Nurse, Licensed Practical

Competency-based occupation
Onet code: 29-2061.00

1

Years

108

Skills
Classroom Instruction Topics
  • BIO-163 Basic Anatomy and Physiology
  • NUR-101 Practical Nursing, I
  • NUR-117 Pharmacology
  • PSY-150 General Psychology
  • ENG-111 Writing and Inquiry
  • NUR-102 Practical Nursing II
  • NUR-103 Practical Nursing II
  • PSY-241 Developmental Psych
On-the-job Training
  • Competencies
    • Proper use of PPE and safety protocols
    • Use of mechanical lift
    • Range of motion exercises
    • Restraint alternatives (alert devices)
    • Assist to move up in bed
    • Move resident up in bed with & without a turn sheet
    • Position resident on the side
    • Assist to dangle, stand, & walk
    • Ambulation with cane
    • Ambulation with walker
    • Ambulation with transfer (gait) belt
    • Transfer from bed to chair/wheelchair
    • Transfer from bed to stretcher
    • Make a closed (unoccupied) bed
    • Make an occupied bed
    • Opening a closed bed
    • Provides fresh drinking water (ice &/or without ice)
    • Assist with feeding
    • Feeding residents that cannot feed self
    • Serve supplemental nourishment
    • Measure & record intake
    • Assist with oral hygiene care (minimal assistance)
    • Provide mouth care (brush teeth)
    • Provide mouth care (unconscious resident)
    • Denture Care
    • Provide mouth care (minimal assistance from resident)
    • Provides mouth care (cognitively impaired resident)
    • Shaving (assist or providing)
    • Hair care
    • Shampoo resident hair in bed
    • Giving shower
    • Complete bed bath
    • Partial bed bath
    • Tub bath
    • Dressing and undressing resident
    • Apply & remove ant-embolic stockings
    • Foot care
    • Fingernail care
    • Back rub
    • Perineal care
    • Catheter care
    • Assist to the bathroom
    • Assist to bedside commode (BSC)
    • Assist to use bedpan
    • Apply adult brief
    • Assist with urinal
    • Apply condom catheter
    • Empty urinary drainage (catheter) bag
    • Measure and record output
    • Collecting urine specimen
    • Collecting urine specimen from urinary catheter
    • Collecting stool specimen
    • Administer cleansing enema
    • Assist to cough & deep breathe
    • Apply non-sterile dressing
    • Applying elastic bandage
    • Apply warm applications
    • Apply cold applications
    • Performs relief of choking
    • Performs post mortem care
    • Monitor oxygen flow rate
    • Sterile dressing change (wounds over 48 hours old)
    • Demonstrates sterile technique in performance of skills
    • Wound irrigation
    • Oropharyngeal suctioning
    • Nasopharyngeal suctioning
    • Tracheostomy care
    • Assemble/flush IV tubing during set-up
    • Monitor IV flow rate
    • IV site care/dressing change
    • Discontinuing peripheral intravenous fluids
    • Adding enteral feeding to an existing tube feeding infusion
    • Adding enteral feeding to an intermittent tube
    • Clamping feeding tubes
    • Removing oral/nasogastric feeding tubes
    • Inserting indwelling catheter- foley (male)
    • Inserting indwelling catheter- foley (female)
    • Inserting straight catheter- (male)
    • Inserting straight catheter- (female)
    • Removal of indwelling catheter- foley
    • Break up & removal of fecal impaction
    • Ostomy care site care (established ostomy)
    • Applying ostomy pouch (established ostomy)
    • Ostomy irrigation (established ostomy)
    • Collects stool specimen from ostomy (established ostomy)
    • Fingerstick blood glucose
    • Administration of oral medication
    • Administration of injectable medication
    • Administration of sublingual medication
    • Administration of nasal medication
    • Administration of medications rectal route
    • Administration of medications vaginal route
    • Administration of ear drops
    • Administration of eye drops
    • Administration of IV fluids
    • Administration of IV medication via minibag
    • Delegation to Nurse Aide
    • Head to toe physical assessment
    • Nasogastric tube placement
    • Initiation of oxygen therapy
    • Documentation
    • Computer
    • Collection of data
    • Patient teaching
    • Communication
    • Decision -Making
    • Time management
    • LPN Licensure
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