Table of Contents

• 24-HOUR CLOCK
• Protecting yourself and the patient
• Standard precautions
• Additional precautions
• Hand hygiene
• Personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Body fluids exposure
• Moving patients safely
• Falls prevention
• Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention
• Signs of stroke
• MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
• Five rights and more
• Tips in preventing medication errors
• Safety tips with oral medications
• Safety tips with injections
• Medication administration and student nurses
• Abbreviations used in medication administration
• Checks for medications and intravenous fluids at shift changeover
• Medication orders
• Metric system and symbols
• Drug calculations/formulas
• Drug name endings and related information
• Drugs and antidotes
• OXYGEN CONCENTRATION DELIVERY FLUID BALANCE
• Measurements useful for fluid balance charts
• Tips with fluid balance charts
• Classification of urine output
• Types of IV fluids
• Drip rates
• Intravenous site checks
• Body weight method for calculating daily maintenance fluids
• VITAL SIGNS
• Vital signs: Normal ranges
• Early warning systems
• QUICK HEAD-TO-TOE ASSESSMENT PAIN ASSESSMENT
• Common sites of referred pain from various body organs
• LANDMARKS TO IDENTIFY ABDOMINAL AREAS
• The nine abdominal regions
• The four abdominal quadrants
• BLOOD VALUES
• NORMAL VALUES IN A URINALYSIS
• MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT
• RESUSCITATION
• Cardiac rhythms
• Recognition of deterioration
• CPR
• Basic life support flow chart
• Paediatric cardiopulmonary arrest flow chart
• Adult cardiorespiratory arrest flow chart
• Choking flow chart
• WOUND CARE
• Factors that inhibit healing
• Wound types
• Phases of wound healing
• Wound assessment
• Pressure injuries
• Stages of pressure injuries
• Pressure injury risk assessment tools
• Pressure injury prevention
• Wound dressings
• Some wound-care products
• Calculation of ankle/brachial pressure index (ABPI)
• Skin tears
• NURSING PROCESS DOCUMENTATION
• Practice guidelines
• Writing with SOAPIE
• CLINICAL HANDOVER
• ISBAR
• Tips for verbal shift-to-shift handovers for students
• CHECKLIST TO BE COMPLETED AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SHIFT
• USEFUL WEBSITES
• GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS