Clinical Skills: Essentials Collection (Access Card), 1st Edition

Examples of skills in this collection include:
• Active Listening: Connecting with Others
• Adding Items to a Sterile Field
• Administering a Cleansing Enema
• Administering Ear Medications
• Administering Eye Medications
• Administering Intradermal Injections
• Administering Intramuscular Injections
• Administering IV Medications by Mini-Infusion Pump
• Administering IV Medications by Piggyback
• Administering Medications by Intravenous Bolus
• Administering Nebulized Medications
• Administering Oral Medications
• Administering Parenteral Nutrition Through a Central Line (CPN)
• Administering PPN with Lipid Infusion
• Administering Subcutaneous Injections
• Applying a Nasal Cannula or Face Mask
• Applying an Estrogen Patch and Nitroglycerin Ointment
• Applying Compression Stockings
• Applying External Male Catheters
• Applying Restraints
• Applying Topical Medications
• Assessing Apical Pulse
• Assessing Apical-Radial Pulse
• Assessing Pain
• Assessing Radial Pulse
• Assessing Respiration: Rate, Rhythm, and Effort
• Assessing the Abdomen
• Assessing the Breasts and Axillae
• Assessing the Ears
• Assessing the Eyes
• Assessing the Female Genitalia and Rectum
• Assessing the Head, Neck, and Lymphatics
• Assessing the Heart and Neck Vessels
• Assessing the Male Genitourinary, Rectum, and Prostate
• Assessing the Musculoskeletal System
• Assessing the Neurologic System: Mental Status and Cranial Nerves
• Assessing the Neurologic System: Motor and Sensory Functions
• Assessing the Nose, Mouth, and Throat
• Assessing the Peripheral Vascular System
• Assessing the Skin, Hair, and Nails
• Assessing the Thorax and Lungs
• Assessing Wounds
• Assessment for Postpartum Depression
• Assisting with a Bedpan
• Assisting with a Gown Change
• Assisting With a Tub Bath or Shower
• Assisting with a Urinal
• Assisting with Ambulation Using a Gait Belt
• Assisting with Cast Application
• Assisting with Meals
• Assisting with Moving a Patient in Bed
• Assisting with Positioning a Patient in Bed
• Assisting with the Use of Canes, Walkers, and Crutches
• Care of a Patient with an Immobilization Device
• Care of the Patient During Cast Removal
• Caring for a Suprapubic Catheter
• Caring for Pressure Injuries
• Change-of-Shift: Hand-off Report
• Changing a Dressing
• Changing Intravenous Dressings
• Changing Intravenous Tubing and Fluids
• Cleaning Dentures
• Collecting a Midstream Urine Specimen
• Collecting a Specimen for Wound Culture
• Collecting a Sputum Specimen
• Communicating Effectively on the Job
• Dealing with Conflict
• Discontinuing Intravenous Therapy
• Documenting Medication Administration
• Drawing Blood and Administering Fluid
• Drawing up More than One Type of Insulin
• Dressing the Infusion Site
• Empathy: The Foundation of Caring
• Enhancing Your Promotability
• Ensuring Oxygen Safety
• Ensuring the Seven Rights of Medication Administration
• Establishing and Maintaining a Sterile Field
• Fecal Occult Blood Testing
• Handling Medication Variations
• Head-to-Toe Assessment
• Health Assessment Considerations for the Gender Diverse Patient
• Initiating a Transfusion
• Inserting a Nasogastric Tube
• Inserting an Indwelling Urinary Catheter in a Female Patient
• Inserting an Indwelling Urinary Catheter in a Male Patient
• Inserting Rectal Medication
• Interview Skills
• Irrigating a Urinary Catheter
• Irrigating Wounds
• Maintaining an Airway
• Making a Surgical Bed
• Making an Occupied Bed
• Making an Unoccupied Bed
• Managing a Nasogastric Tube
• Managing Pain
• Measuring Height and Weight
• Measuring Intake and Output
• Measuring Oxygen Saturation with Pulse Oximetry
• Midline Catheter: Maintenance and Dressing Change
• Midline Catheter: Removal
• Monitoring for Adverse Reactions to a Transfusion
• Nursing Process: Assessment
• Nursing Process: Diagnosis
• Nursing Process: Evaluation
• Nursing Process: Implementation
• Nursing Process: Planning
• Obtaining a Specimen from an Indwelling Urinary Catheter
• Obtaining Blood Pressure by the One-Step Method
• Obtaining Blood Pressure by the Two-Step Method
• Obtaining Intracranial Pressure (ICP) Readings from a Patient with an External Ventricular Drain (EVD)
• Performing a Complete or Partial Bed Bath
• Performing a Disposable Bed Bath
• Performing Back Massage
• Performing Blood Glucose Testing
• Performing Dressing Care for a Central Venous Access Device (CVAD)
• Performing Gastric Occult Blood Testing
• Performing Hair Care and Shampooing in Bed
• Performing Hand Hygiene
• Performing Intermittent Straight Catheterization
• Performing Nail and Foot Care
• Performing Nasotracheal and Nasopharyngeal Suctioning
• Performing Oral Hygiene for an Unconscious Patient
• Performing Oropharyngeal Suctioning
• Performing Perineal Care for a Female Patient
• Performing Perineal Care for a Male Patient
• Performing Range-of-Motion Exercises
• Performing Sterile Gloving
• Performing Venipuncture
• Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter: Removal
• Pouching a Colostomy
• Pouching a Urostomy
• Pouring a Sterile Solution
• Preoperative Assessment
• Preparing a Patient for Surgery
• Preparing an Infusion Site
• Preparing and Administering Insulin
• Preparing for a Transfusion
• Preparing Injections from a Vial
• Preparing Injections from an Ampule
• Presenting Yourself to the Workplace
• Preventing Medication Errors
• Promoting Family Support and Participation
• Providing Catheter Care
• Providing Enteral Feedings
• Providing Postoperative Care
• Providing Tracheostomy Care
• Regulating an Intravenous Infusion
• Removing a Feeding Tube
• Removing an Indwelling (Foley) Urinary Catheter
• Safe Handling of Hazardous Medications
• Screening Urine for Chemical Properties
• Setting Oxygen Flow Rates
• Shaving a Male Patient
• Solving Problems and Making Decisions
• Taking Aspiration Precautions
• Taking Temperatures
• Teaching Patient Self-Examination
• Teaching Postoperative Exercises
• Transferring From a Bed to a Stretcher
• Transferring From a Bed to a Wheelchair Using a Transfer Belt