Checklists for Clinical Nursing Skills

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Chapter 8

Skin integrity and wound care

Skill 8-1 Skill 8-2 Skill 8-3 Skill 8-4 Skill 8-5 Skill 8-6 Skill 8-7 Skill 8-8 Skill 8-9 Skill 8-10 Skill 8-11 Skill 8-12 Skill 8-13 Skill 8-14 Skill 8-15 Skill 9-2 Skill 9-3 Skill 9-4 Skill 9-5 Skill 9-6 Skill 9-7 Skill 9-8 Skill 9-9 Skill 9-10 Skill 9-11 Skill 9-12 Skill 9-13 Skill 9-14 Skill 9-15 Skill 9-16 Skill 9-17 Skill 9-18 Skill 9-19 Skill 9-20

Cleaning a wound and applying a dry, sterile dressing

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Assessing a wound

Applying a hydrocolloid dressing Performing irrigation of a wound Collecting a wound culture Caring for a Penrose drain Caring for a T-tube drain Caring for a Jackson-Pratt drain Caring for a Haemovac drain

Applying negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT)

Removing sutures

Removing surgical staples Applying a warm compress Assisting with a Sitz bath

Applying cold therapy

Chapter 9 Activity Skill 9-1

Assisting a patient with turning in bed

Moving a patient up in bed with the assistance of another nurse

Transferring a patient from the bed to a trolley Transferring a patient from the bed to a chair Transferring a patient using an electric sling hoist

Providing range-of-motion exercises Assisting a patient with ambulation

Assisting a patient with ambulation using a walking frame Assisting a patient with ambulation using crutches Assisting a patient with ambulation using a walking stick Applying and removing anti-embolism stockings Applying a pneumatic compression device (PCD) Applying a continuous passive motion (CPM) device

Applying a triangular sling Applying a figure-eight bandage Assisting with plaster cast application

Caring for a plaster cast

Applying skin traction and caring for a patient in skin traction

Caring for a patient in skeletal traction

Caring for a patient with an external fixation device

Chapter 10 Comfort Skill 10-1

Promoting patient comfort

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Skill 10-2 Skill 10-3

Caring for a patient receiving patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) Caring for a patient receiving continuous wound perfusion pain management