Real Nursing Skills 2.0

Asepsis

    Hand Hygiene

        Using Soap and Water

        Variation: Using Waterless Antiseptic

    Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

        Applying Personal Protective Equipment

        Variation: With Face Mask and Shield

        Removing Personal Protective Equipment

    Establishing and Maintaining a Sterile Field

        Applying and Removing Sterile Gloves

        Preparing a Sterile Field

        Preparing a Sterile Field: Prepackaged Kit

 

Vital Signs and Physical Assessment

    Measuring Body Temperature: Oral Non-Mercury

    Measuring Body Temperature: Rectal

    Measuring Body Temperature: Axillary

    Measuring Body Temperature: Tympanic

    Measuring Pulse Rate and Rhythm: Radial

    Measuring Pulse Rate and Rhythm: Apical

    Measuring Blood Pressure

    Measuring Orthostatic Blood Pressure

    Assessing the Client’s Respiration

    Assessing Oxygen Saturation

        Variation: Ear Clip

    Assessing Peripheral Pulses

        Variation: Using a Doppler

    Assessing Carotid Arteries

 

Diagnostic Testing

    Collecting a Blood Specimen from a Central Venous Catheter

    Occult Diagnostic Test on a Stool Specimen

    Collecting a Specimen for Culture: Sputum

        Variation: Collecting a Specimen via Suction

    Collecting a Specimen for Culture: Throat

    Collecting a Specimen for Culture: Nasal

    Collecting a Specimen for Culture: Urine

        Variation: Indwelling Catheter

    Collecting a Specimen for Culture: Wound

    Collecting a Specimen for Culture: Blood

    Performing a Blood Glucose Evaluation

        Variation: Set Up

    Phlebotomy

 

Activity and Exercise

    Utilizing Safe Lifting Practices

    Moving the Client up in Bed with Assistance

        Teaching the Client to Reposition in Bed

        Variation: Using Crossed Arms

        Two Nurses and Friction Reducing Sheet

    Turning the Client to Lateral Position in Bed

    Logrolling the Client to Lateral Position in Bed

    Positioning the Client

        Lateral Position

        Prone Position

        Supine Position

        Fowler’s Position

        Sims’ Position

        Doral Recumbent Position

        Lithotomy Position

    Assisting with Ambulation

        One Assistant

        Fall Assist Procedure

    Assisting Clients to Use Mechanical Aids for Walking

        Walker

        Cane

        Crutches

        Two-Point Gait

        Three-Point Gait

        Four-Point Gait

        Swing-Through Gait

        Swing to Gait

        Climbing Stairs with Crutches

        Descending Stairs with Crutches

    Performing Active Range of Motion Exercises

        Performing Active Range of Motion Exercises: Neck (Pivot Joint)

        Performing Active Range of Motion Exercises: Hip (Ball and Saddle Joints)

        Performing Active Range of Motion Exercises: Knee (Hinge Joint)

        Performing Active Range of Motion Exercises: Ankle (Hinge Joint)

        Performing Active Range of Motion Exercises: Toes (Hinge and Gliding Joints)

        Performing Passive Range of Motion Exercises: Shoulder (Ball and Socket Joint)

        Performing Passive Range of Motion Exercises: Elbow (Hinge Joint)

        Performing Passive Range of Motion Exercises: Wrist (Condyloid Joint)

        Performing Active and Passive Range of Motion Exercises: Fingers (Condyloid and Hinge Joints)

        Performing Active and Passive Range of Motion Exercises: Thumb (Saddle Joint)

    Transferring Client Between Bed and Stretcher

    Assisting Client to Sit on Side of Bed

    Transferring Client Between Bed and Chair

    Traction

        Variation: Pin Care

 

Hygiene

    Oral Hygiene

        Brushing Teeth

        Oral Care for Unconscious Client

        Providing Denture Care

    Bathing an Adult Client

    Providing Perineal Care

        Circumcised Male

        Variation: Uncircumcised Male

        Female

    Massaging the Client

    Shampooing the Hair of a Bedridden Client

    Shaving

        Straight Edge

        Variation: Electric Razor

    Making the Occupied Bed

    Making the Unoccupied Bed

 

Safety

    Applying Restraints

        Jacket Restraint

        Wrist/Ankle Restraint

 

Skin/Wound Management

    Applying Dressing Using Clean Technique

    Changing a Dry Sterile Dressing

    Irrigating Wounds

    Applying Wet-to-Moist Dressing

    Closed Wound Drainage System

        Jackson Pratt

        Hemovac

    Changing a Central Line Dressing

    Performing a Surgical Skin Preparation

    Removing Intermittent Sutures

    Removing Staples

    Applying Heat Therapy to a Client

    Applying Cold Therapy to a Client

    Applying an Elastic Bandage

        Circular Turn

        Figure Eight

        Spiral

        Recurrent

        Spiral Reverse

 

Medication Administration

    Administering Oral Medications

    Administering Dermatologic Medications

        Variation: Transdermal Patch

    Administering Ophthalmic Medications

    Administering Otic Medications

    Administering Nasal Medications

    Administering Inhaled Medications

        Metered-Dose Inhaler

        Variation: Using Inhaler with Open Mouth Technique or Spacer Device

    Administering Vaginal Medications

        Vaginal Suppository

        Vaginal Cream or Lotion

        Vaginal Irrigation or Douche

    Administering Rectal Medications

    Administering Nasogastric and Enteral Tube Medications

        Liquid Medications

        Crushed Medications

    Administering Parenteral Medications

        Withdrawing Medication From a Vial: Using a Syringe and Needle

        Withdrawing Medication From a Vial: Using a Syringe and Needleless Adapter

        Withdrawing Medication from an Ampule

        Mixing Medication From Two Vials

        Intradermal Injections

        Subcutaneous Injections: Arm

        Subcutaneous Injections: Abdomen

        Subcutaneous Injections: Thigh

        Intramuscular Injections: Vastus Lateralis

        Intramuscular Injections: Ventral Gluteal

        Intramuscular Injections: Deltoid

 

Nutritional Support

    Assisting the Adult Client with Oral Nutrition

 

Bowel Elimination

    Assisting the Client to use a Bedpan

        Variation: Fractured Bedpan

    Administering an Enema

        Large Volume

        Prepackaged Small Volume

    Removing a Fecal Impaction Digitally

    Pouching an Enterostomy

 

Oxygenation and Ventilation

    Administering Oxygen

        Nasal Cannula

        Face Mask

    Using an Incentive Spirometer

    Inserting a Nasal Airway

    Inserting an Oropharyngeal Airway

    Using a Bag-Valve-Mask Unit

    Suctioning

        Oropharyngeal Suctioning

 

Circulatory Support

    Applying Elastic Stockings

    Applying Pneumatic External Compression Device

 

Post Mortem Care

    Post Mortem Care