Clinical Reflection of Wound Dressing Essay 2022

Running head: CLINICAL REFLECTION OF WOUND DRESSING 1
Wound Dressing
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CLINICAL REFLECTION OF WOUND DRESSING
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The reason for this reflection is to explain my clinical nursing experience in wound
dressing. I would be using Gibbs reflective cycle to expound on structure and my reflection
development (Husebø,'Regan, & Nestel, 2015). The purpose of this reflection is to learn
something from my prior experiences.
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This essay reflects on wound dressing while I was in my one-week attachment at the ICU
department, Gibbs model will assist me in explanation of the scenario, to explore my feelings,
evaluate myself and the event, come up with an analysis of different methods in dressing. Lastly,
I will recap with an action plan to reflect if the same scenario happens in future, what other
methods or ways in which I would respond to the situation
During my attachment, my assignment involved numerous wound dressing cases. This new task
would sharpen my skills in wound dressing, proper care and management for the wound
(Saunders et al., 2018) I was under the supervision, and I looked up to my superiors to provide
guidance. I took note of the various method of wound dressing used and the manners in which
the activity was conducted. More so, I was able to learn how preventive measures are undertaken
while maintaining high standards of hygiene.
During this time, the hospital had a conventional way of dressing wound which was by
means disposables sets which were plastics, and often they were on top of latex gloves. A
washing agent would later be applied on a gauze rather than the cleaning set. To prevent the
spread of infection and contamination, gloves were used once and disposed. The new gloves
were applied after a thorough washing of hand using an alcohol-based rub (Thet et., 2016). I was
only supposed to touch the new dressing materials after washing my hands. However, this