Clinical Psychomotor Skills: Assessment Tools for Nursing Students, 5th Edition

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by: Joanne Tollefson - James Cook University

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PRESCRIBED TEXT FOR 92024 AT UTS, SEMESTER 1 2013

Joanne Tollefson's Clinical Psychomotor Skills is an accessible and practical guide to the theory and practice of the key clinical skills to be mastered by nursing students.

This text is ideal for students studying to be Registered Nurses (RN)/Division 1 Nurses undertaking a Bachelor of Nursing at university level.

Part 1 - Aseptic technique
1. Hand hygiene
2. Personal protective equipment
3. Aseptic technique
4. Surgical scrub
5. Gowning and gloving

Part 2 - Assessment
6. Physical assessment
7. Neurological assessment and observation
8. Mental status assessment
9. Cardiovascular assessment
10. Respiratory assessment
11. Abdominal assessment
12. Musculoskeletal assessment and range of motion exercises
13. Pain assessment

Part 3 - Professional communication
14. Clinical handover
15. Documentation

Part 4 - Fluid and nutritional support
16. Nasogastric tube insertion
17. Administration of enteral nutrition
18. Intravenous therapy (IVT) (assisting with establishment)
19. Intravenous therapy (IVT) (management)
20. Managing a central venous line

Part 5 - Elimination
21. Assisting with elimination
22. Administering an enema
23. Care of patient with suprapubic catheter (catheter irrigation)
24. Urinary catheterisation
25. Stoma Care

Part 6 - Medication administration
26. Medication administration - oral medication
27. Medication administration - eye drops or ointment
28. Medication administration - otic medication
29. Medication administration - parenteral medication
30. Medication administration - enteral
31. Intravenous medication administration - IV container
32. Intravenous medication administration - burette
33. Intravenous medication administration - bolus

Part 7 - Mental health skills
34. Seclusion - management
35. Electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) - patient care

Part 8 - Observations
36. Height, weight and waist circumference measurement
37. Temperature , pulse and respiration (TPR) - measurement
38. Blood pressure measurement
39. Cardiovascular assessment - 12 lead electrocardiogram
40. Neurovascular observations
41. Blood glucose measurement

Part 9 - Pain management
42. Pain management: Non-pharmacological interventions - dry heat and cold therapy
43. Pain management: Non-pharmacological interventions - massage
44. Pain management: Non-pharmacological interventions - TENS
45. Medication administration - patient controlled analgesia or other syringe-driven medication
46. Subcutaneous infusions

Part 10 - Perioperative care
47. Pre-operative care
48. Recovery room care and handover
49. Post-operative care

Part 11 - Personal hygiene and maintaining skin integrity
50. Personal hygiene - bed bath or assisted shower
51. Personal hygiene - mouth care, shaving, hair care and nail care
52. Positioning of a dependent patient
53. Assisting with mobilisation
54. Pressure area care

Part 12 - Respiratory skills
55. Oxygen therapy via nasal cannula or various masks
56. Monitoring pulse oximetry
57. Suctioning of oropharynx/nasopharynx
58. Endotracheal tube or tracheostomy suctioning
59. Tracheostomy Care
60. Chest drains/underwater seal drainage management

Part 13 - Specific patient care
61. Neonate - daily care
62. Unconscious patient care
63. Teaching patients

Part 14 - Transfusion and blood products
64. Blood transfusion administration
65. Venipuncture

Part 15 - Wound management
66. Dry dressing technique
67. Complex wounds - drain, suture or clip removal
68. Complex wounds - wound irrigation
69. Complex wounds - packing a wound

Appendix: ANMC National Competency Standards for the Registered Nurse