SUSCC Nursing
Competency-based
2
Years
87
Skills
On-the-job training
- Level 1
- Perform hand hygiene
- Apply personal protective equipment
- Follow safety precautions for fall prevention, seizures, etc.
- Communication of patient report: end of shift
- Communication with patients and families using therapeutic communication methods
- Assist with admission and discharge of patients
- Reinforce patient education/teaching
- Document assessments/tasks in EHR and/or narrative notes
- Perform comprehensive physical assessments to include identification of normal and abnormal findings
- Obtain vital signs, including blood pressure, pulse, respirations, and oxygen saturation
- Assist patients with ambulation
- Assist patients with mobile assistive devices: walkers, canes, crutches, gait belts, and wheelchairs
- Perform restorative care: range of motion exercises and contracture care
- Apply/monitor restraints as per facility policy
- Perform/assist ADLs: feeding, clothing, care of teeth, hair, toileting
- Perform patient hygiene care: bed bath, shower, perineal care
- Perform urinary catheter care
- Perform ostomy care
- Administer enemas
- Insert nasogastric tubes
- Nasogastric tube management/suctioning
- Remove nasogastric tubes
- Administer enteral and nasogastric tube feedings
- Perform skin care and pressure ulcer prevention, turning
- Perform wet-to-dry and/or clean dressing changes
- Apply cold and/or heat therapies
- Apply sequential compression stockings and/or devices
- Administer oxygen therapy and perform basic airway management
- Administer incentive spirometer therapy
- Perform oral and/or nasal suctioning
- Administer oral (PO) medications
- Administer intramuscular (IM) medications
- Administer intradermal (ID) medications
- Administer subcutaneous (SC) medications
- Administer otic/ophthalmic medications
- Administer inhaled (nebulizer) or nasal medications
- Administer medications via tube: NG, PEG
- Perform basic life support
- Perform end-of-life care
- Perform post-mortem care
- Level 2
- Apply sterile gloves
- *Performs sterile dressing change. Excluding central line/VAD
- Apply steri-strips
- Remove bandages/dressings
- Remove staples/sutures
- Provide care for casts, traction, pins, and air splints
- Empty and care for surgical drains such as Jackson-Pratts, Hemovacs, etc.
- Perform peripheral blood draw using butterfly needle and syringe- Students are not permitted to collect blood on anyone under 16 years old at any time
- *Insert intravenous (IV) catheters and provide IV maintenance- Students are not permitted to start IVs on anyone under 16 years old at any time
- *Prepare primary IV fluids and tubing
- *Administer peripheral intravenous push medications
- *Administer peripheral IVPB medication
- *Convert the primary line into a saline lock
- *Discontinue IV therapy
- *Insert and remove urinary catheters: straight and/or indwelling
- Perform routine care of chest tubes
- Perform physical assessments on pediatric patients
- *Perform endotracheal tube suctioning, care, and dressing changes
- Level 3
- PSY: Perform subjective assessments on psychiatric patients
- PSY: Communicate with patients and families using therapeutic communication methods
- OB: Perform subjective and/or physical assessments on pregnant patients and post-partum patients
- OB: Apply and monitor external fetal heart tone (FHT) and uterine contraction monitors (TOCO)
- OB: Monitor internal FHT and uterine contractions
- OB: Administer vitamin K, Hepatitis vaccine, and/or erythromycin ointment
- OB: Perform newborn heel stick for PKU
- OB: Apply and/or monitor phototherapy
- OB: Perform episiotomy care
- PEDS: Perform physical assessment on a newborn
- Delegate tasks to other unlicensed assistive personnel: NA, tech
- Level 4
- Administer oxygen therapy and perform advanced airway management
- Assign tasks to other healthcare personnel: LPN
- Perform patient education/teaching
- Maintain and administer fluids through VAD: PICC, midline, central line, port
- Administer push medications through VAD: PICC, midline, central line, port
- Perform VAD dressing changes per facility policy
- Clinical Hours
- NUR 112 Skills Validation
- Vital Signs
- Physical Assessment
- Nasogastric Tube insertion and management
- Medication Administration (PO, IM, SC)
- NUR 113 Skills Validation
- IV medication administration (IVP)
- Urinary catheter insertion and care
- IV insertion/start
- IV tubing setup/maintenance (priming, IVPB)
- Tracheostomy care
- NUR 115 Skill Validation
- Focused simulation assessment
- NUR 211 Skill Validation
- VAD care and dressing change
- NUR 221 Skill Validation
- Head-to-toe physical assessment in simulation
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