Nurse, Licensed Practical
Competency-based
ONET: 29-2061.00
1
Years
108
Skills
Classroom instruction topics
- BIO-163 Basic Anatomy and Physiology
- NUR-101 Practical Nursing, I
- NUR-117 Pharmacology
- PSY-150 General Psychology
- ENG-111 Writing and Inquiry
- NUR-102 Practical Nursing II
- NUR-103 Practical Nursing II
- PSY-241 Developmental Psych
On-the-job training
- Competencies
- Proper use of PPE and safety protocols
- Use of mechanical lift
- Range of motion exercises
- Restraint alternatives (alert devices)
- Assist to move up in bed
- Move resident up in bed with & without a turn sheet
- Position resident on the side
- Assist to dangle, stand, & walk
- Ambulation with cane
- Ambulation with walker
- Ambulation with transfer (gait) belt
- Transfer from bed to chair/wheelchair
- Transfer from bed to stretcher
- Make a closed (unoccupied) bed
- Make an occupied bed
- Opening a closed bed
- Provides fresh drinking water (ice &/or without ice)
- Assist with feeding
- Feeding residents that cannot feed self
- Serve supplemental nourishment
- Measure & record intake
- Assist with oral hygiene care (minimal assistance)
- Provide mouth care (brush teeth)
- Provide mouth care (unconscious resident)
- Denture Care
- Provide mouth care (minimal assistance from resident)
- Provides mouth care (cognitively impaired resident)
- Shaving (assist or providing)
- Hair care
- Shampoo resident hair in bed
- Giving shower
- Complete bed bath
- Partial bed bath
- Tub bath
- Dressing and undressing resident
- Apply & remove ant-embolic stockings
- Foot care
- Fingernail care
- Back rub
- Perineal care
- Catheter care
- Assist to the bathroom
- Assist to bedside commode (BSC)
- Assist to use bedpan
- Apply adult brief
- Assist with urinal
- Apply condom catheter
- Empty urinary drainage (catheter) bag
- Measure and record output
- Collecting urine specimen
- Collecting urine specimen from urinary catheter
- Collecting stool specimen
- Administer cleansing enema
- Assist to cough & deep breathe
- Apply non-sterile dressing
- Applying elastic bandage
- Apply warm applications
- Apply cold applications
- Performs relief of choking
- Performs post mortem care
- Monitor oxygen flow rate
- Sterile dressing change (wounds over 48 hours old)
- Demonstrates sterile technique in performance of skills
- Wound irrigation
- Oropharyngeal suctioning
- Nasopharyngeal suctioning
- Tracheostomy care
- Assemble/flush IV tubing during set-up
- Monitor IV flow rate
- IV site care/dressing change
- Discontinuing peripheral intravenous fluids
- Adding enteral feeding to an existing tube feeding infusion
- Adding enteral feeding to an intermittent tube
- Clamping feeding tubes
- Removing oral/nasogastric feeding tubes
- Inserting indwelling catheter- foley (male)
- Inserting indwelling catheter- foley (female)
- Inserting straight catheter- (male)
- Inserting straight catheter- (female)
- Removal of indwelling catheter- foley
- Break up & removal of fecal impaction
- Ostomy care site care (established ostomy)
- Applying ostomy pouch (established ostomy)
- Ostomy irrigation (established ostomy)
- Collects stool specimen from ostomy (established ostomy)
- Fingerstick blood glucose
- Administration of oral medication
- Administration of injectable medication
- Administration of sublingual medication
- Administration of nasal medication
- Administration of medications rectal route
- Administration of medications vaginal route
- Administration of ear drops
- Administration of eye drops
- Administration of IV fluids
- Administration of IV medication via minibag
- Delegation to Nurse Aide
- Head to toe physical assessment
- Nasogastric tube placement
- Initiation of oxygen therapy
- Documentation
- Computer
- Collection of data
- Patient teaching
- Communication
- Decision -Making
- Time management
- LPN Licensure
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