Mosby's pocket guide to nursing skills & procedures

Acapella device

Apical-radial pulse

Aquathermia and heating pads

Aspiration precautions

Assistive device ambulation (use of crutches, cane, and walker

Automated external defibrillator

Bladder volume measurement

Blood administration

Blood glucose testing

Blood pressure by auscultation: upper extremities, lower extremities, palpation

Blood pressure: automatic

Central venous access device care: central venous catheter, ports

Chest tube care

Cold applications

Condom catheter

Continuous passive motion machine

Continuous subcutaneous infusion

Dressings: dry and moist-to-dry

Dressings: hydrocolloid, hydrogel, foam, or alginate

Dressings: transparent

Ear drop administration

Ear irrigations

Enemas

Enteral nutrition via a gastrostomy or jejunostomy tube

Enteral nutrition via a nasoenteric feeding tube

Epidural analgesia

Eye irrigation

Eye medications: drops and ointment

Fall prevention in a health care facility

Fecal impaction: removing digitally

Hypothermia and hyperthermia blankets

Incentive spirometery

Intradermal injections

Intramuscular injections

Intravenous medications: intermittent infusion sets and mini-infusion pumps

Intravenous medications: intravenous bolus

Isolation precautions

Mechanical lifts

Metered-dose inhalers

Moist heat (compress and sitz bath)

Mouth care: unconscious or debilitated patients

Nail and foot care

Nasoenteral tube: placement and irrigation

Nasogastric tube for gastric decompression: insertion and removal

Negative-pressure wound therapy

Oral medications

Oral medications: nasogastric tube administration

Ostomy care (pouching)

Oxygen therapy: nasal cannula, oxygen mask, T tube, or tracheostomy collar

Parenteral medication preparation: ampules and vials

Parenteral medications: mixing medications in one syringe

Patient-controlled analgesia

Peripheral intravenous care: dressing care, discontinuation

Peripheral intravenous care: regulating intravenous flow rate, changing tubing and solution

Peripheral intravenous insertion

Peripherally inserted central catheter care

Postoperative exercises

Pressure bandages (applying)

Pressure ulcer risk assessment

Pressure ulcer treatment

Pulse Oximetry

Rectal suppository insertion

Respiration assessment

Restraint application

Restraint-free environment

Seizure precautions

Sequential compression device and elastic stockings

Specialty beds: air-fluidized, air-suspension, and rotokinetic

Sterile gloving

Sterile technique: donning and removing cap, mask, and protective eyewear

Subcutaneous injections

Suctioning: closed (in-line)

Suctioning: nasopharyngeal, nasotracheal, and artificial airway

Suprepubic catheter care

Suture and staple removal

Topical skin applications

Tracheostomy care

Urinary catheter insertion

Urinary catheter care and removal

Urinary catheter irrigation

Urinary diversion: pouching an incontinent urinary diversion

Vaginal instillations

Venipuncture: collecting blood specimens and cultures by syringe and vacutainer method

Wound drainage devices: Jackson-Pratt, Hemovac

Wound irrigation

Appendix: Overview of CDC hand hygiene guidelines.