The ability to become reflective in practice has become a necessary skill for healthcare professionals. This is to ensure that healthcare professionals continue with their daily learning and improve their practice. Reflective practice plays an important role in healthcare today and is increasingly being noticed. Administration of medications is a key element of nursing care. Around 7,000 doses of medicines are administered every day in a typical NHS hospital (Audit Commission 2002). So in this essay I will evaluate and highlight the learning that occurred during the placement in a day unit. The administration of medications is an important part of the clinical nurse's role. Medicines are prescribed by the doctor and dispensed by the pharmacist, but the responsibility for correct administration lies with the professional nurse (O'Shea 1999). So, as a student nurse, this has become my duty and something I have to practice and become competent in carrying out. Each registered nurse is responsible for his or her own practice. This practice includes preparing, monitoring and administering medicines, updating medicine knowledge, monitoring the effectiveness of treatment, reporting adverse drug reactions and teaching patients about the medicines they receive (NMC 2008 ). Responsibility also applies to students, if at any time I felt that I was not competent enough to dispense a certain medication, it would be my responsibility to speak up and let the registered nurses know, so that I can follow up with them and have the opportunity to learn help in future practice and administration. The reflective model I have chosen to use is the Gibbs model (Gibbs 1988). Gibbs' reflection model incorporates the following: description, feelings, evaluation, and... middle of paper... (1988). Reflective model. Available from: http://www.health.uce.ac.uk/dpl/nursing/Placement%20Support/using_a_model_of_reflection.pdf (accessed 20 November 2010) Hamann et al. (2005). Cited in .j psychiatric and mental health nursing. 2008Mc Lellan A (2009) The nurse-patient relationship will prove fundamental for effective medication adherence. Nursing Times 105(3).29Morris, D (2008). Use of antipsychotics in primary care. Independent Nurse.pp35-36Nursing and Midwifery Council (2008) The Code: standards of conduct, performance and ethics for nurses and midwives. London: Nursing and Midwifery Council. Nursing and Midwifery Council (2008) The Code guidelines for documentation and record keeping. London: Nursing and Midwifery Council O'Shea, E (1999) Factors contributing to medication errors: a review of the literature. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 8, 5,496-503.