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Bergen Community College
Division of Health Professions
Department of Nursing
NUR-183
Basic Concepts and Skills of Nursing
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
NUR-183 Basic Concepts and Skills of Nursing is a first level course in the nursing sequence. Concepts and Skills
developed throughout the program are introduced. Orem's nursing model is presented as the organizing framework
of the curriculum. The nursing process is introduced as a problem solving technique. Students will be required to
pass performance tests and are expected to practice these skills to perfect techniques. Students will plan and
implement nursing care in a variety of health care settings.
6 Credits
Lecture 2, Laboratory (Clinical Conference) 3, Clinical 9
CO-REQUISITES: NUR-181, NUR-182, BIO-109, WRT 101
Students who require accommodations in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) can request
these services from the Office of Specialized Services. Classified students must be re certified with OSS each
semester. To learn more about how to apply for services, please visit them at: http:www.bergen.edu/oss.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Provides nursing care based upon Orem’s Self Care Model to one client with normal variations of USCRs
utilizing critical thinking skills.
2. Provides care to one client based on socioeconomic cultural/spiritual factors and assessed level of growth
and development.
3. Demonstrates therapeutic communication techniques for establishing interpersonal relationships with a
client.
4. Participates in select activities that support personal, professional, and educational development.
5. Integrates professional, ethical, and legal standards embodied in the New Jersey Nurse Practice Act within
nursing practice.
6. Uses a variety of technological resources in the care of clients.
7. Demonstrates quantitative reasoning skills in nursing practice.
8. Correctly calculates drug and solution medication problems in the clinical setting.
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MEANS OF ASSESSMENT
Students learning outcomes are assessed via unit exams, nursing care plans, a process recording, skills validation,
and clinical performance.
TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Lecture Assigned Readings
Group Discussion Audio Visual Aids
Computer Assisted Instruction Nursing Skills
Clinical Practice: Acute, Long Tem and/or Community Facilities
Case Studies
ATI review modules and videos
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
1. Nursing Care Plan Satisfactory completion of two nursing care plans
2. Process Recording Satisfactory completion of one process recording
3. Assessments Satisfactory completion of weekly assessment sheets
4. CAI View Multicultural RN
5. Community Health Participation in one community health agency visit or project
6. Skills Validation of specific skills listed in course outline
7. Attendance Students are expected to attend all classes, clinical experiences, and
skills labs. A skill or validation lab absence is considered a clinical absence.
Students who are unprepared for clinical lab validation will be considered
absent
8. Research Article Summary Student will use library resource (CINAHL) for a research article based on
select topics, and write a summary using APA format.
COURSE EVALUATION
1. Theory Grade Three tests equal 60% of final grade
Final Exam equals 35% of Final Grade
Clinical 5% of Final Grade
A minimum grade of 77.5% in theory content is required for passing.
Score of 80% must be obtained on PMCE (two attempts will be allowed)
A = 89.45 – 100
B+ = 85.45 – 89.44
B = 81.45 – 85.44
C+ = 77.45 – 81.44
C – 73.45 – 77.44
D – 69.45 – 73.44
F + 69.44 and below
2. Clinical Grade: In order to pass clinical, the final grade must reflect a satisfactory grade
on all areas of the clinical evaluation.
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A student who receives a cumulative grade of less than Satisfactory
on all areas will not pass the clinical component and will receive
a final grade of "F" in the clinical nursing course regardless of
the theory grade.
** Attendance is a part of the scoring of the
clinical grade.
In the category regarding professional
behaviors, the following rules apply: **Includes Clinical Conference
1. No absences = rating of S
2. One absence = rating of S
3. Two absences = make-up assignment
4. Three absences = rating of U and failure of course
Exceptional circumstances for clinical absences may be
reviewed by the clinical instructor, team and Program Director at
the request of the student.
• Satisfactory completion of two nursing care plans.
• Satisfactory completion of one process recording.
• Participation in a community health activity.
• Satisfactory validation of specific skills listed in course outline.
A grade below 77.5 % in theory, or a "F" in clinical experience will result in an "F" for the entire course.
REQUIRED SUPPLIES
1. Nursing Supply Kit
2. Stethoscope
3. Bandage scissors
4. Penlight
REQUIRED TEXTS
Judith M. Wilkinson and Leslie S. Treas. Fundamentals of Nursing 1 & 2 3e & Davis Edge RN Funds, 3rd
Edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-4541-7 (includes Davis Edge)
Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses, latest edition (2016)Paperback
or
Skidmore-Roth: Mosby’s 2016 Nursing Drug Reference, ISBN: 9780323370240 (2016 copyright)
Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions, 9th Edition. Elsevier. 2013. ISBN: 978-0-
323-07403-2 (or latest edition)
or
Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (Thumb-indexed Version), 23nd Edition. FA Davis. 2015. 13: 978-
0803659049
Optional
Nugent and Vitale. Test Success; ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-2818-2. Fundamentals Success; ISBN-13: 978-0-
8036-2779-6. Pharmacology Success; ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1821-3. F.A. Davis Company
Pearson Reviews & Rationales: Nursing Fundamentals with "Nursing Reviews & Rationales", 3/E,
Maryann Hogan.
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Pearson. 2014. ISBN-10: 0133083594 • ISBN-13: 9780133083590
Margaret Sorrell Trueman: Case Studies in Nursing Fundamentals, F.A. Davis Company, 2014
ISBN 978-0-8036-2923-3
Nursing Care Plan Books - student choice
Doenges, Moorhouse, Murr. Nursing Diagnosis Manual: Planning, Individualizing and Documenting
Client Care. F.A. Davis 4rd edition . 2013. ISBN: 13:978-0-8036-2804-5.
Nursing Care Plans, 8th Edition Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes. Gulanick & Myers. Mosby.
2014 ISBN: 9780323091374
Sparks and Taylor’s Nursing Diagnosis Reference Manual. 9th edition. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
2014. ISBN – 978-1-4511-8701-4.
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BASIC CONCEPTS COURSE OUTLINE AND READING ASSIGNMENT
***Refer to Course Calendar for Weekly Topics***
Theoretical Content
Teaching/Learning Activities
THE NURSING PROFESSION
A. Historical perspective of nursing
1. Factors influencing the development
of nursing
2. Nightingale's theory as a model for
nursing practice
3. Orem's theory of nursing
Read: Assigned Chapters in Text
B. Educational preparation of the nurse
1. Registered nurse programs
a) Associate degree
b) Diploma
c) Baccalaureate
2. Graduate education
3. Continuing education
4. LPN programs
5. Accreditation
6. Licensure (NCLEX-RN)
C. The practice of nursing
1. Standards of nursing practice
2. Nurse practice acts
3. Practice settings
4. Delegation
5. Priority
D. Characteristics of the nursing profession
E. Ethics in nursing practice
1. Nurses' code of ethics – Health
Insurance Portability and Privacy
Act (HIPPA)
2. Accountability
3. Responsibility
4. Patients Bill of Rights
5. Advanced directives
Read corresponding chapters in text
Lab practice
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Theoretical Content
Teaching/Learning Activities
OREM
A. Orem's theory
1. Self-care
2. Self-care deficits
3. Nursing systems
B. Self-care requisites
C. Basic Conditioning Factors
Read: Orem handout, pp. 12-14 course outline
Read: Corresponding chapters in text
Lab practice
HEALTH AND ILLNESS
A. Definition of health
1. Selected models of health and
illness:
2. Orem's definition of health
Read: Corresponding chapters in text
B. External variables influencing health beliefs
1. Family practices
2. Socioeconomic factors
3. Culture
Read: Corresponding chapters in text
CAI: Multicultural RN
C. Nurse's role in health promotion and disease
prevention
1. Levels of preventative care
a) Primary prevention
b) Secondary prevention
c) Tertiary prevention
2. risk factors
Interventions to reduce risk of infection
Read: Corresponding chapters in text
D. Illness and illness behavior
Read: Corresponding chapters in text
E. Stress
1. Stress concepts
2. Response to stress
a) Physiological
b) Psychological
3. Assessment of stress
4. Interventions to reduce stress
5. Nutrition during stress
Read: Corresponding chapters in text
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Theoretical Content
Teaching/Learning Activities
HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
SYSTEMS/HEALTH PROMOTION
A. Health care reform issues/issues in health
care delivery
B. Levels of health care
1. Primary
2. Secondary (acute)
3. Tertiary
4. Restorative
5. Continuing care
Read: Corresponding chapters in text
Lab practice/skills as assigned
C. Health care services, agencies
D. Financing health care in the United States
PREVENTION OF HAZARDS -
BACTERIOLOGICAL SAFETY
A. USCR - bacteriological principles
1. Environmental conditions favoring
growth of microorganisms
2. Modes of transmission
3. Stages of infectious process
B. Precaution/infection control
1. Asepsis
2. Sterilization
3. Disinfection
4. Hygiene
Read: Corresponding chapters in text
Lab practice/ skills as assigned
C. Non specific defenses
1. Body defenses
2. Inflammation
3. Immunity
D. Fire prevention
E. Safety
F. Radiation
G. Poisoning
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Theoretical Content
Teaching/Learning Activities
H. Electrical
I. Disaster
J. Seizure precautions
ACTIVITY AND REST: MOBILITY
A. Body Mechanics
1. Body alignment
2. Body balance
3. Coordinated body movement
B. Principles of body mechanics
C. Pathological influences on body alignment
and mobility
1. Postural abnormalities
2. Impaired muscle development
3. CNS damage
4. Trauma
Read: Corresponding chapters in text
Video: Body Mechanics & Exercise
COMMUNICATION
A. Levels of communication
1. Intrapersonal
2. interpersonal
3. Public
B. Components of the communication process
Read: Corresponding chapters in text
CAI: Therapeutic Communication 1 & 2
Therapeutic Client Communication
C. Modes of communication
1. Verbal
2. Nonverbal
D. Therapeutic and non-therapeutic
communication
E. Documentation and reporting
1. Documentation
2. Reporting
CAI: Chart Smart
Documentation – Basic principles
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Theoretical Content
Teaching/Learning Activities
THE NURSING PROCESS
Read: Corresponding chapter in text
A. Assessment
1. data collection
a) Types
b) Sources
c) Methods
2. USCR
3. Determinants
4. Self-care agency
5. Self-care deficits
6. using judgments about data
Lab practice/skills as assigned
B. Nursing diagnosis
1. The diagnostic process
a) Analysis and interpretation of
assessment data
b) Identification of problems
1) Actual
2 At risk
2. Nursing diagnosis two-part format
a) Diagnostic label
b) Related factors
c) Qualifiers
3. NANDA list
C. Planning
1. Setting priorities
2. Identifying goals
3. Writing the care plan
D. Implementation
1. Selecting method of assistance
a) Doing for
b) Guiding
c) Supporting
d) Teaching
e) Providing developmental
Environment
2. Identifying nursing system
a) Partly compensatory
b) Wholly compensatory
c) Supportive-educative
E. Evaluation
1. Process of evaluation
2. Evaluation of goal achievement
3. Revising care
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Theoretical Content
Teaching/Learning Activities
SUPPORTIVE-EDUCATIVE NURSING
SYSTEM
A. Standards and purposes of patient education
B. Role of the nurse in teaching and learning
Read: Corresponding chapter in text
Lab practice/skills as assigned
C. Learning domains
1. Cognitive
2. Affective
3. Psychomotor
D. Principles of learning
E. Teaching learning process
1. Assessment
a) Learning needs
b) Motivation
c) Ability to learn
d) Teaching environment
e) Resources for learning
2. Nursing diagnoses
3. Planning
a) Developing objectives
b) Writing teaching plans
4. Implementation
a) Teaching approaches
b) Methods
5. Evaluation
a) Direct observation
b) Written reports
6. Documentation
CRITICAL THINKING
A. Critical thinking model
1. Knowledge base
2. Levels
B. Attitudes for critical thinking
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Theoretical Content
Teaching/Learning Activities
PREVENTION OF HAZARDS -
PERIOPERATIVE NURSING
A. Perioperative Care
1. Assessment of basic conditioning
factors
2. Physical examination
3. Risk factors
4. Diagnostic screening
a) SMAC
b) CBC
c) PT, PTT
d) Chest X-Ray
e) EKG
B. Nursing diagnoses
C. Planning
D. Implementation
1. Informed consent
2. Preoperative teaching
a) Turning
b) Leg exercises
c) Coughing, deep breathing
d) Pain relief measures
e) Emotional considerations
3. Preoperative preparations
a) Medical records
b) Vital signs
c) Valuables
d) Preoperative medications
Read: Corresponding chapters in text
Lab practice/skills as assigned
D. Intraoperative phase
1. Anesthesia
2. Positioning
3. Nurse's role
E. Postoperative care
1. Assessments and interventions
a) Air
b) Water
c) Food
d) Elimination
e) Activity and Rest
f) Solitude and Social
Interaction
g) Prevention of Hazards
h) Normal Functions
2. Wound care
Read: Corresponding chapters in text
CAI: Inflammation, Infection, Wound Care
Video: Post-Operative Nursing Care
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Theoretical Content
Teaching/Learning Activities
3. Pain management - 5th vital sign
a) Physiology of pain
b) Acute & chronic pain
c) Factors influencing pain
d) Assessment
e) Interventions
f) Evaluation
Read: Corresponding chapters in text
ACTIVITY AND REST: MOBILITY
A. Hazards of immobility
1. Air
2. Water
a) Pressure sores
3. Food
4. Elimination
5. Activity and Rest
6. Prevention of Hazards
7. Normalcy (promotion of human
functioning)
8. Solitude/Social Interaction
Read: Corresponding chapters in text
CAI: Pressure Sores
Video: Preventing & Treating Pressure Ulcers -
Media Center (Library)
B. Assessment of hazards of immobility
C. Nursing diagnoses/planning for immobility
D. Interventions to reduce the hazards of
immobility
ACTIVITY AND REST- SLEEP
A. Sleep – physiology of sleep
1. Stages of sleep
2. Sleep cycle/function
3. Developmental variations of
sleep
4. Sleep disorders
5. Nursing interventions to
promote rest and sleep
6. Nursing assessment diagnose/
planning for sleep
F. Sensory Disturbances
Read: Corresponding chapters in text
Lab practice/skills as assigned
SOLITUDE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION
Death, Dying and Loss
A. Types of Loss
Read: Corresponding chapters in text
Lab practice/skills as assigned
B. Grief, mourning and bereavement
C. Stages of dying (Kubler-Ross)
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Theoretical Content
Teaching/Learning Activities
D. Assessment of grief
1. Conditioning factors
2. Relationship of loss
3. Nature of the loss
4. Support systems
5. Cultural/spiritual beliefs
6. Hope
7. Phases of grief
E. Nursing diagnoses/planning
F. Interventions
1. Comfort/support measures
2. Hospice
G. Organ and Tissue recovery and donation
1. Clinical aspects
2. Sharing Network
NUR 183 – Basic Concepts
Computer Assisted Instruction Programs
Instructions:
1. Click on Start ( bottom left of screen)
2. Click on All Programs
3. Click on Nursing
4. Click on Level One
5. Click on General or NUR183
General
F.A. Davis Drug Guide
Tabers (dictionary)
Test Taking – Beginning – All students should review this program.
NUR 183 – Basic Concepts
Beginning NCLEX
Clinical Nursing Concepts
Perioperative Care
Inflammation, Infection and Wound healing.
Dave Mason – Wound Infection
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NUR 183 – Basic Concepts
Videos
***ALL VIDEOS CAN BE FOUND IN THE MEDIA CENTER (LIBRARY)
Instructions for accessing videos from Moodle(at home or on campus)
1. Access Moodle.
The following videos were produced on campus by the nursing faculty: (can be found in the Media Center –
Library,and in the nursing lab))
1. Hygiene 2. Movement of patient
3. NG-tube irrigation: G-tube feeding 4. Med Administration (SQ, PO, IM)
5. Isolation Techinque (Gown, Glove, Mask) 6. IV Therapy
7. Central Line Dressing Change
The following videos can be found in the Media Center (Library)
Basic Professor Nightingale’s Test Taking Strategies for student nurses. RT 73 .N688 2004.
Bathing
Bedmaking Nutrition and Fluids
Measurements Personal Hygiene and Grooming
Normal Elimination Preventing and Treating Pressure Ulcers
Body Mechanics and Exercise Safety and Restraints
The following intermediate videos can be found in the Media Center (Library):
Ostomy Care Wound Care
Specimen Collection Preoperative Nursing Care
Postoperative Nursing Care Maintaining Intravenous Fluid Therapy
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OREM: CONCEPTS WITHIN HER THEORY
HEALTH: • State that is characterized by soundness of bodily and mental functioning and well-
being (not just the absence of illness)
• Responsibility of society and all its members
PERSON: • The person (individual) is self-reliant and responsible for self-care and the well being of
dependents (i.e. take care of yourself and those dependent upon you)
• A biologically, symbolically (uses ideas and words), socially integrated whole
ENVIRONMENT:
• Any factors in the external surroundings that have an impact on the health needs of the
patient.
NURSING: • Field of knowledge and a practice discipline
• Helps individuals when they can no longer care for themselves to recover from illness or
injury, to achieve and maintain health or attain a peaceful death
NURSING REQUIRES: • Practitioners
• Educators
• Researchers
NURSING PROVIDES: • Human services: personal, family, community
OREM'S SELF-CARE DEFICIT THEORY OF NURSING
SELF-CARE: • An adult's ongoing contribution to their health and well being
• Is learned through family, culture, society
• Is goal oriented
• Is a right and a responsibility
• Is deliberate - patient choose actions necessary for the continuance of life and health
DEPENDENT-CARE: • Care to the unborn, infants, children and socially dependent adults
SELF-CARE REQUISITE:
• The activities performed to maintain life and health are needed to meet
UNIVERSAL SELF-CARE REQUISITES (USCR): (needs common to all)
• Air
• Water
• Food
• Elimination
• Activity and Rest
• Prevention of Hazards
• Normalcy (promotion of human functioning)
• Solitude/Social Interaction
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SELF-CARE REQUISITE - Continued
BASIC CONDITIONING FACTORS (BCF): The USCR's need to be adjusted
(Individualizes the plan of care) according to:
• Age
• Gender
• Developmental state
• Health state
•. Sociocultural orientation
• Health care system factors: (medical, diagnostic, and treatment modalities).
• Family system factor
• Patterns of daily living
• Environmental factors
• Resource availability and adequacy
SELF-CARE AGENCY: • Ability to practice self-care (taking care of yourself)
SELF-CARE DEFICITS:• What exists when the patient is unable to perform self-care or lacks self-care agency
NURSE AGENCY: • The nurse's abilities to help
Methods of helping:
1. Acting for another
2. Guiding another
3. Providing physical support
4. Providing a developmental environment
5. Teaching
NURSING SYSTEMS: How nurses help or perform their role:
Wholly compensatory (WCNS) - nurse compensates for total inability
of the patient (#1)
Partially compensatory (PCNS) - when both nurse and patient perform
activities (#1-5)
Supportive-Educative (SENS) - patient can do but doesn't know how
(#2-5)
When an imbalance exists between the individual's self-care agency and the required self-
care actions, the patient needs a nurse.
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BASIC CONDITIONING FACTORS
*1. Age
2. Gender
*3. Developmental state
a. Physical
b. Functional
c. Cognitive
d. Psychosocial
*4. Health state
a. Current
b. Health history
c. Allergies
d. Medical history (personal and family)
e. General health state (from review of systems)
f. Current problem and complaint
g. Diagnostic and treatment data
h. Patient's perception of health
i. Meaning and impact of health state on life style
5. Health care system
a. Measures instituted by what institution
b. Roles and actions of the health team
6-7 Sociocultural-spiritual orientation/ family system
a. Living context
b. Language
c. Education
d. Occupation
e. Life experiences
f. Ethnic-cultural background and practices
g. Health beliefs
h. Religion and practices related to spirituality
i. Place in family constellation
j. Roles/relationships of family members
k. Impact of health state on family as unit, family members and economics of the family
l. Cultural prescriptions and acceptability
8. Patterns of living
a. What self-care actions are performed daily or at other regular intervals
b. Amounts of time devoted to self-care
c. Person's priority rating of self-car actions
d. Individual's perceptions of adjustment/changes in self-care actions caused by health state, health care
system
9. Environment
a. Usual place of residence
b. Home environment (space, location, crowding)
10. Available resources
a. Available resources within and without living environment which are currently needed and used
b. Economic, personal and organizational resources
c. Patient's perception of resource adequacy
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CLINICAL SCAVENGER HUNT
DIRECTIONS: Locate and be prepared to discuss what you observe on your nursing unit in the hospital,
relative to each of the Prevention of Hazards listed below.
HAZARDS
MECHANICAL CHEMICAL
Condition and/or location of the Medication
following: Individual doses of medication
Medication Carts
Computer access
Room Numbers
Beds Narcotics and controlled drugs
Side rails Books for counting controlled drugs
Bedside stand Keys to locked medicine cabinet
Chairs Medication information:
Stretchers PDR
Wheelchairs Hospital Formulary
I.V. poles Nurses Handbook
Lights Equivalent forms
Electrical outlets Insulin injection sites
Electric cords Drug compatibility charts
Call bell Record of patient medications
Television/Telephone Replenishing of pt. medications
Closets Emergency drug cart and equipment
Syringes
Oxygen from wall outlet Pharmacy phone number
Sphygmomanometer and Pharmacy location
Stethoscope
Scale
Hoyer lift
Supportive devices
Extra papers for charts
Nurses station
Patient charts
Blank laboratory slips
Nurses' patient assignment
Student patient assignment
List of phone numbers
Central Supply
Maintenance
Transportation
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Scavenger Hunt - Continued
BACTERIOLOGICAL THERMAL
Handwashing Temperature of room
Clean utility room Temperature of hall
Contents of clean utility room Blankets and bath blankets
Contents of dirty utility room Fire alarms
Housekeeping: Fire extinguishers
Floors Stairwells
Bathrooms Emergency bell warning system
Garbage disposal Patient rooms
Refrigerator
Bathrooms:
Patient Microwave
Visitors Ice / Ice chips
Nurses Equipment for heat/cold applications
Linen Thermometers:
Isolation precautions Ventilation
Disposal of syringes
Collected specimens
Infection Control Department
phone number
RADIOLOGICAL
Radiology Department
Precautions for patient with implants
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CLINICAL CONFERENCE SKILLS GUIDE
STANDARD PROTOCOLS FOR ALL NURSING INTERVENTIONS
*1. Check Physician's order.
*2. Wash hands.
*3. Identify the patient.
*4. Introduce yourself.
*5 Explain the procedure to the patient.
*6. Gather equipment.
*7. Provide for privacy.
8. Assess the patient before the procedure.
9. Promote patient involvement if possible.
10. Assess the patient during the procedure.
11. Provide for patient safety following the procedure.
12. Remove and dispose of equipment.
13. Wash hands.
14. Document procedure.
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SKILLS FOR NURSING PRACTICE
Theoretical Content
Teaching/Learning Activities
PREVENTION OF HAZARDS
Safety
Standard Precautions
* Medical handwashing
Disposable clean gloving
Safety equipment
Call light
Side rails
* Restraints (jacket, wrist)
Position of bed
Fire prevention
Read Fundamentals of Nursing:
Chapters (SEE Course Schedule for Chapter numbers)
Video: Media Center (Library)
•
o Watch and Learn: Fundamentals
(From Lippincott's Video Series:
Nursing Procedures Student Set on
CD-ROM): Asepsis: Performing
Hand Hygiene (2 K)
o Watch and Learn: CNA (From
Lippincott's Video Series for
Nursing Assistants): The Chain of
Infection (2 K
Practice and Learn (From Taylor's Interactive Nursing
Skills): Donning and Removing Sterile Gloves (3 K)
Hygiene
Occupied bed making
Bed bath (Include back rub)
Oral hygiene
Hair care
Shaving a patient
Foot and nail care
Bedpan
Urinal
Incontinence (diapers and condom
catheter)
* Routine catheter care (bed bath)
Read: Fundamentals of Nursing:
Chapters (SEE Course Schedule for Chapter)
o Watch and Learn: Fundamentals
(From Lippincott's Video Series:
Nursing Procedures Student Set on
CD-ROM): Hygiene: Giving a Bed
Bath and Changing an Occupied
Bed (2 K)
o Practice and Learn (From Taylor's
Interactive Nursing Skills):
Providing Oral Care for the
Dependent Patient (3 K)
o Procedures Checklist: Application
of Restraints (42 K)
Video: Media Center (Library)
Hygiene and Personal Care
Bathing
Bed making
Normal Elimination
Personal Hygiene Grooming
RT 73.5 M67 B2 2001
BCC Video:
Bed Bath
Moving Patient in and out of Bed
Restraints Video
Applications of heat and cold Procedure checklist/video
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Aqua - K pad
Clean cold compress
Ice bag
Ice Collar
Clean warm compress
Sitz bath
Isolation
* Donning and removing gown, mask
gloves
Procedure checklist/video
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Theoretical Content
Teaching/Learning Activities
Specimen collection
C&S
Urine (Foley, midstream)
Nose
Throat
Vaginal
Gastric
Wound
24 hr. urine specimen
Stool specimen
Occult blood card
Monitoring glucose (includes finger
stick)
Specific gravity
Read: Fundamentals of Nursing: (SEE Course
Schedule for Chapter)
Video: Media Center (Library)
RT 41.M860 2001 pt. 1 Specimen Collection
RT 73.5 M67 B2 2001 pt. 10 Measurements
o Practice and Learn (From Taylor's Interactive
Nursing Skills): Administering a Cleansing Enema (3
K)
o Procedures Checklist: 42-1 Assessing Stool for
Occult Blood (36 K)
ACTIVITY AND REST
Body mechanics
* Log rolling a patient
* Moving a patient up in bed (draw sheet, assist
of one nurse)
Semi-Fowler's position
Hi-Fowler's position
Supine position
Sim's position
Right and left lateral positions
Range of motion exercises
Read: Fundamentals of Nursing: 32
•
o Watch and Learn: Fundamentals
(From Lippincott's Video Series:
Nursing Procedures Student Set on
CD-ROM): Activity: Providing
Range of Motion Exercises (2 K)
o Watch and Learn: CNA (From
Lippincott's Video Series for
Nursing Assistants): Body
Mechanics (2 K)
o Practice and Learn (From Taylor's
Interactive Nursing Skills):
Assisting a Patient with Turning in
Bed (3 K)
•
o Procedures Checklist: Using Body
Mechanics to Move Clients (41 K)
o Procedures Checklist: Positioning a
Client in Bed (57 K)
o Procedures Checklist: Providing
Range-of-Motion Exercises (68 K)
o Procedures Checklist: Assisting
With Ambulation (48 K)
o Procedures Checklist: Helping
Clients With Crutchwalking (51 K)
o Procedures Checklist: Transferring
a Client to a Stretcher (38 K)
o Procedures Checklist: Transferring
a Client to a Wheelchair (43 K)
o Procedures Checklist: Procedure
for Transferring a Client From Bed
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to a Chair Using a Hydraulic Lift
(34 K)
Assistive devices
Draw sheet
Elbow and heel pads
Trochanter roll
Trapeze
Hand roll
Sheepskin
Abduction pillow
Air mattress
o Watch and Learn: Fundamentals (From Lippincott's
Video Series: Nursing Procedures Student Set on
CD-ROM): Hygiene: Giving a Bed Bath and
Changing an Occupied Bed (2 K)
Transfers
Minimizing orthostatic hypotension
* Bed to wheelchair
Hoyer lift
Bed to stretcher
draw sheet
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Theoretical Content
Teaching/Learning Activities
Ambulation
Assist with weak side
Falling patient
Crutch walking
4 point gait
3 point gait
2 point gait
Swing through gait
Climbing & descending stairs
Watch and Learn: Fundamentals (From Lippincott's
Video Series: Nursing Procedures Student Set on
CD-ROM): Activity: Providing Range of Motion
Exercises (2 K)
Applying bandages
Circular
Spiral
Spiral reverse
Figure eight
Recurrent
(wrist, ankle, leg)
o Watch and Learn: Fundamentals (From Lippincott's
Video Series: Nursing Procedures Student Set on
CD-ROM): Skin Integrity and Wound Care:
Irrigating a Wound Using Sterile Technique (2 K)
o Practice and Learn (From Taylor's Interactive
Nursing Skills): Cleaning a Wound and Applying
Sterile Dressing (3 K)
Applying binder
Abdominal velcro
* Vital Signs
Temperature
Pulse
Resp.
B/P
Pulse oximeter
Heat production/heat loss
Circadian rhythm
Read: Fundamentals of Nursing: Chapter20
Watch and Learn: Fundamentals (From Lippincott's
Video Series: Nursing Procedures Student Set on CD-
ROM): Vital Signs: Measuring Oral Temperature,
Radial Pulse, Respiratory Rate, and Blood Pressure (2
K)
Media Center
Temperature – RC 74.V572 2002 v.1
Pulse – RC 74.V572 2002 v.2
Respiration – RC 74.V572 2002 v.3
Blood Pressure – RC 74.V572 2002 v.4
Medications
5 Rights of administration
* Oral
P.O.
S.L.
Buccal
Topical
Instillations
(eye, ear, nose, vagina, rectum)
Irrigations (eye, ear, vagina)
Inhalants
Parenteral
I.D.
* S.Q.
* I.M. (Z-Track)
* Vial, ampule, tubex
Read: Fundamentals of Nursing: Chapter 26
o Watch and Learn: Fundamentals (From Lippincott's
Video Series: Nursing Procedures Student Set on
CD-ROM): Medications: Administering an
Intramuscular Injection (2 K)
o Watch and Learn: Fundamentals (From Lippincott's
Video Series: Nursing Procedures Student Set on
CD-ROM): Medications: Administering IV
Medications by Piggyback Infusion (2 K)
o Practice and Learn (From Taylor's Interactive
Nursing Skills): Administering a Subcutaneous
Injection (3
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* Mixing meds (2 vials, 1 vial
and 1 ampule - 1 tubex & 1
vial)
* Intermittent I.V.P.B.
* SAS
Theoretical Content
Teaching/Learning Activities
AIR
Oxygen tanks
Nasal cannula
Flow meter
Pulse Oximeter
Read: Fundamentals of Nursing ( SEE Course
Schedule for Chapter numbers)
o Watch and Learn: Fundamentals (From Lippincott's
Video Series: Nursing Procedures Student Set on
CD-ROM): Oxygenation: Nasopharyngeal
Suctioning (2 K)
o Watch and Learn: Fundamentals (From Lippincott's
Video Series: Nursing Procedures Student Set on
CD-ROM): Oxygenation: Tracheostomy Care (2 K)
o Practice and Learn (From Taylor's Interactive
Nursing Skills): Teaching Coughing and Splinting (3
K)
o Practice and Learn (From Taylor's Interactive
Nursing Skills): Administering Oxygen via Nasal
Cannula (3 K)
Preparation Post-Op
Turning, deep breathing & coughing
Incentive spirometer
Three leg exercises
Anti-emboli hose
Sequential compression devices
Drainage devices
Hemovac
Jackson Pratt
Penrose drain
* Sterile techniques
Preparation of sterile field
Adding sterile items
Pouring sterile fluids
Removing & disposing of old
Dressings
Donning sterile gloves
Cleansing wound
horizontal
vertical
circular
Applying sterile dressing
* Central line dressing
Read: Fundamentals of Nursing:
Chapters 23 and 39
Video: Media Center (Library)
Pre-op Skills RT 73.5 M67 B2
Post-op Skills RT 73.5 M67 B2
o Watch and Learn: Fundamentals (From Lippincott's
Video Series: Nursing Procedures Student Set on
CD-ROM): Bowel Elimination: Changing an Ostomy
Appliance (2 K)
o Practice and Learn (From Taylor's Interactive
Nursing Skills): Administering a Cleansing Enema (3
K)
o Procedures Checklist: Assessing Stool for Occult
Blood (36 K)
o Watch and Learn: Fundamentals
(From Lippincott's Video Series:
Nursing Procedures Student Set on
CD-ROM): Perioperative Nursing:
Preoperative Care on the Day of
Surgery (2 K)
o Watch and Learn: Fundamentals
(From Lippincott's Video Series:
Nursing Procedures Student Set on
CD-ROM):
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Video: Media Center (Library)
Wound Care and Applying Dressings
Sterile Dressing Change RT 73.5 B46 v. 6
Video: - Media Center
Central Line Dressing Change RT 73.5 B46 v. 3
BCC
FOOD AND WATER
Nasogastric tube
* Placement
* Irrigating
Removing
Bolus feeding
Gravity instillation
Infusion pump
Intravenous therapy
* Priming IV tubing
Time tape
* Regulating flow rate
* Changing I.V. solutions
* Changing a gown
Removing a peripheral line
Saline lock
Monitoring pump machines
Peripheral I.V. dressing
Secondary IV
Video: Media Center (Library)
Nutrition RT 73.5 M67 B2 1993 pt. 4
BCC Video: Media Center (Library)
NG Tube Irrigation and Maintenance of
G-Tube Feeding RT 73.5 B46 v. 4
Watch and Learn: Fundamentals (From Lippincott's
Video Series: Nursing Procedures Student Set on CD-
ROM): Nutrition: Administering a Continuous Tube
Feeding Using a Feeding Pump and a Prefilled, Closed
Tube Feeding Set-Up (2 K)
Video – Media Center
Managing Intravenous Fluid Therapy
RT 41.M860 2002 pt. 3
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Theoretical Content
Teaching/Learning Activities
ELIMINATION
Bowel Elmination
Fecal impaction
SSE
Fleets enema
Rectal tube
Changing colostomy bag
Urine Elimination
foley care
Read: Fundamentals of Nursing:
(SEE Course Schedule for Chapter)
Normal Elimination
RT 73.5 M67 B2 2001 pt. 7
Video: Media Center (Library)
Catheterization and Urinary Care
RT 73.5 M67 B2 1993 pt. 5
* = validation required
NUR 183
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COLLEGE LABORATORY GUIDE
NUR 183
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COLLEGE LABORATORY GUIDE
It is expected that all students be prepared for College Laboratory before the day of the scheduled lab. Preparation
consists of reviewing films available, doing assigned readings, and being familiar with college lab guides. Participation
in college lab is required.
SELF-CARE REQUISITE: Balance between Activity and Rest
FOCUS: Body Mechanics, R.O.M., Positioning, Transfers, Restraints
OBJECTIVES:
Practices skills required for maintenance of mechanical safety.
Demonstrates basic technical skills necessary to promote and maintain
Mechanical safety.
PREPARATION:
Lifting & Moving the Patient Media Center (Library)
Binders and Bandages Media Center (Library)
Body Mechanics, Exercise Media Center (Library)
Apply Restraints Media Center (Library)
Safety and Restraints Media Center (Library)
Movement of Patient
READING:
See Reading Assignment.
ACTIVITIES:
1. Body positions
Fowler's: high Fowler's, low Fowler's
Lateral or Side-Lying
Sims
Supine (dorsal recumbent)
Prone
Trendelenburg - Reverse Trendelenburg
2. Applying Restraints
3. Support Devices
Trochanter Roll
Hand Roll
Foot Board
Bed Cradle
Heel Pads
TED's
Binders
4. Bandages
5. Crutch Walk
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TRANSFERS:
Moving pt. in bed. Procedure one and two person assist.
Assisting on to bedpan
Bed to Chair
Bed to Stretcher - demonstration
Assist with Walking
Range of Motion Procedure
Using a Walker
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SELF-CARE REQUISITE: Prevention of Bacteriological Hazards to Human Life
FOCUS: Handwashing
Hygienic Care
Bedmaking
OBJECTIVES:
Demonstrate correct handwashing techniques.
Practice techniques of hygienic care.
Demonstrate how to provide personal hygienic care satisfactorily.
Demonstrate making an occupied bed with correct handling of linen.
PREPARATION:
Handwashing, Sterile Technique and Media Center (Library)
Changing Dressing Media Center (Library)
PT.1 Bedmaking Media Center (Library)
Bathing Media Center (Library)
Hygiene and Grooming Media Center (Library)
Hygiene Media Center (Library)
Moving a Patient In and Out of Bed Media Center (Library)
READINGS:
See Reading Assignment.
ACTIVITY (Practice):
Handwashing
Bed Bath
Mouth Care conscious & unconscious patient and denture handling
Back rub
Bedmaking Occupied
Linen Handling
Hair Care
Perineal Care
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SELF-CARE REQUISITE: Prevention of Bacteriological Hazards to Human Life
FOCUS: Universal and Isolation Precaution Techniques
OBJECTIVES:
1. Comprehend basic principles of medical asepsis
2. Differentiate between the various types of isolation (Example: Disease specific, CDC, etc.)
3. Identify precaution taken with each type of isolation.
4. Demonstrate how to don and remove gloves, gown, and mask appropriately.
5. Discuss procedure for transporting patients who are in isolation.
6. Describe the psychosocial reactions that often accompany the patient experiencing isolation.
7. Initiate measures to prevent social isolation and sensory deprivation.
PREPARATION:
READINGS:
See Reading Assignment.
ACTIVITIES:
1. Handwashing procedures (review)
2. Donning & Removing gowns
3. Donning & Removing face masks
4. Donning & Removing gloves
5. Handling refuse disposal
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SELF-CARE REQUISITE: Air & Water
FOCUS: Vital Signs
OBJECTIVES:
1. Take an oral temperature on a fellow student.
2. Explain procedure for taking a rectal temperature.
3. Takes a radial pulse on a fellow student.
4. Counts his/her partners respirations
5. Takes his/her partner's blood pressure.
6. Demonstrates use of pulse oximeter.
PREPARATION:
AV: Vital Signs Media Center (Library)
Temperature RC 74.V572 2002 v.1 Media Center (Library)
Pulse RC 74.V572 2002 v.2 Media Center (Library)
Respiration RC 74.V572 2002 v.3 Media Center (Library)
Blood Pressure RC 74.V572 2002 v.4 Media Center (Library)
Readings:
See Reading Assignment
ACTIVITY/PERFORMANCE
1. Practice taking oral temperature.
2. Practice taking radial pulses.
3. Practice taking blood pressure.
4. Practice counting respirations.
5. Practice use of pulse oximeter
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SELF-CARE REQUISITE: Prevention of Bacteriological Hazards
FOCUS: Sterile Dressing Techniques
OBJECTIVES:
1. Uses principles of asepsis when changing a dressing, gloving, and setting up a sterile field.
2. Observes wound drainage equipment (Jackson Pratt, Hemovac)
PREPARATION:
Video: Wound Care RT 41.M860 2002 pt.10 Media Center (Library)
READINGS:
See Reading Assignment
ACTIVITIES:
1. Set up a sterile field using principles of asepsis.
2. Don gloves using principles of asepsis.
3. Observe wound drainage equipment.
4. Opening sterile wrapped packages.
5. Wet to dry dressing.
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SELF-CARE REQUISITE: Prevention of Chemical Hazards
FOCUS: Administration of medications
OBJECTIVES: Demonstrates skills in pouring and administering all types of medications, ie:
1. Read simulated doctor's order.
2. Check doctor's order with MAR.
3. Identifies calibration of measuring devices for oral meds, installations, and injectable medications.
4. Draw up desired amount of fluid into syringes from vials and ampules.
5. Pour correct doses of oral medications.
6. Manipulate syringes without contamination of needle, syringe or drug.
7. Identify sites for IM or SC injections.
8. Give IM and SC injection to mannequin.
9. Manipulate Tubex and Carpuject cartridge carriers.
PREPARATION:
Review video
READINGS:
Nursing Fundamentals: Chapter 26
ACTIVITIES (PRACTICE):
1. See skills checklist for administration of medication.
2. Compare sizes and calibrations in a variety of syringes and needles.
3. Practice opening ampules.
4. Practice drawing specified amounts into syringes.
5. Assemble a tubex and carpuject cartridge carrier.
6. Follow procedure for subcutaneous injection
7. Explore various injection sites on yourself and other students as well as on mannequins.
8. Discuss insertion of suppositories.
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SELF-CARE REQUISITE: Prevention of Chemical Hazards
FOCUS: Administration of intramuscular injections
OBJECTIVES:
1. Prepare medication using multiple vials/ampules and mixes drugs in one syringe whenever possible.
2. Prepare the correct dose of each medication.
3. Identify the correct site, depending on the given client.
4. Demonstrate giving an intramuscular injection into the simulated buttocks.
5. Demonstrate the ability to use a cartridge system.
6. Follow principles of asepsis throughout the preparation and administration of drugs.
PREPARATION:
Practice intramuscular injection technique following procedure given.
Review rules for calculating drug dosages.
READINGS:
See Reading Assignment
ACTIVITIES (PRACTICE):
1. Will handle a variety of syringes and needles, ampules and vials.
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SELF-CARE REQUISITE: Prevention of Chemical Hazards
FOCUS: Glucose Monitoring Systems
Administration of Insulin
OBJECTIVES:
1. Identify how to test blood sample for sugar using monitoring systems
2. Identify sites used to administer insulin and SQ.
3. Demonstrate steps in mixing medications from two vials.
PREPARATION:
RM 12-108 Medications: Subcutaneous Injection Media Center (Library)
READINGS:
See Reading Assignment
ACTIVITIES (PRACTICE):
1. Name the anatomical locations that can be used for insulin injections.
2. Practice preparations of two types of insulin using same syringe.
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I
SELF-CARE REQUISITE: Prevention of Chemical Hazards
FOCUS: Intravenous Therapy, Administration of IVPB, Saline lock
OBJECTIVES:
1. Demonstrate basic technical skills in setting up an Intravenous and maintaining therapy.
PREPARATION:
READINGS:
See Reading Assignment
ACTIVITIES:
In the college laboratory the student will learn and practice:
1. Changing a patient's gown who has an I.V. infusing.
2. Priming IV tubing.
3. Changing an I.V. bag
4. Calculating and regulating the rate of flow of an I.V.
5. Administration of a medication via secondary set (IVPB)
6. Administer IV medications via saline lock
7. Record intake and output
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SELF-CARE REQUISITE: Prevention of Thermal Hazards
FOCUS: Application of Heat and Cold
OBJECTIVES: Properly administers applications of heat and cold
PREPARATION:
RT 48.5.B35 1995 pt. 3
Application of Heat and Cold Media Center (Library)
RB 52 863 Hot & Cold
READINGS:
See Reading Assignment
ACTIVITIES (PRACTICE):
Aqua K Pad
Warm/Cold Compress
Ice Bag
Sponge Bath (Tepid)
Disposable Hot Packs
Disposable Cold Packs
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SELF-CARE REQUISITE: Maintenance of Sufficient Intake of Food
Provision of Care Associated with Elimination Process and Excrements
FOCUS: 1. Gastrointestinal Intubation & Intestinal Decompression.
2. Enteral Feeding via Nasogastric Tube
3. Gastrostomy Feeding
4. Gastrostomy Tube Irrigation.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Identify types of GI tubes
2. State purpose of each tube.
3. Identify nursing responsibilities related to care of patients with G.I. tubes.
4. Describe process of tube insertion.
5. Demonstrate ability to irrigate G.I. tubes.
6. Demonstrate gastrostomy feeding methods & equipment.
7. Identify safety principles of feeding methods.
8. Demonstrate ability to administer feeding via each method.
PREPARATION:
Review procedures for Nasoenteric Enteral Feeding, Gastrostomy Feeding and Irrigation of
Nasogastric Tube.
Video: NG Tube Feeding – G Tube Feeding RT 73.5.B46 v.4 Media Center (Library)
Watch and Learn Videos Chapter 38
ACTIVITY/PERFORMANCE:
1. a. Handle GI tubes.
b. Differentiate GI tubes by name & purpose.
c. Cite nursing responsibilities related to care of patients with G.I. tubes in place.
d. Perform irrigation of N.G. tube using guide.
2. a. Cite nursing actions related to principles of feeding methods.
b. Perform nasoenteric enteral feeding using guide.
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SELF-CARE REQUISITE: Provision of Care Associated with Elimination Processes and Excrements
FOCUS: Enemas, Intake & Output, Collection of Specimens,
OBJECTIVES:
1. Describe urinary and fecal output and record on appropriate recording sheets.
2. Demonstrate
a. Cleansing - Fleets, Tap H2O
b. Retention - Tap H2O, oil
3. Describe methods of collecting specimens.
4. Demonstrate collection of urine from:
a. Closed system (sterile)
5. List the characteristics of urine and/or feces
PREPARATION:
AV: RT 87.C54 1988 Cleansing Enema Media Center (Library)
RT 73.5.M67 B2 Promoting Bowel Elimination Media Center (Library)
RT 73.5.M67 B2 Specimen Collection Media Center (Library)
RT 73.5.M67 B2 Normal Elimination Media Center (Library)
READINGS:
Nursing Fundamentals: (SEE Course Schedule for Chapter)
ACTIVITY/PERFORMANCE (PRACTICE):
1. Describe the following types of enemas
Fleets: Cleansing, oil retention
Tap Water Enema - cleansing or retention
2. Collect specimens
stool - parasites or occult blood
urine - voided (U/A and C & S)
urine - closed Foley
culturettes
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SELF-CARE REQUISITE: Provision of Care Associated with Elimination Processes and
Excrements
FOCUS: Ostomy Care
OBJECTIVES:
1. Identify nursing responsibilities related to care of patients with an ostomy.
2. Demonstrate ability to remove colostomy appliance & replace colostomy appliance.
PREPARATION:
Video: Ms. B. - Ostomy Care RT 41.M860 2002 pt. 4 Media Center (Library)
Watch and Learn Videos Chapters 41 and 42
READINGS:
See Reading Assignment
ACTIVITY/PERFORMANCE:
1. Handle equipment associated with ostomy care.
2. Practice removal and replacement of colostomy appliance
NUR 183
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SKILLS REQUIRING VALIDATION
1. Patient Care
a. Handwashing
b. Moving patient up in bed: one person assist
c. Moving patient up in bed: two or three person assist
d. Turning a patient: positioning on side
e. Transferring from bed to wheelchair
f. Mouth care
g. Assisting the client to use a bedpan
h. Posey Restraints
2. Vital Signs
a. Temperature - oral
b. Radial pulse
c. Respiratory rate
d. Blood pressure
3. Medication Administration
a. Administration of oral medications
b. Administration of SQ injections (Insulin)
c. Administration of IM injection (mixing two meds)
4. Intravenous Therapy
a. Setting up an IV
b. Changing a gown for a patient with an IV
c. Administration of a medication via secondary set
5. Sterility
a. Donning sterile gloves
b. Opening sterile wrapped package
c. Preparing a sterile field
d. Applying wet-to-dry dressing
e. Central venous line dressing change
6. Irrigation
a. Maintenance of gastrostomy tube
b. Irrigation of nasogastric tube
7. Protective Isolation techniques
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GENERAL GUIDELINES PRIOR TO STARTING ANY PROCEDURE
* 1. Check physician/health care provider orders/
* 2. Wash your hands.
* 3. Organize your equipment.
* 4. Identify patient.
* 5. Introduce yourself
* 6. Explain procedure to patient.
* 7. Provide for privacy.
8. Raise the bed to a working level.
9. Position patient as needed.
10. Maintain safety.
11. Perform procedure.
12. Observe patient's response.
13. Wash your hands.
14. Document accordingly.
* Must be stated prior to starting validation procedure