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In health care education, students must have the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and experience to be able to anticipate, identify, and manage situations that place patients at risk. To become competent in clinical skills, students practise in the classroom and laboratory, and then apply what they have learned to practise with supervision and support in the clinical setting. However, students today are often faced with less than optimal clinical exposure and assessment to develop the expertise and experience they need to be fully competent by graduation.
Furthermore, interprofessional teamwork creates shared patient care environments, where many disciplines will care for patients and their conditions, and patient information and care management moves frequently among health care providers. Successful patient treatment is reliant on many different health care providers and their skill sets, and each discipline teaches clinical skills differently. The lack of consistency in training and in the use of the latest evidence-based research in health care education makes it challenging to ensure safe care.
This open educational resource (OER) was developed to ensure best practice and quality care based on the latest evidence, and to address inconsistencies in how clinical health care skills are taught and practised in the clinical setting. The checklist approach aims to provide standardized processes for clinical skills and to help nursing schools and clinical practice partners keep procedural practice current.
Course Curriculum
About | |||
About The Course – Clinical Procedures | 00:20:00 | ||
Introduction – Clinical Procedures | 00:00:00 | ||
Acknowledgments – Clinical Procedures | 00:15:00 | ||
Disclaimer – Clinical Procedures | 00:20:00 | ||
1. Infection Control | |||
Infection Prevention and Control Practices | 00:45:00 | ||
Hand Hygiene and Non-Sterile Gloves | 01:30:00 | ||
Additional Precautions and Personal Protective Equipment | 01:00:00 | ||
Surgical Asepsis and the Principles of Sterile Technique | 01:00:00 | ||
The Operating Room Environment | 00:00:00 | ||
Sterile Procedures and Sterile Attire | 01:00:00 | ||
Summary – Infection Prevention | 00:30:00 | ||
2. Patient Assessment | |||
In Brief – Patient Assessment | 00:20:00 | ||
Pain Assessment | 00:00:00 | ||
Vital Signs | 00:00:00 | ||
Health History | 00:30:00 | ||
Head-to-Toe Assessment | 00:30:00 | ||
Initial and Emergency Assessment | 00:30:00 | ||
Focused Assessments | 00:30:00 | ||
Summary – Patient Assessment | 00:30:00 | ||
3. Safe Patient Handling, Positioning, and Transfers | |||
Introduction – Safe Patient Handling | 00:20:00 | ||
Body Mechanics | 00:30:00 | ||
Patient Risk Assessment | 00:45:00 | ||
Immobility and Assisting Patients | 00:45:00 | ||
Positioning Patients in Bed | 00:45:00 | ||
Assisting a Patient to a Sitting Position and Ambulation | 00:45:00 | ||
Patient Transfers | 00:00:00 | ||
Fall Prevention | 00:40:00 | ||
Summary – Safe Patient Handling | 01:00:00 | ||
4. Wound Care | |||
Introduction – Wound Care | 00:40:00 | ||
Wound Healing and Assessment | 01:00:00 | ||
Simple Dressing Change | 00:40:00 | ||
Suture Removal | 00:00:00 | ||
Staple Removal | 00:40:00 | ||
Moist to Dry Dressing, and Wound Irrigation and Packing | 00:45:00 | ||
Drain Management and Removal | 00:45:00 | ||
Summary – Wound Care | 00:45:00 | ||
5. Oxygen Therapy | |||
Introduction – Oxygen Therapy | 00:45:00 | ||
Principles – Oxygen Therapy | 00:25:00 | ||
Pulse Oximetry | 01:30:00 | ||
Signs and Symptoms of Hypoxia | 01:00:00 | ||
Oxygen Therapy Systems | 00:45:00 | ||
Management of Hypoxia | 00:45:00 | ||
Cautions with Oxygen Therapy | 00:45:00 | ||
Oral Suctioning | 00:45:00 | ||
Summary – Oxygen Therapy | 00:30:00 | ||
6. Non-Parenteral Medication Administration | |||
Introduction – Non-Parenteral Medication Administration | 00:30:00 | ||
Safe Medication Administration | 00:40:00 | ||
Administering Medications by Mouth and Gastric Tube | 00:45:00 | ||
Administering Medications Rectally and Vaginally | 00:45:00 | ||
Instilling Eye, Ear, and Nose Medications | 00:45:00 | ||
Administering Inhaled Medications | 00:45:00 | ||
Administering Topical Medications | 00:45:00 | ||
Summary – Non-Parenteral Medication Administration | 00:45:00 | ||
7. Parenteral Medication Administration | |||
Introduction – Parenteral Medication Administration | 00:45:00 | ||
Parenteral Medications and Preparing Medications from Ampules and Vials | 00:45:00 | ||
Intradermal and Subcutaneous Injections | 00:45:00 | ||
Intramuscular Injections | 00:45:00 | ||
Intravenous Medications by Direct IV Route | 00:45:00 | ||
Administering Intermittent Intravenous Medication (Secondary Medication) and Continuous IV Infusions | 01:30:00 | ||
Complications Related to Parenteral Medications and Management of Complications | 01:00:00 | ||
Summary – Parenteral Medication Administration | 00:45:00 | ||
8. Intravenous Therapy | |||
Introduction – Intravenous Therapy | 00:45:00 | ||
Intravenous Fluid Therapy | 00:45:00 | ||
IV Fluids, IV Tubing, and Assessment of an IV System | 01:00:00 | ||
Priming IV Tubing and Changing IV Fluids and Tubing | 01:00:00 | ||
Flushing a Saline Lock and Converting a Saline Lock to a Continuous IV Infusion | 01:00:00 | ||
Converting an IV Infusion to a Saline Lock and Removal of a Peripheral IV | 00:00:00 | ||
Transfusion of Blood and Blood Products | 01:00:00 | ||
Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) | 01:00:00 | ||
Summary – Intravenous Therapy | 00:30:00 | ||
9. Blood Glucose Monitoring | |||
Introduction – Blood Glucose Monitoring | 00:30:00 | ||
Glucometer Use | 00:45:00 | ||
Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia | 00:45:00 | ||
Summary – Blood Glucose Monitoring | 00:30:00 | ||
10. Tubes and Attachments | |||
Introduction – Tubes and Attachments | 00:30:00 | ||
Caring for Patients with Tubes and Attachments | 00:45:00 | ||
Nasogastric Tubes | 00:45:00 | ||
Urinary Catheters | 00:45:00 | ||
Tracheostomies | 00:45:00 | ||
Chest Tube Drainage Systems | 00:45:00 | ||
Ostomy Care | 00:45:00 | ||
Summary – Tubes and Attachments | 00:45:00 |
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