to
the literature to back up your argument – so articles on leadership or
mentoring in nursing will help
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Use in-text
referencing in this section
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Try and focus on the
things that you think are the most important
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It is better to write
more and a couple of things than a little bit about a lot – you will be able to
demonstrated your understanding more if you focus on a couple of points
5. Conclusions (100 words) 10 marks
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A summary of what you
have learnt from this episode
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You can write this in
the first person – but evidence still needs to be referenced
6. Action Plan (100-200 words) 15
marks
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As a result of this
episode what specific actions will you now take in your future nursing practice
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Choose 2 actions –
make sure these are specific – number these as 1 and 2
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A specific action is
something like “I will ensure that I
provide students with constructive and timely feedback” as opposed to “I will give feedback”
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For each provide a rationale – this is the why you are
doing it – so this needs to be backed up with evidence
Reference list 5 marks
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How many references?
Minimum of 5 references
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You are discussing
nursing mentoring and leadership – so aim to use nursing journals
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As always – peer
reviewed journals are favoured
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Harvard referencing
at a 3rd year level
Academic literacy 5 marks
Writing at a 3rd
year level expected
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