Gibb's Reflection

Running head: GIBB’S REFLECTION
Name of the Student
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GIBB’S REFLECTION1
Description:
During my clinical skills assessment, I was encountered with a patient with venous ulcer
and my supervisor asked me to address the wound of the patients. During wound dressing
change, I engage patients in the therapeutic communication for clarifying the knowledge of
patients and explained the actions and discomfort of these stages. After that I gained the consent
of the patients, I assessed that wound size and then gathered all equipment’s to perform had
hygiene. However, while performing five moments, I took extra time to wash my hands and used
one paper to wash my hands. Moreover, I was not able to observe the exudate and condition of
peri-wound skin. I failed to respond to the response of the request of patients during the CPR
assessment to which the patient felt offended.
Feeling:
During the assessment, I was feeling nervous since I was new to this experience of
wound care and I was not aware of every skill wound care. I felt that I was not competent enough
to conduct appropriate wound dressing which further made me upset.
Evaluation:
The good experience of this assessment session was that I engaged patient in therapeutic
communication, performed hand hygiene and gathered equipment’s, position patient
appropriately to expose wounds only, and examined the wound exudates and other necessary
actions which further will enhance my clinical practice. However, the bad experience was I took
excessive time to wash my hands which delayed the process of wound and used one paper to dry
the hands. While I performed wound care dressing and documented it accurately, I failed to