3. Activities to practice

Nursing performance/activity

• Hygienic care for mobile and immobile client,
• Assessment of risk of decubitus according to a scale,
• preventive measures to prevent decubitus - positioning,
• treatment of various degrees of decubitus,
• positioning and moving the client by kinesthetic mobilisation,
• evaluation of the client's level of self-sufficiency - use of self-sufficiency tests,
• recording interventions in the nursing record,
• client self-care training,
• special oral care, hair and nail care,
• assistance with rounding and filling the doctor's office, participation in nurse rounding,
• measurement, recording and orientation assessment of physiological functions,
• administering meals to ambulatory and immobile clients, feeding,
• assessing the client's nutritional status using measurement techniques,
• preparation and administration of medication per os,
• application of medications to the skin - skin therapy,
• collection of venous and capillary blood,
• glycaemic monitoring and evaluation,
• one-time collection of catheterized urine for bacteriology,
• collection of stool, sputum, swabs,
• insertion of a permanent catheter in a woman, assisting the physician in catheterizing a man,
• permanent catheter care,
• monitoring and documenting fluid balance,
• administering enemas to administer medications through the rectum,
• preparation and administration of s.c. injections /Clexane, Heparin/,
• preparation and administration of insulin - insulin pen, "insulin pen",
• preparation and application of i.m. injections,
• care of a client with pain - assessment according to a scale,
• preparation of i.v. injections, assisting, peripheral venous entry care,
• preparation and assistance with administration of transfusion products,
• application of oxygen by mask, goggles,
• admission of the client to the ward, transfer of the client to another ward.

Education

• Education of diabetic patient including self-monitoring,
• education of the diabetic on foot care,
• preparation of the client for examination, education - gastroscopy,
• preparation of the client for examination, education - colonoscopy,
• preparation of the client for examination, education, post-procedure care, coronary angiography,
• education - post pacemaker implantation care,
• preparation of the client for examination, education - pulmonary function testing,
• client education - health education - diet with vit. K,
• client education - health education - diet with fat restriction,
• client education - health education - dialysis diet,
• client education with AV coupling,
• education of a client with peritoneal dialysis,
• education of a client - administration of medication with pocket inhalers,
• education of a client with a stoma,
• education of patients after gastric surgery,
• pre-operative training of verticalization, movement on the client's bed,
• education of the client to use compensatory aids - e.g. crutches,
• education of the client on monitoring and exercises with a plaster bandage.