Real Nursing Skills 2.0

1. Women’s Health Care

a. Assisting with a Pelvic Exam

b. Teaching About Breast Awareness

c. Teaching About Contraception

2. Maternity Nursing

a. Prenatal Care

i. Evaluating Deep Tendon Reflexes

ii. Performing Perineal Prep for the OB Patient

iii. Assisting with Amniocentesis

b. Intrapartum

i. Monitoring a Fetal Heart Rate

1. Variation: Electronic Fetal Monitoring

ii. Stress Testing and Non-Stress Testing

iii. Preparing the Room for Vaginal Delivery

iv. Performing Leopold’s Maneuvers

v. Assisting with Insertion of Epidural Catheter

vi. Positioning for Labor and Birth

c. Postpartum

i. Assisting with Sitz Bath

ii. Massaging the Uterine Fundus

iii. Performing Postpartum Assessment: BUBBLE-HER Exam

3. Newborn Nursing

a. Caring for Umbilical Cord Stump

i. Cord Clamp Application at Birth

ii. Routine Cord Care

1. Variation: Cord Clamp Removal

b. Monitoring Thermoregulation

c. Performing Newborn APGAR

d. Caring for the Infant Receiving Phototherapy

e. Infant Feeding

i. Breastfeeding

ii. Formula feeding

iii. Gavage Feeding (Intermittent)

f. Applying an Umbilical Cord Alarm System

g. Assisting with Circumcision

i. Variation: Performing Post-Circumcision Care

h. Assessing Newborn Reflexes

i. Obtaining Newborn Vital Signs

j. Diapering, Swaddling, and Positioning