Checklists for Clinical Nursing Skills

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Chapter 11 Nutrition Skill 11-1

Assisting a patient with eating and drinking

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Skill 11-2 Skill 11-3 Skill 11-4 Skill 11-5

Inserting a nasogastric (NG) tube Administering a tube feeding Removing a nasogastric (NG) tube Caring for a gastrostomy tube

Chapter 12 Urinary elimination Skill 12-1

Assisting with the use of a bedpan Assisting with the use of a urinal

Skill 12-2 Skill 12-3 Skill 12-4 Skill 12-5 Skill 12-6 Skill 12-7 Skill 12-8 Skill 12-9 Skill 12-10 Skill 12-11 Skill 12-12

Assisting with the use of a bedside commode

Assessing bladder volume using an ultrasound bladder scanner

Applying an external condom catheter Catheterising the female urinary bladder Catheterising the male urinary bladder

Removing an indwelling catheter

Performing intermittent closed catheter irrigation Care of continuous closed bladder irrigation

Emptying and changing a stoma appliance on an ileal conduit

Caring for a suprapubic urinary catheter

Chapter 13 Bowel elimination Skill 13-1 Administering an enema

Skill 13-2

Changing and emptying an ostomy appliance

Chapter 14 Oxygenation Skill 14-1

Using a pulse oximeter

Skill 14-2 Skill 14-3 Skill 14-4 Skill 14-5 Skill 14-6 Skill 14-7 Skill 14-8 Skill 14-9 Skill 14-10 Skill 14-11

Teaching a patient to use an incentive spirometer

Administering oxygen by nasal cannula

Administering oxygen by mask

Suctioning the nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal airways

Inserting an oropharyngeal airway

Suctioning the tracheostomy: open system

Providing tracheostomy care

Providing care of a chest drainage system

Removal of a chest tube

Using a hand-held resuscitation bag and mask

Chapter 15 Fluid, electrolyte and acid–base balance Skill 15-1 Inserting a peripheral IV cannula

Skill 15-2 Skill 15-3 Skill 15-4 Skill 15-5

Commencing an IV infusion

Changing an IV fluid bag and giving set Monitoring an IV site and infusion Changing an IV cannula dressing