48 Ostomy Care (Pouching)
Skill 48 Ostomy Care (Pouching) Immediately after a fecal surgical diversion, it is necessary to place a pouch over the newly created stoma to contain effluent when the stoma begins…
49 Oxygen Therapy
Skill 49 Oxygen Therapy Nasal Cannula, Oxygen Mask, T Tube, or Tracheostomy Collar Oxygen therapy is the administration of supplemental oxygen (O2) to a patient to prevent or treat hypoxia….
61 Pulse Oximetry
Skill 61 Pulse Oximetry Pulse oximetry is the noninvasive measurement of arterial blood oxygen saturation, the percent to which hemoglobin is filled with oxygen. A pulse oximeter is a probe…
65 Restraint-Free Environment
Skill 65 Restraint-Free Environment Patients at risk for falls or wandering present special safety challenges when trying to create a restraint-free environment. Wandering is the meandering, aimless, or repetitive locomotion…
9 Blood Glucose Testing
Skill 9 Blood Glucose Testing Blood glucose monitoring allows patients with diabetes mellitus to self-manage their disease. Obtaining capillary blood by skin puncture is less painful than venipuncture, and the…
38 Mechanical Lifts
Skill 38 Mechanical Lifts One of the major concerns during transfer is the safety of the patient and the nurse. The nurse prevents self-injury by using correct posture, minimal muscle…
72 Suctioning
Skill 72 Suctioning Closed (In-Line) Endotracheal tubes (ETs) and tracheostomy tubes (TTs) are artificial airways inserted to relieve airway obstruction, provide a route for mechanical ventilation, permit easy access for…
63 Respiration Assessment
Skill 63 Respiration Assessment You assess ventilation by observing the rate, depth, and rhythm of respiratory movements. Accurate assessment of respiration depends on recognizing normal thoracic and abdominal movements. Normal…
29 Fall Prevention in a Health Care Facility
Skill 29 Fall Prevention in a Health Care Facility Patient falls are the most common type of inpatient accident (Oliver, Healey, and Haines, 2010). Between 1% and 3% of these…
