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Unit 1: Supporting the Client through the Health Care System 1. Using Evidence in Nursing Practice NEW! 2. Admission, Transfer, and Discharge 3. Communication 4. Reporting and Recording Unit 2: Vital Signs and Physical Assessment 5. Vital Signs 6. Health History and Physical Examination Unit 3: Infection Control 7. Medical Asepsis 8. Sterile Technique Unit 4: Activity and Mobility 9. Safe Patient Handling-Transfer and Positioning 10. Exercise and Ambulation 11. Orthopedic Measures 12. Support Surfaces and Special Beds Unit 5: Safety and Comfort 13. Safety 14. Disaster Preparedness 15. Pain Assessment and Basic Comfort Measures 16. Palliative Care Unit 6: Hygiene 17. Personal Hygiene and Bedmaking 18. Pressure Ulcer Care 19. Care of Eye and Ear Prosthesis Unit 7: Medications 20. Preparing for Medicine Administration 21. Oral and Topical Medications 22. Parenteral Medications Unit 8: Oxygenation 23. Oxygen Therapy 24. Performing Chest Physiotherapy 25. Airway Management 26. Closed Chest Drainage Systems 27. Emergency Measures for Life Support Unit 9: Fluid Balance 28. Intravenous and Vascular Access Therapy 29. Blood Transfusions Unit 10: Nutrition 30. Oral Nutrition 31. Enteral Nutrition 32. Parenteral Nutrition Unit 11: Elimination 33. Urinary Elimination 34. Bowel Elimination 35. Ostomy Care Unit 12: Care of Surgical Client 36. Preoperative and Postoperative Care 37. Intraoperative Care Unit 13: Dressings and Wound Care 38. Wound Care and Irrigations 39. Dressings, Binders and Bandages 40. Warm and Cold Therapy Unit 14: Home Care 41. Home Care Safety 42. Home Care Teaching Unit 15: Special Procedures 43. Specimen Collection 44. Diagnostic Procedures