Learning Outcome: Analyse and develop your ability to make informed decisions in relation to person centred care.
Submission Date: 27/11/2024
During your practice learning experiences, you are working towards achieving your proficiencies, you are becoming more confident and beginning to make informed decisions about aspects of client care. In relation to the following proficiency:
4.2 work in partnership with people to encourage shared decision making in order to support individuals, their families and carers to manage their own care when appropriate.
Select an episode of care you have been involved in during your practice learning experiences and reflect on how you have developed your knowledge, skills and confidence relating to decision making and encouraging shared decision making with individuals and their families and carers (if relevant).
You need to use a Rolfe et al (2001) Reflective Cycle for this assignment. Rolfe et al.’s (2001) reflective model is based upon three simple questions: What? So what? Now what? This assignment guide includes a list of questions that you may choose to answer in response to these three questions.
You need to consider some (does not need to be all) of the key themes of the module which explored the process and principles of decision making. These are:
There is also a good book that will help you think about decision making :
Aston, L. Wakefield, J. Mcfowne, R. (2010) The student nurse guide to
decision making in practice. Sage. London (please note where this book says Mentor – it should read Practice Supervisor and where it says Branch it should read Field of Practice.
References approx. 15 – 20 ensure some 2021
It is a requirement of this assignment that theory is used that support your reflection, and all sources for ideas must be acknowledged. These can be placed in a reflective essay like any academic essay
Blend in references for example: Barnes said, Brown argues that , Smith purports, evidence from the findings undertaken by Jones (2020) would indicate that ….however this is inconsistent with the findings of Green (2018) who found that …Low (2019) , concurred with the findings of Green and with due consideration of the sample sizes of all three studies, it could be agreed that the finding by Low and Green support this is best practice.
Contested, considers, explains, identifies, reflects on …. Alludes to ……
Pronouns
In contrast to most academic writing, first person narrative is used in reflective writing. ‘I’ becomes necessary when describing personal observations and feelings. However, it is also common to move between first and third person writing when making general comments and referring to the literature.
Tenses
Reflective writing often requires movement between past, present and future tenses, depending on whether actual events are being recounted, a more general comment is being made or a projection about the future is proposed.