School of Nursing

SIMS-SIUT
Generic BScN
Year 1, Semester 1
Nursing Skills Checklist
S. No Action Rational
Introduce yourself. For greeting.
1. Wash hands. Prevent from micro-organism or reduce the
transmission of micro-organism.
2. Explain procedure to patient. Aware the patient.
3. Get permission from the patient. For consent
4. Maintain privacy.
5. Maintain position. For easy breathing and lung expansion.
6. Review safety precautions necessary
when oxygen in use.
7. Connect nasal cannula to oxygen set up
with humidification, if one is in use and
adjust to flow rate as ordered by the
physician. Check if oxygen is flowing
out of prongs.
8. Place the prongs in patient’s nostril,
adjust according to type of equipment.
9. Use gauze pads at ear beneath tubing as
necessary. Adjust nasal cannula as
necessary.
10. Encourage patient to breathe through
nose with mouth closed.
11. Assess and chart patient’s response
therapy.
12. Remove and clean cannula and assess
nares every 8 hours or according to
policy.
13. Document the amount of oxygen
applied, the patient’s respiratory rate,
oxygen saturation and lungs sound.
14. Wash hands after procedure. Prevent from micro-organism or reduce the
transmission of micro-organism.

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