Nursing Skills Procedures
Institute of Nursing

Discover a vital resource designed to support nursing students at every stage of their learning experience. This handbook provides clear and concise instructions for a wide range of nursing procedures, covering fundamental care techniques to specialized interventions. With easy-to-follow guidance and practical insights, nursing students can enhance their proficiency and deliver quality patient care with confidence. Each file is downloadable, just click the title.

FNP Related Nursing Experience

1. Hand Hygiene Using an Alcohol-Based Hand Rub

2. Hand Washing

3. Open Gloving Technique

4. Proper Body Mechanics

5. Making an Unoccupied Bed

6. Making An Occupied Bed

7. Measuring the Respiration Rate

8. Assisting a Patient with Turning in Bed

9. Transferring a Patient from the Bed to a Stretcher

10. Transferring a Patient from the Bed to a Chair

11. Providing Range-of-Motion Exercises

12. Giving a Bed Bath

13. Shampooing a Patient’s Hair in Bed

14. Assessing Body Temperature

15. Measuring the Pulse Rate

16. Measuring the Blood Pressure

Summary of Grades

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HA Relating Nursing Experience

1. Assessment of the Skin, Hair and Nails

2. Assessment of the Head and Neck

3. Assessment of the Posture

4. Assessment of the Thorax, Breast and Lungs

5. Assessment of the Cardiovascular Assessment

6. Abdominal Assessment

7. Assessing the Neurologic, Musculoskeletal, and Peripheral Vascular Systems

8. Assessment of the Genitalia and Rectum (Male and Female)

Summary of Grades

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Level 2

NP 4 - Community Health Nursing 1

1. Bag Technique

2. Cleaning a Wound and Applying Sterile Dressings

3. First Aid

4. Intradermal Injection

5. Intramuscular Injection

6. Subcutaneous Injections

7. Breast Examination

8. Leopold's Maneuver

Summary of Grades

NP 7 - Care of Mother, Child, Adolescent (Well Client)

9. Oral, Buccal, and Sublingual Medication Administration

10. Administering Eye and Ear Medications

11. Administering Vaginal and Rectal Suppositories

12. Oxygen Administration

13. EINC

14. Enema Administration

15. Surgical Handwashing

16. Gowning and Gloving (closed method)

17. Skin Preparation for Surgery

18. Urinary Catheterization (Male & Female)

19. Obtaining a Urine Specimen from a Closed-Drainage System

20. Removing Indwelling Catheter

Summary of Grades

NP 9 - Care of Mother, Child at Risk or with Problems (Acute and Chronic)

21. Setting up Intravenous Infusion

22. Setting the Flow Rate (IV infusion)

23. Administering of Drugs Through IV Push and Heparin - Lock (HEPLOCK) Device

24. Drug Incorporation into IV Solution

25. Administering Medication via Piggy Back

26. Changing Intravenous Site Dressing

27. Blood Transfusion (BT)

28. BLS for Pediatric Patient

29. BLS for Infant with AED

30. Nebulization Administration

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Level 3

NP 13 - Care of Clients with Problems in Oxygenation, Fluid and Electrolytes, Infectious, Inflammatory and Immunologic Response, Cellular Aberrations, Acute and Chronic

1. Endotracheal ET Suction

2. Gastric Lavage

3. Gavage via Nasogastric Tube

4. Measuring Capillary Blood Glucose

5. Nasogastric Tube Feeding

6. Nasogastric Tube Insertion

7. Nasopharyngeal Suctioning

8. Oropharyngeal Suctioning

9. Removal of Nasogastric Tube

10. Total Parental Nutrition

11. Tracheostomy Care

12. Tracheostomy Tube Suctioning