| |
| |
Alphabetical Procedure List | |
| |
| |
| |
Issues Related to Primary Care Procedures | |
| |
| |
Reasons for Performing Clinical Procedures | |
| |
| |
The Legal Environment | |
| |
| |
Educational Preparation to Perform Procedures | |
| |
| |
Procedures Require Life-Span Modifications | |
| |
| |
Patient-Provider Relationships | |
| |
| |
Reimbursement | |
| |
| |
Pediatric Considerations | |
| |
| |
Older Adult Considerations | |
| |
| |
General Considerations to Address in Every Procedure | |
| |
| |
| |
General Laboratory Procedures | |
| |
| |
Basic Concepts of Specimen Collection | |
| |
| |
Blood Cultures | |
| |
| |
Finger Stick Blood Glucose Testing | |
| |
| |
| |
Dermatologic Procedures | |
| |
| |
Skin Preparation | |
| |
| |
Wound Care | |
| |
| |
Topical Application of Hemostatic Agents | |
| |
| |
Anesthesia: Topical, Local, and Digital Nerve Block | |
| |
| |
Suturing Simple Lacerations | |
| |
| |
Suture Removal | |
| |
| |
Wound Closure With Topical Skin Adhesive | |
| |
| |
Staple Insertion and Removal | |
| |
| |
Skin Lesion Removal | |
| |
| |
Excision Biopsy (Elliptical) | |
| |
| |
Punch Biopsy | |
| |
| |
Shave Biopsy | |
| |
| |
Wart Removal | |
| |
| |
Abscess Incision and Drainage | |
| |
| |
Cyst Removal | |
| |
| |
Skin Tag Removal | |
| |
| |
Skin Specimen Collection | |
| |
| |
Scabies Scraping | |
| |
| |
Herpes Scraping: Tzanck Smear | |
| |
| |
Fungal Scraping: The KOH Test | |
| |
| |
Other Types of Wound Care | |
| |
| |
Care for First- and Second-Degree Burns | |
| |
| |
Ulcer Debridement | |
| |
| |
Unna Paste Boot and Debridement for Stasis and Ischemic and Diabetic Foot Ulcers | |
| |
| |
Foot and Nail Care | |
| |
| |
Toenail Care in the At-Risk Patient | |
| |
| |
Corn and Callus Management | |
| |
| |
Ingrown Toenail and Paronychia Management | |
| |
| |
Subungual Hematoma Evacuation | |
| |
| |
Nail Avulsion | |
| |
| |
Skin Trauma Resulting From Bites or Foreign Bodies | |
| |
| |
Animal and Human Bites | |
| |
| |
Fishhook Removal | |
| |
| |
Tick Removal | |
| |
| |
Foreign Body Removal From Skin | |
| |
| |
Ring Removal | |
| |
| |
Body Piercing | |
| |
| |
Skin Caught in Zipper | |
| |
| |
| |
Eye, Ear, Nose, and Mouth Procedures | |
| |
| |
Eye Procedures | |
| |
| |
Removal of a Foreign Body From the Eye | |
| |
| |
Treatment of Corneal Abrasion | |
| |
| |
Ear Procedures | |
| |
| |
Removal of a Foreign Body From the Ear | |
| |
| |
Cerumen Disimpaction | |
| |
| |
Tympanometry | |
| |
| |
Audiometry | |
| |
| |
Nose Procedures | |
| |
| |
Epistaxis and Nasal Packing | |
| |
| |
Removal of a Foreign Body From the Nose | |
| |
| |
Mouth Procedures | |
| |
| |
Tooth Avulsion and Fracture | |
| |
| |
| |
Respiratory Procedures | |
| |
| |
Nebulizer Treatment | |
| |
| |
Spirometry | |
| |
| |
Peak Flowmeter | |
| |
| |
| |
Cardiovascular Procedures | |
| |
| |
Electrocardiography | |
| |
| |
Continuous Electrocardiography (Holter Monitoring) | |
| |
| |
Doppler Ultrasound of Lower Extremities | |
| |
| |
| |
Gastrointestinal Procedures | |
| |
| |
Nasogastric Tube Insertion and Removal | |
| |
| |
Gastric Lavage | |
| |
| |
Anoscopy | |
| |
| |
Rectal Prolapse Reduction | |
| |
| |
Treatment for Hemorrhoids | |
| |
| |
| |
Orthopedic Procedures | |
| |
| |
Fracture Immobilization | |
| |
| |
Splinting: Wrist and Hand | |
| |
| |
Splinting: Ankle Sprains | |
| |
| |
Reduction of Subluxed Radial Head | |
| |
| |
Arthrocentesis and Joint or Bursa Injection | |
| |
| |
Ganglion Cyst Aspiration | |
| |
| |
| |
Genitourinary Procedures | |
| |
| |
Prostate Massage | |
| |
| |
Bedside Cystometrogram | |
| |
| |
Self-Injection Treatments for Impotence | |
| |
| |
Urinalysis | |
| |
| |
Urine Culture | |
| |
| |
| |
Women's Health Procedures | |
| |
| |
Papanicolaou Smear Test | |
| |
| |
The Wet Mount | |
| |
| |
Treatment of Condylomata Acuminata | |
| |
| |
Pessary Use | |
| |
| |
Diaphragm Fitting | |
| |
| |
Cervical Cap Placement | |
| |
| |
Injectable Contraceptives | |
| |
| |
Norplant Insertion and Removal | |
| |
| |
Incision and Drainage of a Bartholin Cyst | |
| |
| |
Intrauterine Device | |
| |
| |
| |
General Principles of Radiograph Interpretation | |
| |
| |
Appendixes | |
| |
| |
| |
Sample Checklist for Certification | |
| |
| |
| |
Sample Consent Form for Procedure | |
| |
| |
| |
Patient Education Handout | |