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Assignment

Alex is a white male in his late 20s who identifies as gay. He comes from Orange, which is a regional area of New South Wales. He moved to Canberra five years ago after his relationship with his parents broke down; they are having difficulty accepting his sexuality and life choices. Alex is very close to his sister (Lisa), he moved in to live with her five years ago. He disclosed to Lisa that he has faced challenges as a gay person in Orange and the hope that he will fit in better here in the city.

Alex also has autism, affecting his communication skills and making him sensitive to sound and light. This makes it hard for him to enjoy the local night life and make and maintain friendships. Since coming to Canberra, he has found a steady job in retail and is building some friendship networks. He has a new boyfriend; they are having safe sex, and both have had recent STI testing.

A couple of days ago, Alex felt burning sensation during urination. This was followed by frequent urination and strong and persistent urge to urinate (urgency). Alex made an appointment with the GP and blood test and urine sample (culture) were requested. While Alex was waiting for the results, he began to feel feverish, and his sister brought him to hospital this morning. He has been diagnosed with a Urinary Tract Infection (UTI).

While Alex was laying down in his bed, he heard the nurse said to another nurse "I am going to take the vital signs for the gay guy, who admitted this morning in room 5...". This situation upset Alex and made him feel uncomfortable and judged in the hospital environment. Lisa heard of the situation and escalated the issue to the hospital management.

What was your initial understanding of the diversity within this scenario, and how has your understanding has developed around supporting human rights, and empowerment of patients and carers for self-determination. Your 'action plan' section will outline your suggested plan of care for the person from your scenario based on your consideration of their particular diversity and/or disability.

I. Re-read the chosen scenario and review on what your initial perspective was. You are now reflecting on your own initial response to the scenario from a viewpoint of having new knowledge and understanding from the unit. Describing your own change of thinking, altered or enhanced understanding, of inclusion and diversity compared to your initial understanding when you wrote your first assessment.

II. Using Gibbs reflective cycle (1988) create a reflective essay which incorporates the following 6 steps:

1) Description: Describe as a matter of fact what happened during completion of assessment 1 (who, what, why, when); e.g. which scenario did you choose, what drove that decision, remember you are not rewriting assessment 1- no need to describe the scenario itself.

2) Feeling: What were you thinking and feeling before, during and after completing assessment 1;

3) Evaluation: List the points or tell the story about what was good and what was negative about your response to diversity and inclusion in assessment 1; If you are considering your marker feedback here please ensure that the reflection is about the content of your assessment rather your presentationn or technical issues with video.

4) Analysis: What sense can you make out of the situation? What does it mean? Were there areas where you feel you might have improved the work based on what you have learned since that point of the unit.

5) Conclusion: What else would you have done? What should you perhaps not have done?

6) Action plan: On reflection, what would you now include in an action plan for your scenario patient and why do you consider it important for inclusive care? This section should focus on your scenario patient and consider a plan to support them in n inclusive way regarding their diverisities/disabilities that you now recognise are applicable. Please note this is a person-centred focus on diversity, it is not a generic careplan for surgical patient.