Nursing Skills By Year

YEAR ONE

Perioperative nursing care and documentation
Nursing interventions upon return from the post-anesthetic care unit
Post-operative exercises and pain management
Care for the Client with Acute Wounds-Stitches, Staple Removal, Burns and Post-Operative Ostomy Assessment
IV medication administration
IV medication administration: multiple infusions
Care for the client with neurological issues
Respiratory assessment, oxygen therapy and chest tubes
Urinary catheterization and management
Care for the client with cardiac issues
Care for the client requiring blood-component therapy conservation
Care for the client requiring TPN, CVAD, and nasogastric tubes

Head to toe assessment
Functional and musculoskeletal assessment
Intravenous therapy Maintenance
Teaching self-management techniques in complex illness
Management of pressure ulcers and chronic wounds
Urinary catheters
Hospice palliative care
Care for client requiring pulmonary care-suctioning, tracheostomy, and COPD
Assessment of nutritional status, enteral feeding and swallowing/aspiration assessment
Assessment of EENT, Breast and Testicular exams and promoting health Management