Infection Prevention Control level 2

Wound care RHU

Lotus reflection NMC

Fire Safety Level 1

Data Security Awareness Level 1

Fire Safety Level 1

As part of my simulated placement, I undertook a day of diabetes management. I have had sessions on diabetes management in the past as part of my learning with Roehampton University. However, as we learn so much within a short time at university, it was really nice to have a refresher and a longer period of time of learning with a diabetes specialist in the community. I found the experience very beneficial and learnt in depth the different stages of diabetes and how symptom deterioration is reflective of each stage and what happens if symptoms are left untreated. I feel this session gave me a deeper understanding into the seriousness of diabetes and the vital importance of people diagnosed with diabetes following a healthy lifestyle and using preventative measures, recommendations and screening plans, as symptoms are often non-reversable and are most likely to deteriorate within a point of time. Although I really enjoyed the diabetes management session, it would have been nice to go through the different types of insulin pens to refresh my memory and also practicing giving an insulin injection in fruit. As an action plan, I have great notes from the session that I will continue to revise to consolidate my learning of diabetes management.Essentials of leg alcerationEssentials of digital wound imagingNutrition and lifestyle considerations

NHS Health Check 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

Medicine management reflection

On Wednesday the 14^th of June, our insight day was medicine management and practice assessments on safe medicate. I found this was crucially needed. I feel that although I have access to safe medicate and I follow the tutorials which are very useful, having assessments allocated allows me to practice medication management. Throughout this session I completed the assessment and although my score was good, I missed a few points. Looking back, I can see where I went wrong. At the time of the assessment, I picked the traditional method over the drop rate denominator (DRD), for IV medicine management. Therefore, I did not need to work out the drop rate denominator for IV. Before we started the assessment, we covered both methods of calculation for IV and so when the assessment came to the IV section instead of writing the number of drops per mill, I was calculating the DRD. At the time I was aware of the two methods interlinking but I thought that was the right calculation at the time. This was a big learning experience for me and from this I am able to identify the two methods separately and calculate IV correctly for both methods. I also liked that Caroline (practice supervisor) was continuously present for myself and group to ask questions if needed. Caroline offered incredible support and assisted further when I emailed regarding extending the amount of assessment time so that I could have more practice on the weekend. Overall, I am really happy we had the opportunity to practice medicine management within our insight placement.