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Reflection on a clinical skill
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This essay will discuss a clinical skill in which I have become competent in practising, as 'developing the ability to perform practical skills safely is necessary for all nursing students' (NMC, 2002). I will reflect on this skill and discuss how I achieved this level of competence and how it influenced the individualised care the patient was given. The clinical skill I have chosen to focus on is the dressing as part of treatment for healing of pressure ulcers. I have chosen to do this, as in my first clinical placement this was a skill I found interesting and I was involved in. I therefore researched the topic of pressure ulcer management and treatment. A pressure ulcer is defined by the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP) as 'an area of localized damage to the skin and underlying tissue caused by pressure or shear and/or combination of these' (EPUAP,2003). The patient was...
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