Nursing Skills Online for Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques

Anne Griffin Perry, RN, MSN, EdD, FAAN, Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois Patricia A. Potter, RN, MSN, PhD, FAAN, Director of Research, Patient Care Services Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO

Vital Signs: Lesson 1: Overview of Vital Signs Lesson 2: Measuring Body Temperature Lesson 3: Assessing Pulse Lesson 4: Assessing Respiration Lesson 5: Assessing Blood Pressure Lesson 6: Pulse Oximetry Infection Control: Lesson 1: Overview of Infection Control Lesson 2: Hand Hygiene Lesson 3: Creating and Maintaining a Sterile Field Lesson 4: Sterile Gloving Safety: Lesson 1: Safety Equipment and Fall Prevention Lesson 2: Applying Physical Restraints Lesson 3: Moving and Transferring Clients Lesson 4: Feeding the Dependent Person Safe Medication Administration: Lesson 1: Overview of Safe Medication Administration Lesson 2: Preparing for Medication Administration: Applying the Six Rights Lesson 3: Preparing for Medication Administration: Calculating Drug Dosages Lesson 4: Preventing Medication Errors Lesson 5: Administering Oral Medications Non-Parenteral Medication Administration: Lesson 1: Overview of Non-Parenteral Medication Administration Lesson 2: Applying Topical Medications Lesson 3: Instilling Eye Medications Lesson 4: Instilling Ear Medications Lesson 5: Using Metered-Dose Inhalers Lesson 6: Inserting Rectal and Vaginal Medications Injections: Lesson 1: Administration of Injections Lesson 2: Preparing Injections from Ampules and Vials Lesson 3: Administering Subcutaneous Injections Lesson 4: Administering Intradermal Injections Lesson 5: Administering Intramuscular Injections. Airway Management: Lesson 1: Overview of Airway Management Lesson 2: Pulse Oximetry Lesson 3: Oropharyngeal Suctioning Lesson 4: Nasopharyngeal and/or Nasotracheal Suctioning Lesson 5: Open Artificial Airway Suctioning Lesson 6: Artificial Airway In-Line Closed Suctioning Lesson 7: Endotracheal Tube Care Lesson 8: Tracheostomy Tube Care Chest Tubes: Lesson 1: Chest Tube Principles Lesson 2: Chest Tube Drainage Systems Lesson 3: Analysis of Gastric Contents Lesson 4: Assisting with Removal of Chest Tubes Enteral Nutrition: Lesson 1: Overview of Enteral Nutrition Lesson 2: Inserting a Small-Bore Nasogastric or Nasointestinal Feeding Tube Lesson 3: Verifying Feeding Tube Placement Lesson 4: Administering Tube Feedings Lesson 5: Administering Medication through a Feeding Tube IV Fluid Therapy Management: Lesson 1: Overview of Maintenance of Intravenous Site Lesson 2: Regulating Intravenous Infusion Flow Rates Lesson 3: Changing Infusion Fluid/Tubing Lesson 4: Changing a Peripheral IV Dressing IV Fluid Administration: Lesson 1: Overview of IV Fluid Administration Lesson 2: Insertion of Peripheral Intravenous Device Lesson 3: Troubleshooting Intravenous Infusions Lesson 4: Discontinuing Peripheral IV Access IV Medication Administration: Lesson 1: Overview of IV Medication Administration Lesson 2: Administering IV Medications by Peggy back, Intermittent Intravenous Infusion Sets, and Mini-Infusion Pumps Lesson 3: Administering Medications by IV Bolus Lesson 4: Adding Medications to Intravenous Fluid Containers Urinary Catheterization: Lesson 1: Overview of Urinary Catheterization Lesson 2: Inserting a Straight or Indwelling Urinary Catheter Lesson 3: Applying a Condom Catheter Lesson 4: Catheter Specimen Collection Lesson 5: Care and Removal of the Indwelling Catheter Bowel Elimination / Ostomy: Lesson 1: Overview of Bowel Elimination / Ostomy Lesson 2: Enema Administration Lesson 3: Ostomy Overview Lesson 4: Pouching an Ostomy Lesson 5: Irrigating a Colostomy Vascular Access: Lesson 1: Overview of Vascular Access Devices Lesson 2: Blood Drawing & Fluid Administration Lesson 3: Dressing Change Lesson 4: Troubleshooting Vascular Access Devices Wound Care: Lesson 1: Overview of Wound Care Lesson 2: Wound Drainage Systems Lesson 3: Dressings Lesson 4: Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment, Prevention Strategies, and Treatment Specimen Collection: Lesson 1: Overview of Specimen Collection Lesson 2: Urine Specimen Collection - Midstream, Sterile Urinary Catheter Lesson 3: Analysis of Gastric Contents Lesson 4: Obtaining a Stool Sample for Hemoccult Testing Lesson 5: Obtaining a Wound Drainage Specimen for Culture