The buccal route is a medication route that nurses can use to administer certain medications. Although this is not used as commonly as other medication routes, there are a few things to consider when giving a medication via the buccal route. What is the Buccal Route? What is the buccal route? The word buccal (pronounced […]
Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques
Clinical nursing skills and techniques: Browse our article database below to find great tips and tutorials for a variety of nursing skills such as giving an injection, putting on sterile gloves, catheter insertion, and much more. These articles and included videos are written to help give practical advice and show common techniques to nursing students, as well as those interested in the nursing profession. These can be a great way to learn how common procedures are performed. If you would like to know more about nursing skills, visit our main nursing skills overview article. To view an individual skill, just browse the articles below.
How to Read a Medication (Drug) Label for Nurses
This review will cover how to read a medication label. As a nurse, it is very important you are familiar with how to read a medication label. The drug label contains helpful information that will guide you with safely administering a medication to a patient. In this review you will learn: What information is included […]
How to Read a Medication Label Nursing Quiz
How to read a medication label quiz for nursing students! It is very important a nurse knows how to read a medication label. Many times the drug label details the brand and generic name, dosage strength, volume amount, expiration date, route of administration, and contains important medication instructions. One of the reasons a nurse needs […]
Chvostek’s Sign
What is Chvostek’s Sign? Chvostek’s sign is a specific type of facial muscle twitching that occurs when cranial nerve VII (the facial nerve) is manually stimulated by tapping the finger over the masseter muscle of the jaw. A positive sign demonstrates hyper-excitability of the facial nerve. This is not to be confused with Trousseau’s sign […]
Trousseau Sign of Latent Tetany
Trousseau’s sign of latent tetany is a clinical sign that nurses and other healthcare professionals use to assess whether a patient has an electrolyte imbalance known as hypocalcemia, though this sign can present during hypomagnesemia as well. You’ll likely hear Trousseau’s sign mentioned in nursing school or medical school, especially when studying fluid and electrolytes. […]
24-Hour Clock Nursing Practice Quiz (Military Time)
This practice quiz will test your knowledge on the 24-hour clock vs. the 12-hour clock. Most nurses use the 24-hour clock (military time) when documenting rather than the 12-hour AM and PM clock. The reason for this is to prevent confusion and potentially errors from occurring. (NOTE: When you hit submit, it will refresh this […]
Keep Missing Veins as a Nurse?
Missing a vein when trying to start an I.V. (or drawing blood) can be a very frustrating and embarrassing experience for nurses, phlebotomists, and other healthcare professionals. It can also be a painful and frustrating experience for the patient, too. Nevertheless, missing veins is an unfortunate reality that all nurses and healthcare professionals face, even […]
SBAR Nursing Communication Tool for Nurse to Physician Example
This review will cover the SBAR communication acronym that is used in nursing for various forms of communication. Review objectives are the following: What is the SBAR and how is it used? Detailed description on each section of the SBAR SBAR Example for Nurse-to-Physician Communication SBAR Nursing Communication What is SBAR? It’s a communication method […]
How to Remove a Peripheral IV Line
This review will cover how to discontinue a peripheral IV. Peripheral IVs are inserted in patients to help administer medications, blood products, and fluids. They are really an essential device used in the hospitalized patient. Peripheral IVs are removed or discontinued when they need to be changed (about every 3 days, depending on the hospital’s […]
Rights of Medication Administration Nursing (5, 7, 9, 10)
Rights of Medication Administration review for nursing students! The purpose of the Rights of Medication Administration is to prevent medication errors. The nurse is the last safety net in medication administration, and we must always double or even triple check everything. As a nurse, I’ve caught many medication errors by using the Rights of Medication […]
Vial Coring Prevention
Learn how to prevent vial coring when piercing a rubber stopper of a vial with a needle. What is vial coring and does it present a problem for the patient? Vial coring can occur when a needle is used to pierce a vial’s rubber stopper. Coring occurs when parts of the rubber stopper enter the […]
One-Hand Scoop Technique
Recapping a needle is extremely dangerous, and healthcare workers such as nurses should avoid recapping. Instead, needles should be disposed of in an appropriate sharps container, and healthcare workers should use needle safety devices when handling or disposing of sharps per their healthcare facility’s protocols. Some of the risks of a needle-stick injury include pain […]
Car Seat Restraint Safety Pediatric Nursing Review
As a nurse you can play an important role in teaching a parent about car seat safety. This education actually starts at birth before the baby goes home in its first car ride from the hospital. This lecture will concentrate on the main concepts you need to know as a nurse and for exams. Don’t […]
How to Withdraw Medication from a Vial
Learn how to withdraw medication from a vial! Drawing up medication from a vial is an essential skill a nurse must learn to do. Medications that are given IV, IM, or subcutaneous routes are stored in a vial. This article will also cover prevention of rubber stopper coring, changing out the vial access device with […]
How to Swaddle a Baby
Babies have been swaddled for thousands of years. Even in the Bible, we read of Jesus being wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger. Today, babies are still swaddled by labor and delivery nurses (and new moms and dads) across the world. Why Swaddle a Baby? Swaddling a baby has at least two […]
Newborn (Infant) Vital Signs Pediatric Nursing
Learn how to assess vital signs on an infant! As a pediatric nurse, you will be required to know how to assess vital signs on many different pediatric populations, such as the newborn (infant). This review will detail how to assess the respiratory rate, heart rate, temperature, weight, length, head circumference, and chest circumference. Assessing […]
How to Start an IV | Starting an IV Clinical Nursing Skills
This review will provide details how to insert a peripheral IV. IV insertion is a vital skill nurses must learn in order to provide patient care. IV (intravenous) lines are used to administer medications, fluids, and blood products. Steps on How to Insert an IV 1. First, gather supplies and perform hand hygiene. IV starter […]
Face Mask: How to Put on (Don) and Take Off (Doff) PPE
This review will demonstrate how to put on and remove a face mask! When applying a face mask and removing it, the nurse wants to take specific steps to ensure their safety. This review will cover the following information: Common mistakes people make when applying or wearing a face mask Tips for putting on a […]
Tube Feeding Nursing Calculations Review
Tube feeding nursing calculations review for students! This review will demonstrate how to solve tube feeding calculations that require you to solve for dilution based on feeding strength, total volume, and administration time. What is a tube feeding? Just as the name says, it is a way to deliver nutrition to a patient via a […]
Tips for Counting Respirations
Tips for counting respirations as a nursing student! Counting respirations seems like a fairly easy skill, right? Well, it can actually be tricky, especially when you’re first learning the skill. In addition, you will find out quickly that for some patients it’s really easy to take their respiratory rate while others not so much. Therefore, […]
How to Administer or Take a Pregnancy Test
How to take or administer a pregnancy test review for nurses! As a nurse you may be required to collect and interpret a pregnancy test. This review will help you understand what a pregnancy test measures, how to administer a test, and what a negative or positive result looks like. Demonstration on How to Take […]
Assistive Devices NCLEX Nursing Review (Crutches, Walkers, Canes)
Assistive devices NCLEX nursing review about crutches, walkers, and canes. These assistive devices are used to help patients with mobility. It is essential you know how to fit a patient properly for these devices and how a patient should use them. Don’t forget to take the assistive device NCLEX quiz after review these notes. Crutches […]
How to Withdraw Medication from an Ampule
Learn how to withdraw medication from a glass ampule! As a nurse you will encounter some medications that are supplied in a glass ampule, and you will need to know how to break open the glass ampule and withdraw the medication from it. Also check out how to withdraw medication from a vial. Demonstration on […]
Assistive Devices NCLEX Questions (Crutches, Canes, Walkers)
Comprehensive assistive device NCLEX questions quiz that assesses your nursing knowledge on crutches, canes, and walkers. As the nurse, you must know how to properly fit a patient for these devices, how to correctly ambulate with these assistive devices, types of gaits (specifically with crutches), go up and down stairs, and how to get up and […]
Walker (Assistive Device) NCLEX Questions
Assistive devices NCLEX questions for walkers. As a nurse providing care to a patient who will be using a walker, it is important that the patient is fitted correctly for the walker, uses the walker properly during ambulation, and knows how to sit down or get up from a chair with a walker. In the […]
Canes Nursing NCLEX Review
This is a quick NCLEX review over canes for nursing students! Canes are assistive devices used to help a patient ambulate. As the nurse you must know the following material about canes: How to tell if the cane properly fits the patient? How to ambulate with a cane? How to go up and down stairs […]
Crutches Nursing NCLEX Review
This is a quick NCLEX review over crutches for nursing students! Crutches are assistive devices used to help a patient ambulate. As the nurse you must know the following material about crutches: How to tell if the crutches properly fit the patient? The different types of gaits used for crutches? Make sure you know this […]
Pulse Points Nursing Assessment
Learn how to check pulse points in this nursing assessment review. We will review 9 common pulse points on the human body. As a nurse you will be assessing many of these pulse points regularly, while others you will only assess at certain times. When you assess a pulse point you will be assessing: Rate: […]
How to Perform Hand Hygiene with Soap and Water (Handwashing)
Learn how to perform hand hygiene with soap and water. Handwashing is performed routinely by healthcare workers to help prevent the spread of germs. It is essential that nurses use proper technique when performing hand hygiene. There are two ways to perform hand hygiene. This can be achieved by either using soap and water or […]
How to Administer an Intramuscular Injection in the Deltoid Muscle using Z-Track Technique
This article will review how to give an intramuscular (IM) injection in the deltoid muscle using the z-track technique. Before administering any type of medication whether it is an IM injection or oral medication, always review your facilities protocols on how they require you to administer that specific medication. Before giving an injection, ALWAYS make […]
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