Reflection of nursing practice: injection administration.
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 02:53:18
Category: / Recreation & Sports / Health & Beauty
Length: 4 pages (1076 words)
Category: / Recreation & Sports / Health & Beauty
Length: 4 pages (1076 words)
In this essay I intend to reflect upon the first time I administered an injection. To assist me in the process of reflection I will use De Bono's Six Thinking Hats (1985) methodology of thinking. Although, traditionally, this method is used in business and management, I feel that it is applicable to nursing as it has enabled me to dissect my thinking. De Bono suggests that we need to practice deliberate thinking as opposed to reactive …
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…enabled me to reflect on this event in an effective way. The act of 'putting on' different hats has enabled me use deliberate, conscious thinking. It has enabled me to pull apart the different elements of the event and think about them separately in order to achieve a tangible outcome.
References:
De Bono, E (1985). Six Thinking Hats. London:Penguin.
Hemsworth, S (2000). Intramuscular injection technique. Paediatric Nursing, 12(9) 19-20
Workman, B (1999). Safe injection techniques. Nursing Standard. 13(39) 47-53
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