GEORGIA BAPTIST COLLEGE OF NURSING



GEORGIA BAPTIST COLLEGE OF NURSING

OF

MERCER UNIVERSITY

SKILL COMPETENCY LIST

STUDENT’S NAME: __________________________________ CLASS OF: _______________________

The student will date and initial when a skill has been completed in the skills lab. The clinical faculty will date and initial, at the end of the clinical rotation The clinical faculty will date and initial when a skill is demonstrated (D) and/or performed proficiently (P) in clinical, or if the student needs improvement (N) with skill performance.

|NURSING SKILL |LAB | CLINICAL |NURSING SKILL |LAB | CLINICAL |

| | |D P N | | |D P N |

|Proper use of call bell, side rails. | | |Positions client: | | |

|Maintains bed in low position | | |trendelenberg | | |

| | | |fowler’s | | |

| | | |log-rolling | | |

|Handwashing | | |Uses Hoyer lift | NA | |

|Dons clean gloves | | |Transports client in | | |

| | | |wheelchair/stretcher | | |

|Dons isolation attire | | |Assists client with ambulation | | |

|Taking care of a patient in isolation: | | |Assists client that: | | |

|airborne | | |at risk for falls | | |

|droplet |NA | |uses a gait belt | | |

|contact | | | | | |

|Use of restraints | | |Assists client with use of cane, | | |

|vest | | |crutches or walker | | |

|wrist | | | | | |

|Moves client up in bed | | | | | |

|Assists client to sitting position / | | |Takes care of client with sensory | | |

|dangling | | |loss- i.e.: hearing, vision | | |

|Transfers client from bed to stretcher | | |Assists client with bath: | | |

| | | |bed |NA | |

| | | |shower | | |

|Transfers client from bed to chair | | |Performs complete bath | | |

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|NURSING SKILL |LAB | CLINICAL |NURSING SKILL |LAB | CLINICAL |

| | |D P N | | |D P N |

|Administers backrub | | |Performs ROM | | |

|Performs mouth care | | |Applies SCD’s / plexipulse | | |

|Performs denture care | | |Takes clients respirations | | |

|Performs peri care | | |Takes clients BP: | | |

|male | | |aneroid | | |

|b. female | | |mercury | | |

|Shaves a client | | |Takes clients pulse | | |

| | | |radial | | |

| | | |apical | | |

| | | |c. brachial | | |

|Feeds a client | | |Pulse oximeter | | |

|Takes care of a client with impaired | | |Takes clients temperature: | | |

|swallowing |NA | |glass | | |

| | | |tympanic | | |

| | | |electronic | | |

|Takes care of clients with a variety of | | |Takes clients temperature: | | |

|diets |NA | |oral | | |

| | | |rectal | | |

| | | |axillary |NA | |

|Performs hand / foot care | | |Uses doppler to locate pulse | | |

|Makes an unoccupied bed | | |Assesses client’s level of pain | | |

| | | |(different scales) | | |

|Makes an occupied bed | | |Uses incentive spirometer | | |

|Makes an open, closed, and surgical bed | | |Performs coughing and deep breathing | | |

| | | |exercises | | |

|Changes hospital gown | | | | | |

|Changes hospital gown with IV in place | | |Takes care of a client on seizure | | |

| | | |precautions | | |

|Applies depends | | |Weighs client | | |

|Assists client with bedpan / urinal | | |Collects specimens | | |

|NURSING SKILL |LAB | CLINICAL |NURSING SKILL |LAB | CLINICAL |

| | |D P N | | |D P N |

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|Empties urine from the foley bag | | |Dons sterile gloves | | |

|Collects sterile urine sample | | |Applies a sterile dressing | | |

|Collects output from a variety of sources | | |Crushes / splits medication | | |

|Applies an external catheter | | |Pours oral medications | | |

|Removes a foley catheter | | |Administers pills to client | | |

|Inserts a foley catheter | | |Administers rectal / vaginal |NA | |

| | | |medication | | |

|Uses a rectal tube | | |Administers topical med to client | | |

|Administers an enema | | |Administers eye / ear medications |NA | |

|Performs glucose monitoring / stick | | |Administers inhalers / nebulizers | | |

|Administers a sitz bath | | |Administers medication via NG/ G-tube| | |

|Applies heat: | | |Administers an intradermal injection|NA | |

|dry | | | | | |

|moist | | | | | |

|Applies cold: | | |Reconstitutes a powder | | |

|dry | | | | | |

|moist | | | | | |

|Works with a variety of wounds | | |Uses a carpuject | | |

| | | |Administers a subcutaneous injection | | |

| | | |a. insulin | | |

| | | |b. heparin/ lovenox | | |

| | | |Administers an intramuscular | | |

| | | |injection / Z-track | | |

| | | |Draws med from an ampule | | |

|NURSING SKILL |LAB | CLINICAL |NURSING SKILL |LAB | CLINICAL |

| | |D P N | | |D P N |

|Works with a client on oxygen: | | |Works with a client on tube feedings.| | |

|Nasal cannula | | |Care and maintenance. | | |

|Face mask | | | | | |

|Trach | | | | | |

|Works with a client with an IV | | |Removes NG tube | | |

|Hangs an IV | | |Inserts NG tube | | |

|Regulates an IV | | |Works with G-tube, J- tube | | |

|pump | | | | | |

|gravity flow | | | | | |

|Discontinues an IV | | |Works with client with a cast | | |

|Starts an IV | | |Works with a client in traction | | |

|Gives 2˚ IV medication | | |Works with a client with an ostomy- | | |

| | | |provides care and maintenance | | |

|Gives IV push medication | | |Works with a client with a chest tube| | |

|Works with a client with a central line | | |Works with a client with a | | |

| | | |tracheostomy- provides care and | | |

| | | |maintenance | | |

|Works with a client on a cardiac monitor | | |Works with a client on mechanical |NA | |

| | | |ventilation | | |

|Works with a client with a dysrrhythmia | | | | | |

|Performs pre-op care |NA | | | | |

|Performs post-op care |NA | | | | |

|Administers a blood transfusion |NA | | | | |

|Performs a newborn assessment |NA | | | | |

|Performs a maternal assessment | | | | | |

|Performs fetal and maternal monitoring |NA | | | | |

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|Takes care of a client with a mastectomy | | | | | |

|Takes care of client post-mortem |NA | | | | |

SKILLS COMPETENCY LIST HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND TURNED IN TO THE COURSE COORDINATOR ______

4/05: FEK; Rev.1/07: FEK, Rev, 2/07/SEB; shared/forms

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