Sterile Dressing Change Reflection

Sterile Dressing Change Reflection

Throughout the sterile dressing change competency I felt that I adequately prepared and knew what I was doing. I felt a little off since I was being recorded and was not performing my skill on a real person. Regardless, I still feel that this competency overall went well. I feel that I could successfully perform a sterile dressing change in a hospital setting and not cause harm to my patient. Upon reflection, I realized I definitely still have a lot of room for improvement. I found that by being able to watch my recording I could see more clearly my strengths and weaknesses throughout this competency.

Three Strengths

One of my strengths of this competency was that I overall knew the steps and assessments for this skill. This made it so that I could easily move along without having to think back and remember what to do next. I did open my sterile cup before I had opened my needle and flipped it onto the gauze, but I quickly realized I had made an error and corrected this. I feel that I successfully maintained a sterile field and tried very hard to keep my arms at a correct level. I dropped my arm once, which I didn’t realize but saw during the video when I re-watched it. Another strength was that I had my sterile field set up so that I could easily navigate. I had my table and bed

I dropped my arm once, uncapped my syringe early, had difficulty putting my gloves on, and had trouble removing my needle cap. Although I felt that I struggled in these areas, I am confident that I can make necessary changes to improve these parts of my sterile dressing change. Regardless of the difficulty I had while putting on my gloves and uncapping my needle I remained calm and kept a sterile field. In the future I will strive to be less nervous and keep my focus. Keeping my arms up and out needs to be practiced more and I need to be more conscious of it as