Gibbs Reflective Assignment

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In this essay, I will discuss three clinical skills that I undertook during the six weeks placement: Giving an insulin injection, hand washing and dressing a trauma wound.
I aim to use Gibbs’ reflective model (1988 cited in Peate 2013) to reflect on the three skills because it is simple to use and understand. It will also enable me to reflect on how I felt whilst undertaken each skill.
The six stages of Gibbs’ reflective model are Description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion and action plan.

Reflective Account 1: Giving an Insulin injection
Description
When I and my mentor arrived at a patient’s home with type 1 diabetes, my mentor informed me that I would be giving the patient her insulin.
My mentor checked the patient’s blood

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