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| Basic Infection Control | |
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| Performing hand hygiene | |
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| Using personal protective equipmen? | |
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| Bathing | |
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| Performing a complete or partial bed bath | |
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| Assisting with a tub bath or showe? | |
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| Performing back massage | |
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| Performing perineal care for the female patient | |
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| Performing perineal care for the male patient Bedmaking | |
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| Making the unoccupied bed | |
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| Making the occupied be? | |
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| Safe Patient Handling | |
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| Assisting with moving and positioning a patient in bed | |
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| Transferring from bed to wheelchair using a transfer belt | |
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| Transferring from bed to a stretcher | |
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| Performing passive range-of-motion exercises | |
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| Applying elastic stockings | |
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| Assisting with ambulation using a gait belt | |
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| Using a sequential compression devic? | |
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| Using a hydraulic lift | |
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| Assisting with Elimination Assisting with a urinal | |
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| Assisting with a bedpan | |
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| Applying a condom cathete? | |
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| Administering a cleansing enema | |
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| Providing catheter care Nutrition & Fluids | |
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| Assisting with meals | |
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| Taking aspiration precautions | |
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| Measuring intake and output | |
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| Personal Hygiene & Grooming | |
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| Performing oral hygiene for an unconscious patient | |
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| Cleaning dentures | |
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| Performing hair care and shampooing in bed | |
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| Shaving a male patient | |
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| Performing nail and foot care | |
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| Assisting with gown change | |
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| Vital Signs | |
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| Measuring height and weight | |
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| Assessing radial puls? | |
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| Assessing apical pulse | |
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| Assessing apical-radial pulse | |
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| Assessing respiration | |
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| Assessing pain | |
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| Taking a temperature with electronic thermometers | |
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| Taking a temperature with tympanic thermometers | |
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| Obtaining blood pressure by the one-step method | |
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| Obtaining blood pressure by the two-step method | |
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| Measuring oxygen saturation with pulse oximetry | |
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| Restraints and Alternatives | |
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| Using restraint alternatives | |
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| Applying restraints | |
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| Pressure Ulcers and Wound Care | |
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| Assessing wounds | |
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| Irrigating wounds | |
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| Changing dressings | |
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| Managing wound drainage systems | |
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| Caring for pressure ulcer? | |
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| Enteral Nutrition | |
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| Inserting a nasogastric feeding tube Providing enteral feedings | |
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| Irrigating a feeding tube | |
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| Removing a feeding tube | |
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| Infection Control | |
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| Establishing & maintaining sterile fiel? | |
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| Adding items to a sterile field | |
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| Pouring a sterile solution | |
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| Using a pre-packaged sterile ki? | |
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| Performing sterile gloving | |
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| Ostomy Care | |
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| Pouching a colostomy | |
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| Pouching a ureterostomy | |
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| Respiratory Care and Suctioning | |
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| Ensuring oxygen safety | |
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| Setting oxygen flow rates | |
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| Applying a nasal cannula or a face mask | |
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| Maintaining an airway | |
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| Providing tracheostomy care | |
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| Performing oropharyngeal suctioning | |
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| Performing nasotracheal suctioning | |
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| Suctioning an artificial airway | |
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| Postoperative Nursing Care | |
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| Providing postoperative care Managing pain | |
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| Managing a nasogastric tube | |
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| Preoperative Nursing Care | |
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| Performing a preoperative assessment | |
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| Promoting family support and participation | |
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| Teaching postoperative exercises and pain managemen? | |
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| Preparing a patient for surgery | |
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| Specimen Collection | |
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| Collecting a midstream urine specimen | |
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| Performing fecal occult blood testing | |
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| Performing gastric occult blood and pH testin? | |
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| Collecting a sputum specime? | |
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| Collecting a specimen for wound culture | |
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| Performing blood glucose testing | |
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| Screening urine for chemical properties | |
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| Urinary Catheter Management | |
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| Inserting an indwelling urinary | |