Lessons

LESSON 1. ASSISTING WITH THE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

1-1. INTRODUCTION

1-2. PURPOSES FOR PERFORMING A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

1-3. FUNCTIONS OF THE PRACTICAL NURSE DURING THE EXAMINATION PROCEDURE

1-4. POSITIONING A PATIENT FOR EXAMINATION OR TREATMENT

1-5. BODY SYSTEMS USUALLY EXAMINED BY THE PHYSICIAN

1-6. ASSISTING WITH AN INFANT OR CHILD

1-7. PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS ROUTINELY MADE

1-8. PURPOSES FOR DRAPING THE PATIENT DURING THE PHYSICAL EXAM

1-9. EVALUATION OF A PATIENT’S CONDITION AND NEED FOR ASSISTANCE

1-10. CLOSING

LESSON 2. SPECIMEN COLLECTION

2-1. INTRODUCTION

2-2. THROAT CULTURE

2-3. SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT

2-4. PROCEDURE FOR A THROAT CULTURE

2-5. SPUTUM SPECIMEN

2-6. SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT

2-7. PROCEDURE FOR SPUTUM SPECIMEN

2-8. STOOL SPECIMEN

2-9. SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT

2-10. PROCEDURE FOR STOOL SPECIMEN

2-11. GUAIAC TEST

2-12. URINE SPECIMENS

2-13. MIDSTREAM URINE SPECIMEN

2-14. 24-HOUR URINE SPECIMEN

2-15. PREGNANCY URINE TEST

2-16. BLOOD CULTURES

2-17. SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT

2-18. PROCEDURE FOR BLOOD CULTURES

2-19. CLOSING

LESSON 3. CATHETERIZATION OF THE MALE AND FEMALE PATIENT

3-1. INTRODUCTION

3-2. PURPOSES OF URINARY CATHETERIZATION

3-3. URINARY CATHETER SIZES

3-4. TYPES OF URINARY CATHETERS

3-5. PREPARING FOR CATHETERIZATION

3-6. INSERTING THE FOLEY CATHETER IN A MALE PATIENT

3-7. INSERTING THE FOLEY CATHETER IN A FEMALE PATIENT

3-8. MAINTAINING AN INDWELLING CATHETER

3-9. IRRIGATING AN INDWELLING CATHETER

3-10. REMOVING AN INDWELLING CATHETER

3-11. CLOSING

LESSON 4. VITAL SIGNS

4-1. INTRODUCTION

4-2. HEIGHT AND WEIGHT

4-3. MEASURING HEIGHT AND WEIGHING THE PATIENT

4-4. TEMPERATURE

4-5. TEMPERATURE REGULATION

4-6. NORMAL BODY TEMPERATURE

4-7. FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE NORMAL BODY TEMPERATURE

4-8. TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO BODY TEMPERATURE

4-9. TAKING THE TEMPERATURE

4-10. TYPES OF THERMOMETERS

4-11. METHODS OF OBTAINING A TEMPERATURE

4-12. PULSE

4-13. DESCRIBING THE PULSE

4-14. FACTORS, WHICH AFFECT THE PULSE RATE

4-15. MEASURING THE PULSE

4-16. RESPIRATION

4-17. BREATHING PATTERNS

4-18. BLOOD PRESSURE

4-19. MEASURING BLOOD PRESSURE

4-20. FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE BLOOD PRESSURE VALUES

4-21. PRINCIPLES RELATED TO OBTAINING THE BLOOD PRESSURE

4-22. THE GRAPHIC SHEET

4-23. CLOSING

LESSON 5. DIET THERAPY

5-1. INTRODUCTION

5-2. FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE EATING PATTERNS

5-3. RELIGION

5-4. THE VEGETARIAN

5-5. FACTORS WHICH ALTER A HOSPITALIZED PATIENT’S EATING PATTERNS

5-6. FACTORS IN ILLNESS WHICH MAY ALTER FOOD INTAKE

5-7. REASONS FOR HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS BEING AT RISK OF MALNUTRITION

5.8. NURSING INTERVENTIONS WHICH HELP THE PATIENT MEET NUTRITIONAL NEEDS

5-9. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PRACTICAL NURSE IN RELATION TO DIET THERAPY

5-10. REASONS FOR THERAPEUTIC DIETS

5-11. STANDARD HOSPITAL DIETS

5-12. PREPARING THE PATIENT FOR MEALS

5-13. CLOSING

LESSON 6. INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT

6-1. INTRODUCTION

6-2. FACTS ABOUT PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT

6-3. PURPOSES OF A PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT

6-4. CONSIDERATIONS IN PREPARING A PATIENT FOR A PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT

6-5. BASIC TECHNIQUES USED IN PERFORMING A PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT

6-6. AREAS OF GENERAL APPEARANCE AND BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT

6-7. COMPONENTS OF A PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT

6-8. GUIDELINES FOR DOCUMENTATION

6-9. CLOSING

LESSON 7. THE ROLE OF THE PRACTICAL NURSE

7-1. INTRODUCTION

Section I. TEAM LEADERSHIP

7-2. TEAM NURSING

7-3. FACTORS AFFECTING TEAM PRODUCTIVITY

7-4. LEADERSHIP QUALITIES

7-5. TEAM LEADER RESPONSIBILITIES

Section II. PATIENT TEACHING

7-6. FACTS RELATED TO PATIENT TEACHING

7-7. STEPS IN THE TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS

7-8. FACTORS WHICH AFFECT LEARNING

7-9. PRINCIPLES FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING-LEARNING

7-10. TYPES OF LEARNING

7-11. SELECTING TEACHING STRATEGIES

7-12. SEQUENCING THE LEARNING EXPERIENCES

7-13. CLOSING

LESSON 8. PERIOPERATIVE PATIENT CARE

8-1. INTRODUCTION

8-2. THE SURGICAL EXPERIENCE

SECTION I. PREOPERATIVE PATIENT CARE

8-3. NURSING IMPLICATIONS

8-4. PREPARING THE PATIENT FOR SURGERY

8-5. DOCUMENT NURSING MEASURES

SECTION II. THE INTRAOPERATIVE PHASE

8-6. THE SURGICAL TEAM

8-7. MAJOR CLASSIFICATIONS OF ANESTHETIC AGENTS

8-8. SELECTION OF AN ANESTHETIC AGENT

8-9. REASONS FOR SURGICAL INTERVENTION

SECTION III. RECOVERY ROOM CARE

8-10. THE RECOVERY ROOM

8-11. RESPIRATORY DISTRESS

8-12. PREVENTION OF RESPIRATORY DISTRESS

8-13. HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK

8-14. DETECTION OF PENDING HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK

8-15. GENERAL NURSING CARE OF A PATIENT IN THE RECOVERY ROOM

SECTION IV. POSTOPERATIVE PATIENT CARE

8-16. RECEIVING THE POST-OP PATIENT

8-17. THE EFFECTS OF ANESTHESIA

8-18. OTHER POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS

8-19. WOUND COMPLICATIONS

8-20. WOUND CLOSURES AND HEALING

8-21. FACTORS WHICH MAY IMPAIR WOUND HEALING

8-22. WOUND DRAINS

8-23. POSTOPERATIVE PATIENT CARE ACCORDING TO BODY SYSTEM

8-24. GENERAL POSTOPERATIVE NURSING IMPLICATIONS

8-25. CLOSING

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