Focusing on the skills that are most labor-intensive to teach and that pose the greatest risk to patient safety, this online course is the perfect tool to help students review and evaluate their competency before performing skills in the clinical setting. This innovative online course consists of 17 modules, with each module comprising several lessons. Each lesson provides a content overview, a variety of interactive exercises, self-check activities, and an exam. In addition to schools of nursing, this is also a valuable and timesaving means of providing periodic training and competency evaluation for nursing staff. This online course is also available packaged with the parent text, Perry:: Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 7th edition.
Vital Signs: Lesson 1: Overview of Vital Signs Lesson 2: Measuring Body Temperature Lesson 3: Assessing Pulse Lesson 4: Assessing Respiration Lesson 5: Assessing Blood Pressure Lesson 6: Pulse Oximetry
Infection Control: Lesson 1: Overview of Infection Control Lesson 2: Hand Hygiene Lesson 3: Creating and Maintaining a Sterile Field Lesson 4: Sterile Gloving
Safety: Lesson 1: Safety Equipment and Fall Prevention Lesson 2: Applying Physical Restraints Lesson 3: Moving and Transferring Clients Lesson 4: Feeding the Dependent Person
Safe Medication Administration: Lesson 1: Overview of Safe Medication Administration Lesson 2: Preparing for Medication Administration: Applying the Six Rights Lesson 3: Preparing for Medication Administration: Calculating Drug Dosages Lesson 4: Preventing Medication Errors Lesson 5: Administering Oral Medications
Chest Tubes: Lesson 1: Chest Tube Principles Lesson 2: Chest Tube Drainage Systems Lesson 3: Analysis of Gastric Contents Lesson 4: Assisting with Removal of Chest Tubes
Enteral Nutrition: Lesson 1: Overview of Enteral Nutrition Lesson 2: Inserting a Small-Bore Nasogastric or Nasointestinal Feeding Tube Lesson 3: Verifying Feeding Tube Placement Lesson 4: Administering Tube Feedings Lesson 5: Administering Medication through a Feeding Tube
IV Fluid Therapy Management: Lesson 1: Overview of Maintenance of Intravenous Site Lesson 2: Regulating Intravenous Infusion Flow Rates Lesson 3: Changing Infusion Fluid/Tubing Lesson 4: Changing a Peripheral IV Dressing
IV Fluid Administration: Lesson 1: Overview of IV Fluid Administration Lesson 2: Insertion of Peripheral Intravenous Device Lesson 3: Troubleshooting Intravenous Infusions Lesson 4: Discontinuing Peripheral IV Access
IV Medication Administration: Lesson 1: Overview of IV Medication Administration Lesson 2: Administering IV Medications by Peggy back, Intermittent Intravenous Infusion Sets, and Mini-Infusion Pumps Lesson 3: Administering Medications by IV Bolus Lesson 4: Adding Medications to Intravenous Fluid Containers
Urinary Catheterization: Lesson 1: Overview of Urinary Catheterization Lesson 2: Inserting a Straight or Indwelling Urinary Catheter Lesson 3: Applying a Condom Catheter Lesson 4: Catheter Specimen Collection Lesson 5: Care and Removal of the Indwelling Catheter
Bowel Elimination / Ostomy: Lesson 1: Overview of Bowel Elimination / Ostomy Lesson 2: Enema Administration Lesson 3: Ostomy Overview Lesson 4: Pouching an Ostomy Lesson 5: Irrigating a Colostomy