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Table of Contents
1 Moving client up in bed……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3
2 Applying restraints ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3
3 Applying and removing personal protective equipment ……………………………………………………………………………. 3
4 Administering an Enema……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3
5 Bed bath …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3
6 Positioning of a client………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4
7 Ambulating a client …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4
8 Applying bandages …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4
9 Applying binders ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4
10 Applying antiembolism stockings ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4
11 Intermittent and continuous tube feeding administration…………………………………………………………………………… 5
12 Critical Thinking Question……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 5
13 Safety and security …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5
14 Standard Precautions …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 5
15 Comfort…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6
16 Documentation…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6
17 Occupied bedmaking ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6
18 Range of Motion ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7
19 Transfer of client from bed to chair……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7
20 Nasogastric tube insertion +/- suction……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 7
21 Sterile Wet to moist dressing change ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 7
22 Foley catheter insertion……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8
23 Medication Administration……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8
24 Primary IV administration…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8
25 Secondary IV administration………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8
26 IV flush with Saline …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8
27 Colostomy Emptying…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 9
28 Colostomy Bag change……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 9
29 Trach Suctioning………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 9
30 Trach Care………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 9
31 CVP dressing change ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 10