This Nursing Skills textbook is an open educational resource developed for entry-level undergraduate nursing students. It is aligned with the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) statewide nursing curriculum for the Nursing Skills course (543-102) that describes techniques for obtaining a health history and performing a basic physical assessment using a body systems approach. It also includes evidence-based clinical skills with related mathematical calculations and conversions.
Type of Material:
Open (Access) Textbook
Recommended Uses:
This resource is excellent for educators who teach undergraduate entry level nursing courses related to health assessment, wound management, oxygenation, vital signs, pharmacology (dosage calculations).
* Can be used in lecture format
* Self-paced learning modules
* Clinical remediation
* Individual or small group discussions
* Can be used as homework
* Can be used within a flipped classroom environment
Technical Requirements:
Requires internet access. Accessible through Google Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge. Computer video and audio required to access video clips. There are several options for viewing the material, including, online, downloadable PDF, ZIP, LMS, print files. The options to purchase a copy is also provided. Included is a readability indicator, in which the reader can customize text size, margin and dark mode. BeeLine reader is also available in various shades/brightness to help the reader read more easily, quickly, and efficiantly. Scientific calculator is provided for dosage calculations.
Identify Major Learning Goals:
This resource is intended for entry level undergraduate nursing students and can be used in any year of a program in which basic nursing skills, doseage calculations and health assessment are taught. This is also a very good resource for students within the clinical environment to refresh/remediate their knowledge/skills. Within the table of contents, each chapter includes specific learning objectives for the content within the chapter. Each chapter is outlined to include an introducation, basic concepts, documentation of expected and unexpected findings, assessments, checklists, learning activities and glossary.
Users will:
Describe techniques for obtaining patient health history.
Explain techniques required to perform basic nursing skills.
Demonstrate basic nursing skills.
Apply skills required for the basic health assessment of a patient.
Use mathematical calculations for the administration of medication.
Target Student Population:
College Lower Division
College Upper Division
Undergraduate Nursing Students
University Reference
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
Basic Anatomy and Physiology
Basic Mathematics
Healthcare Communication Skills
Basic Nursing Knowledge
Knowledge of search engines (google, explorer, edge)
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
This is a comprehensive resource covering basic nursing skills, health assessment, documentation and dosage calculations. Content is current and evidence based. Within each chapter, there are opportunities for knowledge learning activities. Videos are also included for those students who are visual learners. Majority of references are current. The NOTE pins in chapters take learners to additional evidence based information to assist success in the clinical environment. The structure of the regional body assessements beginning with subjective interview can be used to inform objective assessment and documentation.
The concepts are clear and integral to the discipline.
The layout is easy to follow.
All links, videos, learning activities and other additional resources are functional.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
Content is placed in a format that is easy to navigate and learning goals are clearly written.
Learner readiness is high as the resource in quite interactive.
The resource can be utilized in a variety of ways to facilitiate and/or reinforce learning.
Information is detailed and clearly articulated to meet the needs of the students.
The learning activities are created to meet the diverse needs of students.
The information is accurate and allows for easy integration into nursing curriculums.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
Interactive activities are innovative and easy to use.
The use of realistic photos offers students the opportunity to easily relate to the concepts being taught.
The instructions are clear and easy to follow.
The resource is easy to navigate through the table of contents and the user can choose to read the resource online or download in various file formats.
Layout is easy to read and appropriately structured. The section headings are appropriate and reflect the content within each section.
Concerns:
* Some links were broken (Capillary refill video #1)
Creative Commons:
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