ASN Skills Mapping
NUR 110
Basic Hygiene
- Bath: shaving, tepid sponge bath, sitz bath
- Bed making: chux
- Bed positions
- Skin care, Nail & Foot care
- Oral/Denture care: conscious & unconscious,
- Yankauer oral suction tube
- Back rubs
- Foley care
Standard Precautions
- Handwashing
- Sterile technique
- Wound care: assessment, dressings
- Catheterization: male & female
- Gowns/Masks
- Disposal
Air/Food/Water
- Feeding
- Body weight: bed scale, standing scale
- Elimination (GI/GU): History and Assessment
- Oxygen: flow meters, cannula, mask
- Incentive Spirometer/Cough & Deep Breath
- Specimen collection: sputum
- Air mattress
- Acrylon pad
- Anti-embolism hose
- EPC cuffs/SCD’s
Elimination
- Intake & Output
- Bed pan/Urinal/Foley bags
- Specimen collection: urine, stool (hemoccult)
- Foley/Urinometer/Condom catheter/Leg bag
- Enemas: large volume, small volume
Safety/Activity/Rest
- Restraints/Protective devices: soft, mitts, posey
- Transfer activities and techniques
- Positioning/Turning: traction, abductor pillow
- Range of Motion
- Bedcradles
- Hoyer Lift
- Mobility aides: walker, cane
Physical Observations/Changes
- Vital signs
Physical Assessment
- Nursing history
- Head to Toe
Drugs & Solutions
- Calculations/Conversions
- Testing: PO (oral), Parenteral, IV
NUR 112
Medication Administration: PO, IM, SQ, ID, insulin, heparin, D&S, injection sites
Peri-op (Pre and Post)
Pulse-ox
Discharge planning
Casts: assessment and care of
Traction: assessment and care of, types
Mobility aides: crutches
IV calculations
IV’s: assessment, site care, Hep locks, Cont., IVP, IVPB, tubing changes, Buretrols, Pumps
Principles of Venipuncture: IV starts
NUR 122
Tubes: NG/GT etc; assessment, care of, insertion, Enteral feedings
Oropharyngeal Suction: airways
Stoma Therapy: assessment, care of, equipment, products, pouching, & Colostomy irrigation
Fecal Management System
Breast & Testicular assessments
Physical Assessment: Head to Toe
NUR 123
Mental Status Exam (MSE)
NUR 232
Cardiac Monitoring: EKG interpretation (normal)
Central Lines: assessment, site care, blood draws, dressing changes, (including PICC’s)
Advanced Resp/Cardiac/Peripheral Vasc assessment
Drugs & Solutions: advanced calculations – drips
(Heparin, Aminophylline, Dopamine, Nitro)
NUR 233
PCA Pumps
Pediatric calculations: conversions, safe dose
Pediatric physical assessment
Pediatric pain assessment
Pediatric procedures
Post-Partum assessment, breast feeding
Newborn assessment
NUR 241
Tracheostomy: assessment, care of
Tracheal/Endotracheal/Nasotracheal suctioning/Nasopharyngeal Suctioning
Cardiac Monitoring: EKG interpretation (abnormal)
Drugs & Solutions: advanced calculations- drips
(Heparin, Aminophylline, Dopamine, Nitro)
