Clinical Skills List

Nursing 356: Foundations in Nursing Care

- Safety/Risk Reduction: ID band, allergies, side rails, call light, fall risk, skin breakdown, anti-embolism
(TED, SCD), environmental assessment
- Assessment: vital signs, pain, basic physical assessment, beginning focused assessment
- Hygiene/Infection Control: hand washing, standard precautions, isolation (mask, gown, gloves), bathing, oral
care, Foley Catheter care, peri care, sterile gloving, sterile field
- Body Mechanics/Moving/Positioning: ambulation with assistive devices, wheelchair, gait belt, positioning,
transfers (bed, stretcher, chair), Hoyer lift, range of motion (active, passive), turning immobile patient
- Wound Management: dressing change (clean, dry), application of and emptying ostomy bag
- Respiratory Management: oxygen delivery
- Invasive Lines/Tubes: Insertion and removal of Foley Catheter
- Communication: Nursing process, SBAR, Therapeutic communication, documentation
Nursing 366: Acute and Chronic Illness Management I
- Safety/Risk Reduction: ID band, allergies, side rails, call light, fall risk, skin breakdown, anti-embolism
(TED, SCD), environmental assessment
- Assessment: vital signs, pain, beginning focused assessment, intermediate focused assessment, post-operative
assessment, pediatric assessment
- Hygiene/Infection Control: hand washing, standard precautions, isolation (mask, gown, gloves), bathing, oral
care, Foley Catheter care, peri care, sterile gloving, sterile field
- Monitoring: calculation of I&O and basic EKG interpretation
- Medication Administration: safety/six rights, oral, topical, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intradermal,
gastrointestinal tube, IVPB, suppository, enema administration, ophthalmic, otic, inhalation therapy, IV infusion
pump
- Wound Management: suture/staple removal, dressing change (clean, dry), wet to damp/dry dressing change,
sterile dressing change, and wound packing; management of drains including Hemovac, Jackson-Pratt, and Ttube drains; application, management, and emptying of ostomy
- Specimen Collection: clean catch and catheter urinalysis
- Respiratory Management: oxygen delivery, pulmonary toilet (TCDB, IS, P&PD), incentive spirometry
-Invasive Lines/Tubes: assessment/maintenance of NG, OG, G-tube, J-tube; insertion of NG, OG, G-tube, Jtube; removal of NG, OG, G-tube, J-tube; assessment of line site, line, and fluid; IV fluid administration, IV
drip calibration/regulation, IV removal (peripheral only), peripheral IV insertion, Heparin/saline lock
conversion/flush
- Communication: nursing process, shift report, documentation (including electronic), intra/interprofessional
communication
Nursing 368: Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family
- Safety/Risk Reduction: ID band, allergies, side rails, call light, fall risk, skin breakdown, anti-embolism
(TED, SCD), environmental assessment
- Assessment: vital signs, pain, maternal assessment, newborn assessment
- Hygiene/Infection Control: hand washing, Foley Catheter care, sitz bath, peri care
- Monitoring: electronic fetal monitoring
- Medication Administration: safety/six rights, oral, topical, intramuscular, subcutaneous, suppository,
ophthalmic
- Wound Management: suture/staple removal
- Specimen Collection: heel stick
- Invasive Lines/Tubes: insertion and removal of Foley Catheter, peripheral IV insertion

Nursing 470: Acute and Chronic Illness Management II

- Safety/Risk Reduction: ID band, allergies, side rails, call light, fall risk, skin breakdown, anti-embolism
(TED, SCD), environmental assessment, restraints, seizure precautions
- Assessment: vital signs, pain, intermediate focused assessment, advanced/ICU focused assessment, postoperative assessment, opiate withdrawal assessment, alcohol withdrawal CIWA assessment
- Hygiene/Infection Control: hand washing, standard precautions, isolation (mask, gown, gloves), oral care,
Foley Catheter care, peri care, sterile gloving, sterile field
- Body Mechanics/Moving/Positioning: positioning, transfers (bed, stretcher, chair), turning immobile patient
- Monitoring: calculation of I&O, basic EKG interpretation, pacemaker
- Medication Administration: safety/six rights, oral, topical, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intradermal,
gastrointestinal tube, IVPB, IV push, suppository, enema administration, ophthalmic, otic, inhalation therapy, IV
infusion pump, TPN administration, PCA, blood product administration, drip calculation/regulation
- Wound Management: suture/staple removal, dressing change (clean, dry), wet to damp/dry dressing change,
sterile dressing change, and wound packing; management of drains including Hemovac, Jackson-Pratt, and Ttube drains; application, management, and emptying of ostomy; central line dressing change
- Specimen Collection: clean catch, catheter urinalysis, sputum, blood, FSBS, venipuncture, arterial blood line
draw- VAMP
- Respiratory Management: oxygen delivery, pulmonary toilet (TCDB, IS, P&PD), incentive spirometry,
suctioning (ETT and Trach), tracheostomy care, and ventilation (ambu bag, ventilator)
-Invasive Lines/Tubes: assessment/maintenance of NG, OG, G-tube, J-tube; insertion of NG, OG, G-tube, Jtube; removal of NG, OG, G-tube, J-tube; assessment of line site, line, and fluid; IV fluid administration, IV
drip calibration/regulation, IV removal (peripheral only), peripheral IV insertion, Heparin/saline lock
conversion/flush, insertion and removal of Foley, assessment/maintenance of duodenal tube, insertion of
duodenal feeding tube, chest tube assessment/maintenance, central line assessment (site, line, fluid), PICC line
flush, central venous line flush, central line catheter care, Swan-Ganz, arterial line, ventriculostomy
- Communication: nursing process, shift report, documentation (including electronic), intra/interprofessional
communication, SBAR, therapeutic communication
Nursing 471: Mental Health Nursing
- Safety/Risk Reduction: ID band, allergies, side rails, call light, fall risk, skin breakdown, environmental
assessment, restraints, risk for suicide, risk for violence, seizure precautions
- Assessment: vital signs, pain, mental health/psych assessment, mini mental status exam, opiate withdrawal
assessment, alcohol withdrawal- CIWA assessment
- Hygiene/Infection Control: hand washing and standard precautions
- Body Mechanics/Moving/Positioning: ambulation with assistive devices and wheelchair
- Specimen Collection: FSBS
- Respiratory Management: oxygen delivery
- Communication: nursing process, shift report, therapeutic communication, documentation (including
electronic), intra/interprofessional communication
Nursing 473: Population Health and Community Nursing
- Assessment: community health risk assessment, community assessment
- Communication: nursing process and intra/interprofessional communication
Nursing 479: Transition to the Professional Nursing Role
- Safety/Risk Reduction: ID band, allergies, side rails, call light, fall risk, skin breakdown, environmental
assessment, restraints, risk for suicide, seizure precautions, anti-embolism (TED, SCD)
- Assessment: vital signs, pain, intermediate focused assessment, advanced/ICU focused assessment, pediatric
assessment, opiate withdrawal assessment
- Hygiene/Infection Control: hand washing, standard precautions, isolation (mask, gown, gloves), oral care,
Foley Catheter care, peri care, sterile gloving, sterile field

- Body Mechanics/Moving/Positioning: positioning, wheelchair, Hoyer lift, transfers (bed, stretcher, chair),
turning immobile patient, range of motion (passive, active)
- Monitoring: calculation of I&O, basic EKG interpretation
- Medication Administration: safety/six rights, oral, topical, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intradermal,
gastrointestinal tube, IVPB, IV push, suppository, enema administration, ophthalmic, otic, IV infusion pump,
blood product administration, drip calculation/regulation, syringe pump
- Wound Management: dressing change, clean, dry; central line dressing change, drains (Hemovac, JacksonPratt, T-tube)
- Specimen Collection: catheter urinalysis, stool sputum, blood, venipuncture, arterial line blood draw- VAMP
- Respiratory Management: oxygen delivery, suctioning, tracheostomy care, ventilation (ambu bag, ventilator)
- Invasive Lines/Tubes: insertion and removal of Foley Catheter; assessment/maintenance of NG, OG, G-Tube,
and J-Tube; assessment of site, line, and fluid; IV fluid administration, IV drip calibration/regulation, IV
removal, peripheral IV insertion, Heparin/Saline Lock Conversion/Flush; central line assessment (site, line,
fluid); PICC line flush, central venous line flush, central line catheter care, arterial line
- Communication: nursing process, shift report, therapeutic communication, documentation (including
electronic), intra/interprofessional communication