NSG3NRC Nursing: Reflection and Consolidation Assignment, LU, Singapore: Reflect and write about a situation that occurred within the healthcare setting

Assessment Task: Written Essay

This assessment task is broken up into two (2) integral and interrelated components:
1. Reflect and write about a situation that occurred within the healthcare setting while working as a registered nurse.
2. Drawing on literature, identify and discuss four (4) non-technical skills (NTS) to which this clinical situation relates.

1. Reflect and write about a situation that occurred within the healthcare setting while working as a registered nurse.

Think about a situation, interaction, experience, incident, encounter, or observation that occurred within the ward setting while working as a registered nurse. It does not matter if it went well or if it went badly, is it an event that you have learnt from? You can use one (1) of the reflective models to guide your writing or another reflection strategy such as journaling or critical incident analysis.
Reflective writing is your response to experiences, situations, events or new information and that generally has links to relevant literature on the topic. There is no right or wrong answer. Reflection is unique and you are expected to use personal pronouns (I, me, us) to express your ideas, thoughts, and experience. We do reflective writing to:

o demonstrate knowledge and understanding of what occurred
o react to written text or situation by agreeing or disagreeing and explaining why
o make connections between what you know and what you are learning
o to examine how you learn and whether it is effective
o reflect on successes and / or mistakes for your future career.

2. Drawing on literature, identify and discuss four (4) non-technical skills (NTS) to which this clinical situation relates.
Identify, discuss and provide rationale on how each of the four (4) non-technical skills (NTS) relates to your clinical reflection and use credible, current and relevant literature to support your stance.

Non-technical skills can best be described as the interpersonal skills that are required to undertake a specific technical task. For example, communication, leadership, situational awareness, decision-making, teamwork, stress and fatigue and task management.

For further clarification of the grading criteria and mark allocation, refer to the Assessment 1 marking rubric.
• References: APA 7th referencing style.
• Submission: To Turnitin via the LMS site for NSG3NRC. You do NOT require a coversheet for this assessment task.
• Penalties as per the La Trobe University Policy will be incurred after the due date/time.
• Applications for extension must be received 72 hours (3 days) prior to the due date/time.
• In accordance with University policy, because this assessment is worth more than 20%, it is eligible for remarking. Applications for remarking must be submitted within 10 days after the release of the final Assessment 1 mark.