Procedures

Administration of medication in other forms
Antiembolic stockings: fitting and wearing
Apron: putting on and removing a disposable plastic apron
Aseptic technique
Bed bathing a patient
Bedpan use: assisting a patient
Bladder lavage
Blood glucose monitoring
Blood pressure (manual)
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
Change of vacuum drainage system
Commode use: assisting a patient
Contact lens care
Continuous bladder irrigation
Continuous infusion of intravenous drugs
Discharge planning
Enema administration
Enteral feeding tubes: administration of medication
Epidural/intrathecal catheter for chronic pain management: post-insertion management
Epidural/intrathecal catheter removal
Epidural/intrathecal catheter insertion
Epidural/intrathecal exit site dressing change
Eye drop instillation
Eye irrigation
Eye ointment instillation
Eye swabbing
Eyelid closure for comatose patients
Feeding an adult
Hand washing
Hepatitis A: patient care
Hepatitis B: patient care
Humidification for respiratory therapy
Humidification of patient with tracheostomy
Injection (bolus or push) of intravenous drugs
Injections: administration
Intermittent infusion of intravenous drugs
Intraoperative care
Intrapleural drain insertion
Intrapleural drain removal
Intrapleural: changing the bottle
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
Mouth care
Moving from lying to sitting: assisting the patient
Moving from sitting to standing: assisting a patient
Nasogastric intubation with tubes without using an introducer, e.g. a Ryle’s tube
Neurological observations and assessment
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
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
Preoperative care
Provision of information
Pulse measurement
Pulse oximetry
Rectal medication administration
Self-administration of drugs
Specimen collection: body fluid
Specimen collection: section swabs
Stoma care
Suppository administration
Sutures, clips or staples removal
Syringe driver: monitoring and infusion
Temperature measurement
Topical applications of medication
Topical negative pressure (TNP) therapy
Tracheostomy dressing change
Tracheostomy suction
Transfusion of blood components
Unconscious patient care
Urinalysis
Urinary catheter bag: emptying
Urinary catheter removal
Urinary catheter: maintenance solution administration
Urinary catheterization
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