Reflective Reflection

Reflection is a major factor in "developing self-awareness" to improve services provided to everyone around me, this is to develop my own understanding in realising the good and bad made previously. Moving forward with a better understanding, as well as rectifying the mistake whilst recognizing the good points, (Horton-Deutsch and Sherwood, 2008).

This reflective essay will be adopted from Rolfe, Freshwater and Jasper’s (2001) reflection model. This reflection is based on a case study that I have read and will be based on the intervention I have chosen to treat the patient. Mr. Castello was admitted to the ward for observation after a fight and sustaining a laceration to his right forehead from a beer bottle and extensive bruising and scratches to his left arm. Mr. Castello had a pre-existing chest infection, Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (DM), and asthma. Assessing, cleaning and dressing his wounds is an integral part of his treatment, as his DM can lead to delayed wound healing and increased chance of infection (Salazar, Ennis, & Koh, 2016). This could be successfully achieved through

This semester I learned a lot about writing in English 151. It has been a roller coaster ride with these essays for me this semester. I learned step by step how to write a good essay and how to have your readers be engaged in what you’re trying to tell them. Each essay I did has taught me something valuable I can take to the next level of English. I feel as if as the semester went by I did not take my writing that seriously and that reflected in my grades I received in each essay. It made me a better student and writer and it will reflect next semester. In this essay, I will reflect on what I learned throughout this semester that you should apply in your writing when you begin English 151.

The purpose of this assignment is to discuss the contribution of reflective practice for clinical nursing. Reflection has been defined as a way for individuals to “capture their experience, think about it, mull it over and evaluate” (Boud et al 1985: 19)

For the last six weeks in both mental and acute setting, I have reflected on events that I had met in each week. Now, I am going to identify essential personal learning outcomes from those events and will include personal awareness of strengths and weaknesses. Among the different models of reflection, I will use the Gibbs model of reflection which entails six stages such as description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion, action plan.

During my placement at Project Booyah, I found the 500 hours both a challenging and rewarding experience. Throughout my experience new knowledge and skills were gained as well as insight into looking at issues from a different perspective, ability to identify personal values clashes with organisational values and developing my self-awareness of these issues through critical reflection in which I found invaluable to my practice. Each of these areas will be discussed in more detail below, before discussing areas I have identified for further development.

Rehabilitation is the process of helping an individual achieve the highest level of function, independence, and quality of life possible. (Lakeland Health, 2016).

I used to think I was invincible and that nothing could harm me. Now that I look back to when I was younger I can’t believe how incredibly wrong I was. Everyone would always tell me that you couldn’t fool around in college and no one would be there to hold your hand throughout the process. I decided not to listen to them and I would just do my own thing. During the two years that I was enrolled in Moorpark, I would skip class and hang out with my friends. Doing this didn’t just affect me; it also affected my parents and hurt them. My life revolved around having fun and being a carefree teenager. I thought time would stop and everything I did wouldn’t cause me any harm. I’d get these moments sometimes where I’d stop and be disappointed in myself but I wouldn’t fix my problems or even try to. Focusing more on my social life led me to put school on the backburner and concentrate on my new job that I started. Work became demanding. With all of the hours and responsibilities that I had, I never thought of going back to school. I ended up becoming a manager in a department store, and this took up the majority of my time. I had only finished about a year of school. I’d keep telling myself that I would go back next semester. This was a reoccurring thought in my head. At this point in my life I was 20, I worked and then I started a new relationship. This also consumed much of my time. This new relationship brought

Who is the boy I see in the mirror? He is over-weighted, unsuccessful, paranoid, and insecure. It was a grotesque reflection of myself and a visualization of a loser. So I was frequently scared to confront my true-self in the mirror and ignored my fundamental problem.

Reflection is some kind of thinking and of learning. By reflecting we learn from an experience which takes place in our everyday life. Sometimes reflection will show your mistakes, fears, your weak and strong points and also your prosperity. Proper definition of Reflection is that it is an active process of observing one’s own experience so to look closer at it. Before one learns from an experience, the individual will first make sense out of an experience so to have a meaning of the experience. There are two types of Reflection which are the Reflection learning and reflection practice. Reflection learning engages in reflection for the simple and clear goal of making learning out of the process of learning. The reflective practice

My view of inclusion has become stronger since the beginning of this course. This course has helped me put into words, what I have been feeling for quite a while. The idea and the concept of inclusion was identified and defined. It has helped me realize that inclusion is a lifestyle that must be chosen by advocates of individuals with disabilities. Inclusion is not a privilege, but a right, to all individuals with disabilities. That right is not just in the classroom, but in society as well.

After looking back at some of the papers I have written throughout my four years at Mississippi State, I can honestly say the transformation of my writing skills has left me baffled at some of my earlier works that I hardly recognize. As the level of my classes increased, each teacher taught me a new skill that helped my writing improve, whether it be my thesis, transitional sentences, or how to properly break down a quote and explain it to a reader. Each small improvement resulted in a grand-scale remodel. From Comp. 1 to Critical Writing and Research and 4000 level classes, everything has drastically improved, especially my analyzation skills. More than just analyzation, the five essays I have chosen for my portfolio focus on how the cultural ideology the author was exposed to influenced his or her writings. My earlier papers attempt to address the point I am trying to make, but lack of thorough analyzation, along with grammatical errors, combined with simple sentences, it is safe to say that the point was vaguely made with little evidence to support it. However, in my later papers I may spend an entire paragraph analyzing a single quote. This change is due to the development of my micro and macro reading skills paired with my advancement in analyzing different types of literature.

The positive and free speak atmosphere you gave the classroom made me want to get up and come to class every day. The jokes, laughs and the engaging lectures we had in class, is what made your class the best experience I have ever had in Broward college. I will never forget the things I learned about my culture and my real history and having an interesting passionate teacher when I started this course has now grown me as a young black student to have an interest in learning more as well.

At this point in the semester, I do not feel any different than in the beginning of the semester. Prior to this class I had taken English before and written the same types of essays thus I was familiar with the different paper’s requirements. For the most part, my writing has stayed the same as when I first started this semester. The biggest change I have experienced in my writing is my ability to organize more effectively and to manage my time more effectively. Although my writing has not changed increasingly, some parts of the writing process have been improved such as organization and time management.

Over the past few weeks, I have noticed growth in awareness and understanding towards becoming a culturally responsive teacher. This includes me learning more about the many aspects and influences on what makes a teacher truly culturally responsive and developing on the knowledge that I already had.