SARAH CAINE
Nursing at Hillyndale Rd, Storrs Mansfield, CT

Johnson Memorial Hospital
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Independent Living Skills Trainer (ILST)

Nursing Skills List Admission, Discharge, Unit Management: _____Admit Person to health care facility _____Transfer Person within health care facility or to other facility _____Discharge Person to home or other facility _____Milieu management _____Change of Shift Report _____Document in Progress Notes _____Document on Bedside Flow Sheet _____Use of computer to document _____Participating in Multidisciplinary Care Rounds _____Total care for patient Special Precautions: _____Initiating/maintaining fall preventionincluding documentation _____Initiating/maintaining seizure precautionsincluding documentation _____Initiating/maintaining seclusion proceduresincluding documentation _____Initiating/maintaining security risk precautionsincluding documentation _____Applying restraints (wrist, waist, full) including documentation _____Caring for someone with isolation precautions _____Caring for someone with reverse isolation precautions Pain Management: _____Non-pharmacologic aids to promote comfort _____Patient controlled analgesia (PCA) _____Epidural analgesia _____Pain assessment Direct Care: _____Bathing person _____Perineal care _____Brushing teeth/Denture care _____Mouth care _____Shaving _____Shampooing _____Care of hearing aid _____Feeding _____Nutritional assessment _____Aspiration precautions _____Elastic stocking (Tedd hose) application _____Pneumatic (compression) boots _____Tube feeding via NGT or GT _____Assessing for tube placement _____Caring for someone with Total Parenteral Nutrition _____Measuring/recording intake and output _____Assisting with urinal or bedpan _____Inserting a straight or indwelling urinary catheter _____Removing an indwelling catheter _____Performing catheter irrigation/flush _____Obtaining sterile urine sample via catheter _____Applying a condom catheter _____Enema administration _____Changing ostomy appliance _____Obtaining stool specimen _____Measuring occult blood in stool _____Applying dry sterile dressing _____Applying wet to dry/moist sterile dressing _____Applying hydrocolloid or hydrogel dressing _____Applying absorption and alginate dressing _____Irrigation of wound _____Wound packing _____Staple removal (from operative incision) _____Making unoccupied bed _____Making occupied bed _____Transfer of person from bed to chair & bed to cart _____Turning in bed (q2 hr) Vital Signs (and documentation): _____Temperature (tympanic, rectal) _____Apical Pulse _____Radial Pulse _____Accurate Blood Pressure _____Respirations _____Pulse oximetry _____Glucose monitoring (finger stick) Assessment: _____Skin _____Mouth and pharynx _____Thorax and lungs with lung sounds _____Heart/vascular system with heart sounds _____Abdomen with bowel sounds _____Breasts/genitalia _____Renal (urinary) assessment _____Musculoskeletal system _____Neurologic system _____Sensory (sight, hearing) _____Behavioral rating scales _____Mental status exams _____Health literacy assessment _____Activities of daily living _____Global assessment of functioning _____Psychosocial assessment Respiratory Treatments: _____Nasal cannula _____Oxygen mask _____Incentive spirometry _____Mechanical ventilation _____Tracheostomy care _____Yankauer suctioning _____Nasopharyngeal/nasotracheal suctioning _____Sputum specimen collection _____Chest tube care Medication Administration: _____Oral _____Via Nasogastric tube _____Via Gastric tube _____Eye drops/ointment _____Inhalers (metered dose) _____Rectal suppositories _____Subcutaneous injections _____Intramuscular injections _____Intradermal injections _____Intravenous piggyback _____Infusion pump _____Manual IV drip regulation _____Changing IV solution _____Changing IV tubing _____Changing multi-lumen catheter dressing _____Blood therapy (monitoring) Specialty Care: _____Caring for a dying person _____Care of the body after death _____Teaching of person and family _____Care of abused person _____Care of addicted person _____Care of the aggressive person _____Crisis intervention _____Home health _____Health Literacy _____Caring for multicultural persons/families _____Care of developmentally challenged persons _____Care of physically disabled persons Other Nursing Skills CPR, BLS, ACLS, PARS, Telemetry