Reflection

NURS1007 Assignment 2: REFLECTION

Nurses are expected to be able to reflect on their practice in order to develop their skills and knowledge. This assessment is designed for you to reflect on your thoughts and feelings regarding mental health and addictions and identify what actions you need to take to enhance your knowledge and skills to effectively work with people experiencing mental illness.

As it is reflective writing you may choose to write in the first person. You will also need to support your discussion with current literature to help clarify your understanding and future actions as a nurse.  

Using the steps below reflect on your response to the following scenario 

Bill is a homeless man who is sleeping out in the cold. He has a long history of mental health crises and has recently been discharged from an acute inpatient mental health ward. You can hear him yelling at people before you see him. You see him waving a half-drunk bottle of wine and staggering on his feet. He looks dishevelled and cold.  As you walk past him, he yells at you to watch your back or they will get you. 

Event (what happened and what would I do)

  what has taken place and what is your immediate reaction to this?

If I was to be in this situation in real life, where Bill says watch your back or they will get you, I would be so frightened and could not help but ask the reasoning behind what he had said. The reason I would do this is because Bill might be able to see something I could not. I came from a background where both sides of the family believe in the spiritual world and I have a particular paranormal activity experience that was very vivid and felt so real, where other family members happened to be there and to physically feel and see it as well. 

Emotions 

  How does this make you feel? What are your feelings, emotions and responses?

If someone like Bill would have approach me, I would feel so petrified as well as being curious. The feeling of mixed emotions of fear, disgust and surprise at the same time. In real life situations like this, I would fearfully stop walking and respond to him by asking who would get me and listen to hear if his responses were to make sense or not. Then if his responses did not make any sense, I would presumably identify him as someone who is not mentally well.

Thoughts (How did I become like this, what does it say about me? (analysis))

  What do you think about the event? Why do you think these thoughts came to you? 

I would be curious about what he is seeing, feeling and thinking. I would also be curious on what has made him to be in the state he is in and how the triggering started knowingly he was only recently discharged from an acute inpatient mental health ward.

Learnings 

  What have I learnt from this? What potential biases have I got? What assumptions have you made? Are these logical? What influence has my previous personal / life experience have on my assumptions? 

Prior to this situation, I have

Application (how could this be seen differently, what have I learnt from this?)

How can I grow from this experience personally and professionally? What would I do differently if I came across this event again?  What development do I need? 

Reference Lists:

Coalition For The Homeless. (2021). What Should I Do If. . . https://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/what-should-i-do-if/

Owen, M. J., Sawa, A., & Mortensen, P. B. (2016, July 28). Schizophrenia. The Lancet, 388(10039), 8697. https://www-sciencedirect-com.ezproxy.flinders.edu.au/science/article/pii/S0140673615011216

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