Procedures Checklist to Accompany Textbook of Basic Nursing

NURSING PROCEDURES
32-1 Inserting a Nasogastric Tube 1
32-2 Administering a Tube Feeding 5
41-1 Handwashing 9
45-1 Undressing the Immobile Client 11
46-1 Measuring Body Temperature 13
46-2 Measuring a Radial Pulse 19
46-4 Counting Respirations 21
46-5 Measuring Blood Pressure and Measuring Orthostatic Blood Pressure 23
48-1 Turning the Client to a Side-Lying Position 25
48-3 Performing PROM exercises 27
48-7 Helping the Client into a Wheelchair or Chair 29
48-14 Assisting the Immobile Client to Move Up in Bed 31
49-1 Making an Unoccupied Bed 33
49-2 Making an Occupied Bed 37
50-1 Giving Special Mouth Care 39
50-3 Shaving a Client 41
50-4 Shampooing a Client’s Hair in Bed 43
50-8 Giving Perineal Care 45
50-9 Giving a Bed Bath 47
51-1 Giving and Removing the Bedpan 51
51-2 Emptying the Drainage Bag 53
51-4 Giving a Cleansing Enema:: Can (Bucket)-and-Tubing Method 55
52-1 Measuring Urinary Output 57
52-5 Collecting a Urine Specimen from a Retention Catheter (Syringe and Needle System) 59
53-1 Applying Antiembolism Stockings (TED Socks) 61
56-2 Using a Pulse Oximeter 63
57-1 Opening a Sterile Package 65
57-2 Putting on Sterile Gloves 67
57-3 Catheterizing the Female Client 69
57-4 Catheterizing the Male Client 73
57-5 Removing the Retention Catheter 75
58-1 Changing a Dry Sterile Dressing 77
78-1 Testing for Blood Glucose Level 79
86-1 Supplying Oxygen with the Nasal Cannula 81
86-6 Suctioning and Providing Tracheostomy Care 83
87-2 Changing the Ostomy Appliance 87