| Abdominal paracentesis |
| Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS): patient care in a general ward |
| Administration of medication in other forms |
| Antiembolic stockings: fitting and wearing |
| Apron – putting on and removing a disposable plastic apron |
| Arterial cannula insertion: prepration and setting up of monitoring set |
| Arterial cannula: removal |
| Arterial cannula: taking a blood sample |
| Arterial puncture: radial artery |
| Artificial eye care |
| Aseptic technique |
| Bed bathing a patient |
| Bedpan use: assisting a patient |
| Bladder lavage |
| Blood glucose monitoring |
| Blood pressure (manual) |
| Blood product request |
| Blood sampling: pre-transfusion |
| Bone marrow aspiration and trephine biopsy |
| Bone marrow harvest |
| Breast aspiration |
| Breast sealed radioactive sources: patient care |
| Central venous catheter (non-cuffed/tunnelled): removal |
| Central venous access device: maintaining patency |
| Central venous access device: taking blood samples |
| Central venous access device: unblocking an occlusion |
| Central venous catheter (skin-tunnelled): surgical removal |
| Central venous catheter insertion site dressing change |
| Central venous pressure measurement |
| Cervical uterine smear or Pap smear |
| Change of vacuum drainage system |
| Changing a Blom–Singer type non-indwelling voice prosthesis |
| Commode use: assisting a patient |
| Compression bandaging (standard multilayer) |
| Compression garments (elastic), application of |
| Compression therapy: limb volume calculation |
| Contact lens care |
| Continent diversion stoma: self-catheterization |
| Continent urinary diversion stoma drainage tubes: flushing |
| Continuous bladder irrigation |
| Continuous infusion of intravenous drugs |
| Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP): setting up |
| CVVHDF utilizing a CVVHDF device |
| Cytotoxic drugs: accidental exposure |
| Cytotoxic drugs: environmental precautions |
| Cytotoxic drugs: Intraperitoneal instillation |
| Cytotoxic drugs: intrapleural administration |
| Cytotoxic drugs: intravenous administration |
| Cytotoxic drugs: intravesical instillation |
| Digital rectal examination |
| Discharge planning |
| Discharge planning for patients with epidural/ intrathecal catheter in situ |
| Electrocardiogram (ECG) |
| Enema administration |
| Enteral feeding tube: unblocking |
| Enteral feeding tubes: administration of medication |
| Entonox administration |
| Epidural /intrathecal catheter for chronic pain management: post-insertion management |
| Epidural /intrathecal catheter removal |
| Epidural / intrathecal catheter for chronic pain: preinsertion management |
| Epidural /intrathecal catheter insertion |
| Epidural/intrathecal analgesia top up (bolus) |
| Epidural/intrathecal exit site dressing change |
| Epidural/intrathecal infusion: setting up utilizing an ambulatory pump |
| Extravasation management: peripheral cannula |
| Eye drop instillation |
| Eye irrigation |
| Eye ointment instillation |
| Eye swabbing |
| Eyelid closure for comatose patients |
| Feeding an adult |
| Gene therapy: patient care |
| Gynaecological caesium and iridium wires removal |
| Hand washing |
| Hepatitis A: patient care |
| Hepatitis B: patient care |
| Humidification for respiratory therapy |
| Humidification of patient with tracheostomy |
| Implanted ports: insertion and removal of non-coring needles |
| Injection (bolus or push) of intravenous drugs |
| Injections: administration |
| Intermittent infusion of intravenous drugs |
| Interstitial perineal template (Hammersmith hedgehog) |
| Intraoperative care |
| Intraoral sealed radioactive sources: patient care |
| Intraperitoneal drain removal |
| Intrapleural drain insertion |
| Intrapleural drain removal |
| Intrapleural: changing the drain bottle |
| Iodine-131 mIBG treatment: patient care |
| Iodine-131 thyroid treatment: patient care |
| Iodine-131: pre-administration care |
| Iridium and caesium gynaecological sources (manual and afterloaded): patient care |
| Isolation of source of infection |
| Jejunostomy feeding tube care |
| Last offices |
| Last offices: additional considerations in critical care |
| Last offices: requirements for people of different religious faiths |
| Lumbar puncture |
| Manual evacuation of faeces |
| Midline catheter insertion |
| Mouth care |
| Moving and handling a person with suspected spinal cord compression |
| Moving from lying to sitting: assisting the patient |
| Moving from sitting to standing: assisting a patient |
| Nasogastric intubation with tubes using an introducer |
| Nasogastric intubation with tubes without using an introducer, e.g. a Ryle’s tube |
| Neurological observations and assessment |
| Neutropenic patient care |
| Non-A non-B hepatitis: patient care |
| Non-sterile gloves use |
| Oral drug administration |
| Pain assessment chart: chronic |
| Pain control: assessment and education of patient prior to surgery |
| Peak flow reading using manual peak flow meter |
| Penile sheath application |
| Percutaneous endoscopically placed gastrostomy (PEG) tube care |
| Peripheral cannula insertion |
| Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) insertion and removal |
| Peritoneal dialysis |
| Positioning the neurological patient with tonal problems |
| Positioning the patient in a chair |
| Positioning the patient side lying |
| Positioning the patient sitting in bed |
| Positioning the patient supine |
| Positioning the preoperative and postoperative amputee patient |
| Positioning to maximize ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) matching and oxygenation |
| Positioning to minimize the work of breathing |
| Postanaesthetic recovery |
| Postoperative recovery |
| Pre-continuous positive airway pressure (pre-CPAP) |
| Preoperative care |
| Provision of information |
| Pulse measurement |
| Pulse oximetry |
| Radioactive seeds (e.g. iodine-125): patient care |
| Radiologically inserted gastrostomy (RIG) tube care |
| Rectal medication administration |
| Scalp cooling |
| Sealed radioactive sources insertion: patient care |
| Selectron applicator removal |
| Selectron treatment: patient care |
| Self-administration of drugs |
| Seroma drainage |
| Specimen collection: body fluid |
| Specimen collection: section swabs |
| Spinal cord compression (suspected): assessment |
| Spinal cord compression (suspected): rehabilitation |
| Spinal cord compression (suspected): treatment |
| Stoma bridge or rod removal |
| Stoma care |
| Subcutaneous administration of drugs using a syringe driver (e.g. Sims (Graseby) Medical MS26) |
| Suppository administration |
| Sutures, clips or staples removal |
| Suturing a simple wound |
| Syringe driver: inserting the winged infusion set or cannula and connecting syringe |
| Syringe driver: preparation of the syringe and priming the infusion set for 24-hour drug administration using the Sims (Graseby) Medical MS26 |
| Temperature measurement |
| Topical applications of medication |
| Topical negative pressure (TNP) therapy |
| Tracheostomy dressing change |
| Tracheostomy suction |
| Tracheostomy tube change |
| Transfusion of blood components |
| Unconscious patient care |
| Unsealed radioactive sources for diagnostic investigations: patient care |
| Unsealed radioactive sources: emergency procedures |
| Unsealed source therapy: patient care post-administration |
| Urinalysis |
| Urinary catheter bag: emptying |
| Urinary catheter removal |
| Urinary catheter: maintenance solution administration |
| Urinary catheterization |
| Urinary catheterization: intermittent self-catheterization |
| Urine specimen collection (ileal conduit or urostomy) |
| Urine specimen collection: catheter (CSU) |
| Vaginal medication administration |
| Venepuncture |
| Violence: prevention and management |
| Walking: assisting the patient |
| Weighing the patient |
| Wound drain dressing (Redivac: closed drainage systems) |
| Wound drain removal (Yeates vacuum drainage system) |
| Wound drain shortening (Penrose, open drainage systems) |
| Wound dressings change for acute and surgical wounds |
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