Wound care reflection and certificate

On my last day of my insight placement, I was able to experience a full day of wound care learning activities. I found the first half of the day improved my knowledge on the types of wounds, wound causes and severity of wounds. I learnt the ‘TIMES’ assessment; Tissue, infection, moisture, epidermal advancement and surrounding skin, to be a very useful tool when determining what dressing would be appropriate for the wound and how regularly this would need to be changed. The second half of the day was very engaging and interactional with my peers. I did a question answer board game which had questions relating to everything we had learnt in the first half of the wound care session. This was so much fun to play and felt rewarding guessing answers right, but also learning the answers to questions I did not know. I also engaged in scenarios which really helped utilise my assessment techniques and determine the right dressing for the wound. Lastly, we got a chance to practice on each other, which I really enjoyed the interaction and a chance to practice putting dressings on a person. I think the planning of the day was well thought through and the learning experience was fantastic. I would really enjoy having more sessions on wound care at this level as it helped me to remember everything that was taught in the day. I now feel more confident in the delivery of wound care management.Wound care RHU

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