Wound Management Gap in Education

Running head: REFLECTION ASSIGNMENT
WOUND MANAGEMENT GAP IN EDUCATION
Name of the student
Name of the university
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1REFLECTION ASSIGNMENT
Reflection is an effective process which helps nursing professionals to retrospect about
their past learnings and experiences and then provides them with the ides through which they can
improve their practice. In this paper, I would be reflecting upon my lack of Wound care
knowledge which could affect my future care aspects and would be using Driscoll’s model of
reflection.
What
Upon reflecting about my previous learnings, I could realize that wound care is one of the
care aspects, which made me nervous and cautious in the care setting. In classroom sessions, we
were taught about the wound management clinical guidelines and the steps which would be
requiring to maintain hygiene of the wound. However, while conducting the practical sessions, I
was nervous about the precautions of clinical settings, intensity of the wound, and cautions that
should be taken for the wound management of vulnerable patient. Further, I was less confident
about the equipment sterilization and wound dressing technique despite of a sound theoretical
knowledge, hence my nervousness and confusion regarding proper dressing technique affected
my experience of wound management in facility. Therefore, it created a gap in the knowledge
and affected my wound management related skills. Further, the lack of interaction with patients
also limited my abilities to prevent wound infections and patient management abilities.
So what
It is important for the nursing professionals to be aware of the strategies for chronic
wound management and should be aware of the multidisciplinary approach so that proper
support and care could be provided to individuals (Beeckman, 2017). This is because each