Clinical Skills: Essentials Collection (Access Card)

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 uses 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 gain 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 gives you 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
• Interactive visual supply list features roll-over labeling to 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.
• Review questions and competency tests with rationales help you review and evaluate your understanding of the skill.
• Printable evaluation checklists enable you to measure and track various skills competencies.
• Up-to-date, evidence-based content is reviewed and revised annually by clinical skills experts to reflect changes in practice as they arise.