NRSG370: Meaning of Health - Illness - Dying and Death | Reflective Writing Assessment Answers

Task: Reflective Writing Assignment

Reflect on the personal perceptions and meaning of health, illness, dying and death as appropriate in the specialty practice area such as Vascular disease ward The perspectives on and understanding of health, illness, dying and the experience of someone’s death is a very personal matter and the meaning a persona ascribes to it varies from person to person. As nurses it is important for us to understand that different people view these concepts and experiences in a variety of ways, and some of those ways may surprise or even dismay us. Find three articles from magazines, journals, blogs, online postings (most numerous), where the person writes about the meaning an illness has had for them.  Preferably this will be from a vascular nursing specialty.  Choose one article each from the following perspectives or points of view. 

• From the perspective of the person being cared for
• From the perspective of the person closest to them (partner, parent, child, etc)
• From the perspective of a health professional caring for such a person

Choose one of these readings and write a reflection on how it has changed your perspective or given you some insight into the meaning illness has for a particular person. For the assessment: Review and refine your reflection from the activity (on ONE of the readings) for this module submission using the 5 R’s of reflection (Bain, Ballantyne, Packer & Mills, 1999). Your reflection should consider:

• How that has changed your perspective or given you some insight into the meaning illness has for that person;
• How you relate to this and make meaning of your own experiences;
• Your own perceptions, morals and ethics.