Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing

Nur 3205
Self-Evaluation of Nursing Skills
NURSING SKILLS

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Developing

Accomplished

Safety/Infection Control: Daily Patient Care

Hand hygiene
Standard precautions
Personal protective equipment
Transmission based precautions
Transfers
Bed positioning
Body mechanics
Lifts
Joint mobility
Restraints
Assistive devices
Fall prevention
Seizure precautions
Ambulation
Anti-embolic stockings
Sequential compression devices
Client hygiene: oral, hair, perineal, foot
Health Promotion and Maintenance: Holistic Health Assessment
Critical Thinking in Health Assessment
Interviewing
Health history
Genetics/genomics
Cultural assessment
Spiritual assessment
Behavioral change assessment
Nutrition
Environment
Functional
Domestic Violence
Mental Status
Pain
Health Promotion and Maintenance: Physical Examination
General Survey
Vital Signs
Skin, Hair, Nails, and Wounds
Head, Face, Neck, Eyes, Ears, Nose,
Mouth, and Throat
Thorax and lungs
Cardiovascular
Abdomen
Musculoskeletal
Neurologic
Breast, Lymphatics and Genitourinary

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Developing

Accomplished

Health Promotion and Maintenance: Integration of Health Assessment to the Lifespan

Comprehensive Health Assessment
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Assessment of the Pregnant and
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Postpartum Female
Assessment of the Newborn, Infant and
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Child
Functional Assessment of the Older Adult
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Management of Care: General Computer Skills
Navigation of the Electronic Medical Record
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Reduction of Risk Potential: Diagnostic Testing
Specimen collection: stool, urine, sputum,
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wound, nose, throat, capillary, phlebotomy
Urine testing (dipstick)
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Glucose testing (FSBS)
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Interpretation of Common Laboratory and Diagnostic Interpretation
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Blood chemistries
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Hematology
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Serology and immunology
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Culture
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Urinalysis
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Fecal analysis
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Cerebrospinal fluid
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Computed tomography
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Doppler studies
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Electrocardiography
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Endoscopy
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Magnetic resonance imaging
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Radiography
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Skin testing
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Ultrasound
Perform electrocardiogram
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Initiate telemetry monitor
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Physiological Adaptation
Diaphragmatic breathing
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Incentive spirometer
Administer oxygen: nasal cannula, face
mask,
Mechanical Ventilation: maintaining,
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suctioning, alarms, complications
Pulse oximeter
Peak expiratory flow
Chest physiotherapy
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Tracheostomy care
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Suctioning: oropharyngeal, nasopharyngeal,
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tracheostomy
Chest tubes: assisting with insertion,
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maintaining, removal
Reduction of Risk Potential: Nutrition
Aspiration precautions
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Developing

Accomplished

Basic Care and Comfort: Nutrition

Feeding clients
Recording intake and output
Physiological Adaptation: Nutrition
Gastric tube feedings: nasogastric tube,
Gastrostomy/jejunostomy
Nasogastric tube: insertion, maintenance,
removal
Gastric and jejunum tube care
Elimination: Urinary
Catheter insertion and removal
Catheter care
Bladder irrigation
Urinary ostomy care
Peritoneal dialysis
Elimination: Fecal
Bedpan
Fecal impaction
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Enema
Fecal ostomy
Physiological Adaptation: Wound and Pressure Ulcer Care
Assessment
Dressing change
Wound irrigation
Sitz bath
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Applying binders
Wound vacuum
Basic Care and Comfort: Orthopedic devices
Compression wrap
Splint
Brace
Cast
Traction
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Heat and cold: dry, moist
Pharmacological and Parental Therapies: Medication Administration
Drug calculations
Safety, legal, and ethical issues
Controlled substances
6 rights, 3 checks
Documentation
Error reporting
Medication administration
Oral
Enteral tubes
Topical
o Otic
o Ophthalmic

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Nasal
Inhalant
Dermatologic
NURSING SKILLS

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Developing

Medication administration, cont.

o Vaginal
o Rectal
Intramuscular
Subcutaneous
Intradermal
Starting, maintaining, and
discontinuing an intravenous
infusion
Intravenous push
Intravenous additives
Intravenous fluids
Patient controlled analgesia pump
Total parenteral nutrition
Eye and ear irrigation
Central Venous Access Devices
Types
Managing
o Aspiration
o Flushing
o Medication administration
o Tubing
o Complications
Dressing Changes
Blood Transfusions
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Product types
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Safety
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Procedure
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Assessment of complications
Reduction of Risk Potential: Preoperative and Postoperative Care
Pre-op teaching
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Surgical hand scrub
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Applying sterile gown and gloves
Managing GI suction
Suture and staple care
Suture and staple removal
Epidural care
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Safety/Infection
Sterile field
Sterile gloves
Psychosocial Integrity: End-of-Life
Palliative care
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Performing post-mortem care
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