POINTERS TO REVIEW:

NMC CODE
NMC BLUE PRINT
TOPICS IN INFECTION CONTROL

TOPICS IN SAFEGUARDING

CALCULATIONS

LEGALITIES IN CHARTING

DELEGATION

MEDICATIONS

PATIENT & PuBLIC SAFETY

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

Safeguarding, abuse (tip: visit the SCIE page on safeguarding and answer the quiz)

SCIE's Adult Safeguarding e-learning module

Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Nursing Procedures student edition

Patient centricity

Early Warning Signs / Track and trigger systems

Informed Consents

basic Pharmacology, Medical and Surgical Nursing.

NICE guidelines

nursing roles (educator, researcher,advocate)

-wound care
-OB topics (pregnancy complications: preeclampsia, ectopic)
-pedia/neonatal (communication, meconium aspiration)
-enteral feeding/NGT principles
-decision making/delegation
-medication management/administration routes
-inoculation injuries
-opoiods
-drug calculation (VERY BASIC)
-a lot of MCQ questions from RM (as in word per word, luckily that's the last thing I studied)

tudy about copd/dehydration/infection/infection control/universal precaution/record keeping/clinical

benchmark/code/standards/safety/nursing care plan/6 c's/ bedsores/waterlow.
Bruce Tucksman's stages of team formation
>Infection Control : Diarrhoea
>6 C's
>Opiods
>OB: Post-partum bleed, Contraception
>Leadership and Management

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NMC Code and Medicine Management standard

Chapter 2
 Respiratory examination
 Cardiovascular examination
 Abdominal examination

Chapter 4
 Hand washing
 Hand decontamination using an alcohol-based handrub
 Surgical scrub technique using soap and water
 Surgical scrub technique using an alcohol-based handrub
 Putting on and removing non-sterile gloves
 Applying and removing a disposable apron
 Putting on and removing a disposable mask or respirator
 Putting on or removing goggles or a face-shield
 Donning a sterile gown and gloves: closed technique
 Donning sterile gloves: open technique
 Aseptic technique example: changing a wound dressing
 Source isolation: preparing an isolation room
 Source isolation: entering an isolation room
 Source isolation: leaving an isolation room
 Source isolation: transporting infected patients outside a source isolation area
 Protective isolation: preparing an isolation room
 Protective isolation: entering an isolation room
 Cleaning a hard surface without recontamination
 Safe disposal of foul, infected or infested linen

Chapter 6
 Slipper bedpan use: assisting a patient
 Commode use: assisting a patient
 Penile sheath application
 Urinary catheterization: male
 Urinary catheterization: female
 Changing a suprapubic catheter
 Urinary catheterization: intermittent self-catheterization patient guidance: male
 Urinary catheterization: intermittent self-catheterization patient guidance: female
 Urinary catheter bag: emptying
 Urinary catheter removal
 Commencing bladder irrigation
 Nephrostomy tube: weekly dressing and bag change and sample collection
 Nephrostomy tube: flushing technique
 Nephrostomy tube: removal of locking pigtail drainage system
 Flushing externalized ureteric stents
 Removal of externalized ureteric stents
 Continent urinary diversion stoma: self-catheterization
 Insertion of a faecal management system
 Insertion of a nasogastric drainage tube
 Removal of a nasogastric drainage tube
 Enema administration
 Suppository administration
 Digital rectal examination
 Digital removal of faeces
 Stoma siting
 Stoma bag change
 Obtaining a clean-catch urine sample from an ileal conduit
 Stoma bridge or rod removal

Chapter 7
 Positioning a patient: supine
 Positioning a patient: sitting up in bed
 Positioning a patient: side-lying
 Positioning a patient: lying down to sitting up
 Moving a patient from sitting to standing: assisting the patient
 Positioning a patient: in a chair or wheelchair
 Assisting a patient to walk
 Positioning an unconscious patient or a patient with an artificial airway in supine
 Positioning an unconscious patient or a patient with an artificial airway in side-lying
 Positioning a neurological patient with tonal problems in bed
 Positioning a neurological patient with tonal problems in a chair
 Application of a two-piece cervical collar
 Log rolling a patient with suspected or confirmed cervical spinal instability (above T6)
 Log rolling a patient with suspected or confirmed thoracolumbar spinal instability (T7 and
below)
 Early mobilization of a patient with spinal considerations
 Positioning a patient with an amputation

Chapter 8
 Fluid input: measurement
 Fluid output: monitoring/measuring output if the patient is catheterized
 Fluid output: monitoring/measuring output if the patient is not catheterized
 Fluid output: monitoring/measuring output from drains
 Fluid output: monitoring/measuring output from gastric outlets, nasogastric tubes or
gastrostomy
 Fluid output: monitoring/measuring output from bowels
 Fluid output: monitoring/measuring output from stoma sites
 Measuring the weight and height of a patient
 Feeding an adult patient
 Nasogastric intubation with tubes using an internal guidewire or stylet
 Removal of a nasogastric tube
 Percutaneous endoscopically placed gastrostomy (PEG) tube care
 Radiologically inserted gastrostomy (RIG) tube care
 Removal of T-fasteners
 Changing the balloon water and checking the volume of a balloon gastrostomy
 Jejunostomy feeding tube care including dressing change
 Insertion of a silicone gastrostomy stoma plug
 Enteral feeding tubes: administration of feed using an enteral feeding pump
 Enteral feeding tubes: administration of medication
 Enteral feeding tubes: unblocking

Chapter 9
 Bedbathing a patient
 Washing a patient’s hair in bed
 Shaving the face: wet shave
 Shaving the face: dry electric shaver
 Making an unoccupied bed
 Making an occupied bed
 Eye swabbing
 Eye irrigation
 Artificial eye care: insertion
 Artificial eye care: removal
 Contact lens removal: hard lenses
 Contact lens removal: soft lenses
 Irrigation of the external auditory canal using an electronic irrigator
 Mouth care
 Mouth care for a patient with dentures

Chapter 10
 Pain assessment
 Peripheral nerve catheter removal
 Epidural sensory blockade: assessment
 Epidural exit site dressing change
 Epidural catheter removal
 Entonox administration
 Preparation for acupuncture and actions posttreatment
Chapter 11
 Management of dyspnoea (breathlessness)
 Care of a patient who is vomiting
 Abdominal paracentesis
 Terminal sedation
 Verification of death

Chapter 12
 Oxygen therapy
 High-flow oxygen therapy
 Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)
 Chest drain: assisting insertion
 Chest drainage: suction
 Chest drain: changing the bottle
 Chest drain: removal
 Tracheostomy: dressing and tube tape/tie change
 Tracheostomy: suctioning a patient (single-use suction catheter)
 Tracheostomy: changing an inner cannula
 Tracheostomy: changing a tube
 Tracheostomy: insertion and removal of a speaking valve
 Tracheostomy: decannulation
 Tracheostomy: emergency management
 Laryngectomy care
 Insertion of an oropharyngeal airway
 Basic life support
 Blood product request
 Blood sampling: pre-transfusion
 Blood components: collection and delivery to the clinical area
 Blood component administration

Chapter 13
 Venepuncture
 Central venous access devices: taking a blood sample for vacuum sampling
 Central venous access devices: taking a blood sample for syringe sampling
 Arterial puncture: radial artery
 Arterial blood gas sampling: arterial cannula
 Blood cultures: peripheral (winged device collection method)
 Blood cultures: central venous access device
 Blood sampling: antimicrobial drug assay
 Lumbar puncture
 Semen collection
 Cervical uterine smear using liquid-based cytology
 Swab sampling: ear
 Swab sampling: eye
 Swab sampling: nose
 Swab sampling: penis
 Swab sampling: rectum
 Swab sampling: skin
 Swab sampling: throat
 Swab sampling: vagina
 Swab sampling: wound
 Urine sampling: midstream specimen of urine: male
 Urine sampling: midstream specimen of urine: female
 Urine sampling: catheter specimen of urine
 Urine sampling: sampling from an ileal conduit
 Urine sampling: 24-hour urine collection
 Faecal sampling
 Sputum sampling
 Nasopharyngeal wash: syringe method
 Nasopharyngeal wash: vacuum-assisted aspirate method

Chapter 14
 Pulse measurement
 Electrocardiogram (ECG)
 Blood pressure measurement (manual)
 Respiratory assessment and pulse oximetry
 Peak flow reading using a manual peak flow meter
 Tympanic temperature measurement
 Urinalysis: reagent strip
 Blood glucose monitoring
 Neurological observations and assessment

Chapter 15
 Medication: controlled drug administration
 Medication: oral drug administration
 Medication: topical applications
 Medication: transdermal applications
 Medication: vaginal administration
 Medication: administration by inhalation using a metered dose or dry powder inhaler
 Medication: administration by inhalation using a nebulizer
 Medication: eye administration
 Medication: nasal drop administration
 Medication: ear drop administration
 Medication: single-dose ampoule: solution preparation
 Medication: single-dose ampoule: powder preparation
 Medication: multidose vial: powder preparation using a venting needle
 Medication: multidose vial: powder preparation using the equilibrium method
 Medication: injection administration
 Medication: intradermal injection
 Medication: subcutaneous injection
 Medication: subcutaneous infusion of fluids
 Medication: subcutaneous administration using a CME Medical T34 syringe pump
(previously McKinley)
 Medication: intramuscular injection
 Inserting an intraosseous needle
 Removing an intraosseous needle
 Medication: continuous infusion of intravenous drugs
 Medication: intermittent infusion of intravenous drugs
 Medication: injection (bolus or push) of intravenous drugs
 Extravasation management: peripheral cannula
 Extravasation: performing flush-out following an extravasation

Chapter 16
 Measuring and applying antiembolic stockings
 Pre-operative care: checking that the patient is fully prepared for surgery
 Caring for the patient in the anaesthetic room
 Operating theatre procedure: maintaining the safety of a patient during surgery
 Handover in the post-anaesthetic care unit (PACU): scrub nurse or operating department
practitioner to recovery practitioner
 Safe management of patients in the post-operative care unit (PACU)
 Drainage systems: changing the dressing around the drain site for both open and closed
drains
 Closed drainage systems: changing a vacuum bottle
 Wound drain removal: closed drainage system
 Wound drain shortening for open drainage systems
 Wound drain shortening for closed drainage systems

Chapter 17
 Central venous catheter: insertion site dressing change
 Vascular access devices: maintaining patency
 Central venous access devices: unblocking an occlusion
 Peripheral cannula insertion
 Ultrasound-guided peripheral cannula insertion
 Midline catheter insertion
 PICC insertion using modified Seldinger technique (MST) with ultrasound
 PICC removal
 Short-term central venous catheter (non-cuffed and non-tunnelled) insertion into the internal
jugular vein
 Short-term central venous catheter (non-cuffed and nontunnelled): removal
 Central venous catheter (skin tunnelled): surgical removal
 Implanted arm PORT insertion using modified Seldinger technique (MST) with ultrasound
guidance and ECG technology
 Implanted ports: insertion and removal of non-coring needles
 Arterial cannula insertion: preparation and setting up of monitoring set
 Arterial cannula: removal

Chapter 18
 Dressing a wound
 Suture removal
 Clip removal
 Negative pressure wound therapy

Chapter 19
 Working at low or floor level
 Working with a patient lying in a bed or on another raised supportive surface
 Carrying out clinical procedures in a seated posture (e.g. cannulation)
 Working in a seated position: office work