Description

Learn to master the most important nursing skills before you ever step foot in the clinical environment. Clinical Skills: Essentials Collection is an engaging, web-based learning tool that guides users through more than 160 of the most important fundamentals and health assessment nursing skills. Each skill in the collection uses the same seven-part framework to walk you through every aspect of the skill. From special patient and safety considerations to the equipment and techniques used in the skill, this assembly of high-definition videos, interactive learning tools, and in-depth explanations will leave you with a 360-degree understanding of how to safely and effectively perform each skill.

Convenient web-based program utilizes the same professional format that practicing nurses use to train.
Consistent, competency-based format for learning skills offers a standardized way for you to learn and perform skills. Most skills feature the same types of skill learning tools to help you obtain a more holistic understanding of the skill and standard QSEN nursing competencies.
Quick sheet provides a concise, step-by-step summary of the skill.
Extended text offers an in-depth look at all aspects of the skill. Subjects addressed in the extended text section include:
- Safety alerts
- Supplies
- Patient and family education
- Procedures
- Delegation opportunities
- Monitoring and care
- Expected and unexpected outcomes
- Documentation guidelines
- Special gerontologic, pediatric, and home care considerations
- Evidence-based references
- Additional reading suggestions
Equipment list helps familiarize you with each piece of equipment needed to perform the skill.
Demonstration videos and animations visually guide you through every necessary step involved in the skill.
Images and illustrations highlight crucial procedures, equipment, and documents involved in the skill.
Competency tests with rationales help you review and evaluate your understanding of the skill.
Printable evaluation checklists help you measure and track various skill competencies.
Continually updated, evidence-based content is reviewed and revised annually by clinical skills experts to reflect changes in practice as they arise.