The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia's RN standards for practice (2016) has replaced the National Competency Standards for the Registered Nurse (2006). This new revised edition of Tollefson for 2017 has incorporated the changes necessary to reflect the progression in thinking of the profession.

Clinical Psychomotor Skills is presented in a concise and easy-to-read style, offering a unique blend of solid theoretical content and practice based competency tables, to enable students and instructors to translate their skills and knowledge into provable competencies that fulfill the required standards.

1. Introduction to Psychomotor skills

Part 1: Aseptic Non-touch Technique
2. Hand hygiene
3. Personal protective equipment
4. Aseptic non-touch technique
5. Surgical hand wash
6. Surgical gowning and gloving

Part 2: Assessment
7. Physical assessment
8. Neurological assessment and observation
9. Mental status assessment
10. Cardiovascular assessment
11. Respiratory assessment
12. Abdominal assessment
13. Musculoskeletal assessment and range of motion exercises
14. Pain assessment

Part 3: Professional Communication
15. Clinical handover
16. Documentation

Part 4: Fluid and Nutritional Support
17. Assisted feeding
18. Nasogastric tube insertion
19. Administration of enteral nutrition
20. Intravenous therapy (IVT) (assisting with establishment)
21. Intravenous therapy (IVT) (management)

Part 5: Elimination
22. Assisting with elimination needs
23. Administering an enema
24. Care of the person with suprapubic catheter (catheter irrigation)
25. Urinary catheterisation

Part 6: Medication Administration
26. Medication administration – oral medication
2827. Medication administration – eye drops or ointment
28. Medication administration – otic medication
29. Medication administration – parenteral medication
30. Medication administration – enteral
31. Medication administration - inhaled medications
32. Intravenous medication administration – IV container
33. Intravenous medication administration – volume-controlled infusion set

Part 7: Observations
34. Height, weight and waist circumference measurement
35. Temperature, pulse and respiration (TPR) – measurement
36. Blood pressure measurement
37. Cardiovascular assessment – 12-lead electrocardiogram
38. Neurovascular observations
39. Blood glucose measurement

Part 8: Pain Management
40. Pain management: non-pharmacological interventions – dry heat and cold
41. Medication administration – patient-controlled analgesia or other syringe-driven medication
42. Subcutaneous infusions

Part 9: Perioperative Care
43. Pre-operative care
44. Post-anaesthesia care and handover
45. Post-operative care

Part 10: Personal Hygiene and Maintaining Skin Integrity
46. Personal hygiene – bed bath or assisted shower
47. Personal hygiene – mouth care, shaving, hair care and nail care
48. Assisting with repositioning
49. Assisting with mobilisation
50. Pressure area care

Part 11: Respiratory Skills
51. Oxygen therapy via nasal cannula or various masks
52. Monitoring pulse oximetry
53. Oropharyngeal/nasopharyngeal suctioning
54. Artificial airway suctioning
55. Tracheostomy care
56. Chest drainage system assessment and management

Part 12: Specific Patient Care
57. Unconscious patient care
58. Health care teaching

Part 13: Transfusion and Blood Products
59. Blood transfusion administration
60. Venipuncture

Part 14: Wound Management
61. Dry dressing technique
62. Complex wounds – drain, suture or clip removal
63. Complex wounds – wound irrigation
64. Complex wounds – packing a wound

Part 15 – Senior Skills [Online]
65: Managing a central venous access device
66 Stoma care
67 Intravenous medication administration- bolus
68: Seclusion – management
69: Electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) care
70: Pain management: non-pharmacological interventions – therapeutic massage
71 Pain management: non-pharmacological interventions – Conventional Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (C-TENS)
72: Neonate – daily care

App: NMBA Registered Nurse standards for practice (2016)

The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia's RN standards for practice (2016) has replaced the National Competency Standards for the Registered Nurse (2006). This new revised edition of Tollefson for 2017 has incorporated the changes necessary to reflect the progression in thinking of the profession. Clinical Psychomotor Skills is presented in a concise and easy-to-read style, offering a unique blend of solid theoretical content and practice based competency tables, to enable students and instructors to translate their skills and knowledge into provable competencies that fulfill the required standards. Based on reviewer feedback we have added 2 new skills: Skill 17 Assisted feeding and Skill 31 Medication administration – inhaled medications New two-colour text design to emphasise pedagogy and competency tables New margin icons of key common procedures such as Hand washing, Documentation, Clean up and Dispose, and Gloving. This important reminders reinforce key tasks for nursing students New Linkage icons direct students to other skills they need to remember while learning a new skill NEW CourseMate Express website with interactive quizzes, skills videos and additional skills online for student learning and revision Each Clinical skill table updated with Performance criteria numbers to indicate NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice