Checklists for Clinical Nursing Skills

Contents

Reviewers

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Preface

ix

Introduction

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Chapter 1 Skill 1-1 Skill 1-2 Skill 1-3 Skill 1-4 Skill 1-5 Skill 2-1 Skill 2-2 Skill 2-3 Skill 2-4 Skill 2-5 Skill 2-6 Skill 2-7 Skill 2-8 Skill 2-9 Skill 2-10 Chapter 2

Vital signs

Assessing body temperature

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Assessing the peripheral pulse by palpation Assessing the apical pulse by auscultation

Assessing respiration

Assessing brachial artery blood pressure

Health assessment Taking a patient history Performing a general survey Assessing the skin, hair and nails Assessing the head and neck Assessing the thorax and lungs Assessing the cardiovascular system Undertaking a neurological examination Undertaking a musculoskeletal assessment Assessing the peripheral vascular system Assessing the abdomen

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Chapter 3 Safety Skill 3-1

Falls prevention

Skill 3-2 Skill 3-3 Skill 3-4 Skill 3-5 Skill 4-1 Skill 4-2 Skill 4-3 Skill 4-4 Skill 4-5 Skill 4-6 Skill 4-7

Implementing alternatives to the use of restraints

Applying a restraint Clinical handover

Documentation

Chapter 4

Asepsis and infection control

Performing hand hygiene using soap and water (handwashing) Performing hand hygiene using an alcohol-based hand rub Preparing a sterile field using a packaged sterile drape Preparing a sterile field using a commercially prepared sterile kit or tray

Adding sterile items to a sterile field

Putting on sterile gloves prior to a procedure and removing soiled gloves post-procedure 54

Using personal protective equipment (PPE)

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