Client with COPD and Complex Medication Profile
Self-Debrief Questions
Instructions: In the virtual simulation, you assumed the role of the nurse in a hospital on a medical-surgical unit. The following is a series of self-debrief questions to guide your reflection on your virtual simulation experience. The questions will help to express your reactions, analyze the decisions you made throughout the scenario, reflect on your performance, and make connections to future clinical practice.
There are 8 self-debrief questions to be answered, which will take you up to 45-60 minutes to complete.
- What emotions did you experience while participating in the virtual simulation?
- Were you satisfied with the actions you completed when recognizing pertinent cues of the client? Please explain what actions were effective and/or ineffective.
- What did you learn when recognizing and analyzing cues of a client with complex healthy history (i.e., chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hypertension, diabetes, anxiety) and medication profile (requiring numerous oral, inhaled and subcutaneous medications)?
- How did you feel about providing care to a client who uses recreational cannabis for their anxiety?
- How would you handle the scenario differently if you could?
- What decisions would you keep the same?
- What decision would you change?
- What three factors were most significant to you? How will you transfer these factors into your clinical practice?
- Not everyone works their way through the scenario perfectly. What can you take away from the incorrect decisions/responses you may have made?
- What questions remain unanswered for you in relation to this simulation?
