"I really like to go back and review with myself and the team what happened and ways to be better. I think it's important to distance myself a little bit from the emotions and try to review the situation logically. I think that when emotions run high, intelligence can run low, and we need to talk about situations and responses for what they are without blame. Blame isn't helpful and impedes learning."

It's human nature to rationalize or justify and not face the difficult feelings or emotions of a situation gone bad. However, reflection is extremely important when training as a fellow. You want your time in Nurse Fellowship to be a learning and growing experience, so reiterate to your interviewers that you would take time to reflect on the situation, ask questions to your preceptors, and think of ways that you could help a situation like this improve in the future.