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Nursing Tutoring Essentials is currently building a database of quality video clips and clinical skill sheets for students to watch and read to enhance their clinical skills. Nursing Tutoring Essentials does not endorse these links – these links are intended to provide guidance. It is up to you, the student, to be discerning and to adhere to your university’s recommendations on how these skills are to be performed in both an academic and clinical environment.
Please also remember that as a university student nurse, you are limited to your scope of practice according to which year you are at in your nursing degree. Therefore, please ensure before performing these skills on clients that you are practicing within your sanctioned scope as a student.
If anyone would like to add to this database, please email RN Geller with the link to the video and a description. We will thank you for your contribution on this page.
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Clinical Skills & Reasoning
Below is a list of clinical skills and resources to aid in reasoning. These consider the scope of practice undergraduate students per year level. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list. In addition, scope of practice may differ per university.
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Registered Nursing Student Novice; no patient load; continuous supervision |
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| Communicate and collaborates appropriately with colleagues, patients & carers/ families. | Informative Articles
Skill Video
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| Establish and maintain a therapeutic relationship with patients & families appropriate to the clinical setting & inclusive of psychogeriatric and cognitively impaired clients. | Skill Video
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| Perform accurate, concise and appropriate recording and reporting of objective & subjective patient data using appropriate nursing and medical terminology. |
Procedures skill sheets
Skill Video
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| With supervision, apply the nursing process (assessment, planning, evidence-informed interventions, rationales and evaluation) in the administration of S2 oral medications. |
Medication skill sheets
Skill Video
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| Use safe and effective infection control measures & standard precautions including: |
Infection control skill sheets
Skill Videos
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| Assist with admission and primary health assessment of low acuity patients including: |
Vital signs skill sheets
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Year 2 |
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Registered Nursing Student Novice: Advanced beginner; medium level supervision (50% patient load) |
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Overview |
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Demonstrate timely & accurate communication, documentation and evidence informed decision-making which addresses cultural safety & awareness. |
Informative Articles
Skill Videos
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With supervision, implement nursing actions (procedures) for the low and medium acuity medical/surgical patient (50% patient load) including: |
Procedures skill sheets Skill Video
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Assess respiratory system & function: |
Skill Video
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With supervision, apply the nursing process (assessment, planning, evidence-informed interventions, rationales and evaluation) in the administration of S2 & S4 medications (excluding restricted S4 & S8). |
Medication skill sheets
Skill Video
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Perform a physical and psychosocial assessment of the well child & family. |
Informative Articles Skill Video |
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Apply the nursing process (assessment, planning, evidence-informed interventions, rationales and evaluation) in the nursing care of patients with neurological deficits. |
Procedures skill sheets Skill Video |
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Apply the nursing process (assessment, planning, evidence-informed interventions, rationales and evaluation) in the nursing care of patients with musculoskeletal deficits, i.e. spinal precautions, neurovascular observations. |
Skill Video
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With constant supervision, apply the nursing process (assessment, planning, evidence-informed interventions, rationales and evaluation) for patients: |
Skill Video |
Year 3 |
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Registered Nursing Student Advanced-beginner: Minimal cues; minimal supervision (100% patient load) |
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Demonstrate professional communication, conduct and evidence-informed decision-making in all aspects of nursing across a range of cultural settings & acuity levels. |
Informative Articles Skill Video |
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Confidently provide accurate, logical, concise and appropriate recording and reporting of patient data (oral & written) to the health care team. |
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Apply the nursing process (assessment, planning, evidence-informed intervention, rationales and evaluation) for patients requiring medication: |
Medication skill sheets
Skill Video
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With close supervision: |
Perform primary and secondary survey of respiratory, neurological, cardiac, urinary & gastrointestinal system assessments required for high acuity patients & in emergency settings Procedures skill sheets
Skill Videos Infection control skill sheets
Skill Videos Resuscitation skill sheets
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Recognise and assist with collaborative management of clients: |
Skill Videos |
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With supervision, apply the nursing process (assessment, planning, evidence-informed intervention, rationales and evaluation) for paediatric patients including assessment, pain management, medication management & family interventions. |
Skill Sheets
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Nursing Tutoring Essentials does not endorse these links or attachments. These resources are provided here to provide guidance only; and it is up to the individual student to make a judgement as to the veracity of these.
Thank you to the following contributors:
- G. Geller
- C. Cristea
