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Oklahoma
Nursing Articulation Consortium
Helene Fuld Educational Mobility
Grant
There is nothing more empowering that an idea whose time has
come.
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Categories
of Skills
The following categories of skills were
developed as a means of organizing the psychomotor and cognitive
skills used in nursing practice.
The list was created from several sources: the Dolphin
Project (Practical Nursing Curriculum) from the Oklahoma
Department of Career and Technology Education, nursing skills books,
and conversations with nurses involved in nursing practice.
ADMINISTERING BLOOD
PRODUCTS
ADMISSION, TRANSFER AND DISCHARGE
ASSESSMENT OF VITAL SIGNS
BOWEL ELIMINATION
CARE OF THE DYING CLIENT
CIRCULATORY MAINTENANCE
CLIENT TEACHING
COMMUNICATION
CRITICAL THINKING
DELEGATION AND SUPERVISION
DOCUMENTATION
HEALTH ASSESSMENT
HEALTH PROMOTION
HEAT AND COLD THERAPY
HOME CARE MANAGEMENT
INFECTION CONTROL
INFORMATION AND HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY
INTRAVENOUS THERAPY
MANAGING THE CLIENT’S
ENVIRONMENT
MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
MEETING MOBILITY NEEDS
MOVING AND TURNING CLIENTS
NURSING PROCESS
NUTRITIONAL MANAGEMENT
PAIN MANAGEMENT
PERIOPERATIVE CARE
PERSONAL HYGIENE OF CLIENTS
RESPIRATORY CARE
SAFETY AND COMFORT
SPECIMEN COLLECTION
URINARY CARE
VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICES
WOUND CARE AND DRESSINGS
Claudine Dickey
Project
Manager
Cindy Schneider
405 743 5109
Assistant
Project Manager
Andrea West
Project
Administrator
For more information, E-mail or
contact the office of Health Careers Education
The Department of CareerTech
www.okcareertech.org
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