Assessment 2: Written Assessment Students must select ONE topic from below:    Reflect on your experiences as a student working with a Registered Nurse (RN) whilst on clinical placement where poor clinical leadership left you feeling undermined or diminished in your capacity to uphold your professional responsibility and ask yourself “What key attributes and challenges did I identify in preparation for my role as a graduate registered nurse to overcome conflict arising in teams

Students must select ONE topic from below:   

1. Reflect on your experiences as a student working with a Registered Nurse (RN) whilst on clinical placement where poor clinical leadership left you feeling undermined or diminished in your capacity to uphold your professional responsibility and ask yourself “What key attributes and challenges did I identify in preparation for my role as a graduate registered nurse to overcome conflict arising in teams. What strategies do I need to learn more about to effectively uphold my professional and clinical leadership responsibilities?” 
2. Reflect on your experiences as a student working with an RN whilst on clinical placement where a staff member inappropriately shared patient clinical information on social media and ask yourself “What do I identify as the ethical and professional responsibilities of an RN when using Social Media platforms for personal and professional use. What strategies do I need to learn more about to effectively maintain digital citizenship positively once I graduate as an RN?”

Guidelines / structure

The essay is to contain the following sections based on the Gibbs Reflective Cycle:

1. 1. Introduction (100 words) – The introduction is a description of your chosen self-reflective topic and an overview of the key areas of your intended discussion.
   2. Personal and Professional self-reflection (500 words) – This is a first person self-reflective discussion and includes your feelings. This section must provide a comprehensive discussion of the key areas you feel important as you transition into practice as an RN based on your chosen topic.  
   3. Evaluation (400 words) – This is a written evaluation that outlines how self-reflection is supported or refuted by the literature?  An evaluative discussion written in third person is required (as per Gibbs Reflective Cycle). The evaluation section must be supported through the use of contemporary, scholarly literature. 
   4. Analysis (400 words) – This is a third person discussion of key outcomes based on your reflection and evaluation and what best practice literature has informed you in relation to the chosen topic. (Note this section also covers the ‘conclusion’ section of the Gibbs cycle).
   5. Strategies for practice - (300 words) Based on your analysis, what specific positive strategies, would assist you transition into practice as a registered nurse? This section written in third person relates to the Action Plan identified in the Gibbs Reflective Cycle. Credible Scholarly literature sources that support the strategies are required and must be correctly referenced.   
   6. Essay Conclusion (100 words) – This section includes a summary of the main points and what you have learnt from the self-reflection. Note: this is not the Gibbs conclusion step – this is the conclusion to your essay. In this conclusion you also need to consider the process of reflection, and its importance, with reference to Gibbs cycle.