COMPANION TO SUCCESS GROUP - REVISION PROGRAM FOR HND 2020,
Tuesday 14/07/2020 – Saturday 25/07/2020 (2 weeks)
VENUE: CHRIST THE KING COLLEGE COW STREET NKWEN
SPECIALTY: NURSING/MIDWIFERY/MLS
PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR HND 2020 NU/MW.
MEDICAL NURSING
1) VITAL SIGNS
➢ TEMPERATURE
➢ PULSE
➢ RESPIRATION
➢ BLOOD PRESSURES
NB. Candidates should be able to
• Define vital signs,
• Know the different type of vital signs,
• Know the normal values
• Reasons why we take vital signs
• Preparation for each of the procedures
2) BED MAKING
a) SIMPLE BED
• unoccupied bed ( Closed and open bed)
• Occupied bed
b) specialized
• Post-Operative bed
• Cardiac bed
• Amputated bed
• Fractured Bed
NB. Candidates should be able to
• To know reason(purpose) for bed making
• Define and know the various types of beds
• Assemble and know the materials needed for each type of bed making
• Procedure of each type of bed making and rational
3) BED ACCESSORIES
NB. Candidates should be able to
• Know the different types of bed accessories
• Know the Reason for their use
4) POSITIONS USE IN NURSING
NB. Candidates should be able to
• Know the different types of position used in nursing
• Know the pathological conditions used in nursing patients in that
position
5) DRUG ADMINISTRATION
NB. Candidates should be able to
• Know the different types of drug administration methods, (IV, IM, SC etc.)
• preparation of material of drug administration
• The five rights of drug administration
• Injection Sites
6) PRESSURE SORES.
NB. Candidates should be able to
• Defined Pressure Sores
• Identify area prone to pressure Sores
• Know how to prevent pressure Sores
7) SPECIMEN COLLECTION
NB. Candidates should be able to
• Prepare Materials for specimen collection
• Know how to collect blood, sputum, and urine sample etc
8) CATHEZISATION.
NB. Candidates should be able to
• Prepare Materials for Catherisation
• Know how to do catherisation of Male and female
• Know the different types of catheters
9) SERVING BED PANS AND URINALS
10) PREPARATION OF PATIENTS FOR VARIOUS EXAMINATION
11) BED BATHS, MOUTH TOILETING
NB. Candidates should be able to
• Prepare Materials for bed bath and mouth toileting
• Reason for carrying out the procedures
12) PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
NB. Candidates should be able to
• Defined Physical examination
• Step in physical examination
• Able to carry out a physical examination
• Know the reasons why we carry out physical examination
13) ADMISSION OF A PATIENT /DISCHARGE AND REPORT WRITING
NB. Candidates should be able to
• Admit a patient into the ward
• Procedures for admission
• Discharge a patient
• Writing daily report and Knowing its importance
• Do nurses Round and knowing its importance
OBSTETRICS AND GYNACOLOGICAL NURSING
MATERNITY
1) Admission of patient into the Maternity
NB. Candidates should be able to admit a patient in to the labor ward.
2) Signs and symptoms of labor
NB. Candidates should be able to
Distinguish between true labor and false labor
•
• Know the stages of labor
• Identify and manage each stage of labor
• Preparation of material to receive the baby
• Know vital signs and its importance in obstetric practice
3) The W.H.O partograph
NB. Candidates should be able to
Know, record and use the partograph correctly
4) Management of the third Stage of labor
NB. Candidates should be able to
Know how to deliver the placenta by Control cord traction.
•
• Do a proper examination of the placenta
• Know the active management of the third stage of
labor(AMSTEL)
5) Post-Partum hemorrhage
NB. Candidates should be able to
• Identify post-partum hemorrhage (types of post-partum
hemorrhage)
• Know the causes of post-partum hemorrhage
6) APGAR SCORE
NB. Candidates should be able to
• Know and interpret the APGAR score and its importance
7) CARE OF THE NEWBORN
NB. Candidates should be able to care of the new born after delivery.
• Weighing of the baby
• Anthropometric measures
• Administration of vitamin K and eye drops (reason and
importance)
• Physical examination of the new born
• Dressing the baby
8) DOCUMENTATION AND FILLING OF MATERNITY REGISTERS
NB. Candidates should be able to
• Document and fill register in the maternity correctly
ANTENATAL CARE (ANC)
1) ANC
NB. Candidates should be able to
. Diagnose Pregnancy (probable signs and
• Know the purpose for ANC and relate it into Preventive, curative and
health promotion aspects.
• Periods for ANC visits
• Booking clinic, what is done during the booking clinic(lab
investigation ,weight ,height, blood pressure )
• Filling the ANC card
• Calculation of EDD from the last LMP and gestational age
• Health Talk , and importance
• Preventive aspects( TT calendar, IPT ,Malaria etc)
• Promotive aspect(hygiene ,healthy feed, dressing, exercise etc)
• Curative(Treatment of minor illness in pregnancy)
• Subsequent visits( Purpose, importance, Lab investigations)
2) PHYSICAL EXAMINATION DURING ANC
NB. Candidates should be able to
• Conduct a proper physical examination from head to toes during ANC
• Inspection (The abdomen, size ,shape,strai gravidarum , CS scar etc)
• Palpation (types of palpation, know the lie of the baby and presenting
part.)
• Measuring fundal height (importance and significance )
• Auscultation( Listen and identify fetal heart sound, normal fetal heart
etc)
3) Planning for delivery
NB. Candidates should be able to
• Help the woman plan for delivery with respect to hospital, who will
take her to the hospital when labor begins, monetary preparation,
and material preparation.
SURGICAL NURSING
1) Wound Dressing
NB. Candidates should be able to
• Know the purpose of wound dressing
• Differentiate the various types of wounds
• Preparing of material for Wound dressing
• Aseptic techniques in wound dressing
2) FORCEPS IDENTIFICATION
NB Candidates should be able to
• Identify the various types of forceps and their uses
• Know how forceps are sterilized
• Know the different types of sterilization Methods
3) INFECTION PREVENTION
NB. Candidates should be able to
• What is a clean procedure
• What is a surgical procedure
• What are disinfectants
• Surgical Handwashing
• Wearing and removing surgical gloves
3) BANDAGING
NB. Candidates should be able to
• Why bandaging is done
• The various type of bandaging methods
• The Use of a plaster of Paris
