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…
25 Enteral Nutrition via a Nasoenteric Feeding Tube
Skill 25 Enteral Nutrition via a Nasoenteric Feeding Tube Enteral nutrition, or tube feeding, is a method for providing nutrients to patients who are not able to meet their nutritional…
24 Enteral Nutrition via a Gastrostomy or Jejunostomy Tube
Skill 24 Enteral Nutrition via a Gastrostomy or Jejunostomy Tube Feeding tubes can be placed directly into the gastrointestinal (GI) tract through the abdominal wall in patients who cannot tolerate…
26 Epidural Analgesia
Skill 26 Epidural Analgesia Administration of analgesics into the epidural space is an efficient intervention to manage acute pain (D’Arcy, 2011). The epidural space is a potential space that contains…
44 Nasogastric Tube for Gastric Decompression
Skill 44 Nasogastric Tube for Gastric Decompression Insertion and Removal There are times following major surgery or with conditions affecting the gastrointestinal (GI) tract when normal peristalsis is temporarily altered….
42 Nail and Foot Care
Skill 42 Nail and Foot Care Feet and nails often require special care to prevent infection, odors, pain, and injury to soft tissues. Often people are unaware of foot or…
