- Medical-Surgical Skills: advocating for patients, head-to-toe assessments, pain assessments, administration of oxygen therapy, bladder scan, chest tube management, documentation of nursing care, discharging a patient, patient and family education, falls assessment, foley insertion/removal, glucose testing, hand-off report, heparin protocol, hygiene care, infection control procedures, intake and output measurements, interpretation of lab values, isolation protocols, IV fluid bag change/prime tubing/set infusion pump/piggyback/insertion, management of newly admitted patient, ear/eye/inhaler/insulin/IM/oral medications, non-sterile dressing change, sterile dressing change, NG tube insertion/removal, TPN administration, pulse oximetry and vital signs, skin care, suctioning, tracheostomy care, venipuncture
- Critical Care Skills: management of patient on vasopressors, management of patient on cardiac drips, management of patient on ventilator, rhythm strip interpretation, identification and treatments for abnormal rhythms, management of patient with altered mental status, patient identification and consents, transfers and hand-off reports, time-outs
- Mother/Baby Skills: NB measurements, post-partum assessment, neonatal assessment
| - Mental Health Skills: suicide risk assessment, management of patient with anxiety and related disorders, management of patient on mood stabilizers, de-escalation techniques, management of patient with bipolar disorder, management of patient with depressive disorder, management of patient with eating disorders, management of patient with impulse control disorders
- Communication skills: advocating for patient, communication with patients and families, communication with other nursing staff, team member contributions, discharge of patient, patient and family education
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