Scenario

Scenario

You are a newly registered RPN with the College of Nurses of Ontario. Your first nursing job is
working at an HIV clinic. As part of your duties, you are registering new clients and doing
baseline assessments and data collection.
Janine is your first client who is HIV positive, and you are shocked to realize she was recently,
about 3 months ago, dating your best friend whom you have known for years. Your best friend
had confided that he and Janine had had a sexual relationship at the time, and he was upset
with the breakup as he really had started to care for Janine.
You are certain your friend was not and is not aware Janine has HIV. You know the “window”
period is about 6 months from the time of contracting HIV to possibly testing positive and you
are worried about your friend, while you are trying to take care of Janine admission.

How to write reflective using the (LEARN), including how you felt throughout the
process? Was your value system questioned or tested as you worked through the
process? Did you feel comfortable with the proposed solution to the case study? How
would you approach this situation in the future?

1 Lookback
2 Analyze

3 Elaborate

4 Revised

5 Newtrial