Using case reports to aid reflective practice in wound care.
Reflection is a widely-used tool in education and practice for giving individuals insight into events and incidents. Case reports, though lacking in rigour as a source of evidence, also provide an opportunity to reflect on and examine practice. They therefore provide a useful opportunity of examining practice in wound care, which is lacking in many nursing curricula. A case report is given here to illustrate some of the lessons that can be learned by reflection--even by an experienced nurse.
Timmons
John
J
Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. John.Timmons@gcal.ac.uk
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003646:Debridement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009736:Nursing Process / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009737:Nursing Records; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000523:psychology; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000458:organization & administration; D017592:Skin Care / Q000451:nursing; D013850:Thinking; D014945:Wound Healing; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control