learning Objectives - Provide nursing care to adult patients with medical disorders. • Counsel and educate patients and family
Hours - 3 weeks
Teaching and Learning Activities - Plan & implement care for assigned patients • Nursing care plan 1 • Nursing case study-1 or presentation-1 • Drug study presentation-1 • Maintain drug book • Maintain practical record book
Assessment Methods - • Assess performance with rating scale • Assess each skill with check list • Evaluation of case study presentation • Completion of practical record
Content of the chapter
– Assessment of patient
• Take history
• Perform general & specific
physical examination
• Identify alterations and
deviations
– Practice medical-surgical
asepsis-standard safety
measures.
– Administer medications
• Oral
• Sub-lingual
• Intra-dermal
• Subcutaneous
• Intramuscular
• Intravenous
– Intravenous therapy
• IV canulation
• Maintenance & monitoring
– Oxygen therapy-mask,
prongs & tent
– Nebulization
– Chest physiotherapy
– Naso-gastric feeding
– Assist in common diagnostic
procedures
– Perform/assist in therapeutic
procedures
– Transfusion of Blood & its
components
– Throat suctioning
– ET suctioning
– Collect specimens for
common
– investigations
– Maintain elimination
• Catheterization
– Educate & counsel patient
& family regarding specific
disease conditions.