• Use the GIBBS Reflective Cycle (Gibbs, 1988) to complete the components as follows: a. Describe each situation and the context concerning the events that took place with giving medications that is...

• Use the GIBBS Reflective Cycle (Gibbs, 1988) to complete the components as follows:
a. Describe each situation and the context concerning the events that took place with
giving medications that is being reflected upon (i.e. the situation for yourself, the
student performing well and the student who performed poorly).
b. Explain how these learning experiences, about administering medications, made you feel
and why they made you feel this way. State how you felt about observing both good
and the poor practices in the CPU and discuss the insights you gained from these
events.
c. Evaluate the positive and negative aspects of this core practice skill and the implications
of this.
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d. Analyse the clinical learning that transpired from this core practice skill. Describe the
aspects that affected your own clinical learning. Discuss how this has prepared you for
your OSCA exam.
e. Identify what else you could have done to enhance your own learning experience
when carrying out the core practice skill (medication administration).
f. Develop an action plan: state what you would do differently to inform and change
your future practices with administering medications. Identify and discuss what new
knowledge you require to facilitate and enact the action plan.
g. Provide references in text and in a complete reference list according to APA Referencing
Style (6th Edition). A minimum of three academic references must be cited.