Nursing Procedures Directory
Browse step-by-step nursing procedure and clinical skills learning resources. These guides support education and do not replace current local protocols or supervised clinical practice.
Total procedure guides: 288
Community Mental Health Nursing (RCMN)
- ROUTINE HOME VISIT TO A PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT
- HOME VISIT TO THE AGED LIVING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
- HOME VISIT TO A CLIENT WITH EPILEPSY
- HOME VISIT TO A CLIENT WITH DEPRESSION
- VISIT TO A CLIENT WITH MANIA
- HOME VISIT TO A CLIENT WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
- HOME VISIT TO A CLIENT WITH MENTAL RETARDATION (INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY)
- HOME VISIT TO A CLIENT WITH SUICIDAL IDEATION
- HOME VISIT TO A CLIENT WITH ANXIETY DISORDER
- HOME VISIT TO A CLIENT WITH ALCOHOL/OTHER SUBSTANCE ABUSE
- HOME VISIT TO A CLIENT WITH POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION/PEUPERAL PSYCHOSIS
- HOME VISIT AND OR TRACING THE DEFAULTED CLIENT
- A VISIT TO TRADITIONAL OR FAITH-BASED HEALERS
- VISIT TO THE PRISON
- VISIT TO A CORRECTIONAL CENTRE
- ASSESSING A CLIENT IN THE COMMUNITY
- FACILITATION OF A FAMILY THERAPY SESSION IN THE COMMUNITY
- FACILITATION OF A FAMILY THERAPY SESSION IN THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT
- ESTABLISHMENT OF RAPPORT WITH THE CLIENT IN THE COMMUNITY
- ASSESSMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH STATUS OF A CLIENT
- REFERRING A CLIENT TO ANOTHER FACILITY/HOSPITAL
- RECEIVING A REFERRED CLIENT WITH MENTAL DISORDER FROM ANOTHER FACILITY
- REFERRING A PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY TO A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL
- EDUCATING THE PSYCHIATRIC CLIENT ON PERSONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE AT HOME
- GIVING A HEALTH TALK TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE
- EDUCATING THE CLIENT WITH MENTAL DISORDER AT HOME ON HIS/HER CONDITION
- RESTRAINING THE AGGRESSIVE CLIENT IN THE COMMUNITY
- FACILITATING THE REHABILITATION OF A MENTALLY ILL CLIENT AND IMPROPER SEXUAL ORIENTATION PERSONS
- FACILITATING A COUNSELLING SESSION
- FACILITATING A COUNSELLING SESSION FOR PERSONS LIVING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AT HOME
- COUNSELLING THE SEXUALLY ABUSED CLIENT AT HOME
- ORGANIZING A COMMUNITY DURBAR
- FACILITATING GROUP THERAPY SESSION IN THE COMMUNITY
- MANAGING A CLIENT WITH HALLUCINATION AND ILLUSION IN THE COMMUNITY
- MANAGING PATIENT WITH INAPPROPRIATE THOUGHT (DELUSION)
- FACILITATING A RECREATIONAL THERAPY IN THE COMMUNITY
- INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOTHERAPY
- RELAXATION THERAPY TO A CLIENT IN THE COMMUNITY
- THERAPEUTIC MILIEU/COMMUNITY
- EDUCATING A CLIENT ON MEDICATION AT HOME
General Nursing (RGN)
- Immediate Post-Operative Care of a Patient
- Care of a Stoma and Changing of a Stoma Pouch
- Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Areas
- Making a Patient's Bed
- Mouth Care
- Washing of a Patient
- Measurement of Vital Signs
- Urinary Catheterization
- Basic Wound Care and Dressing
- Documentation and Recording of Patient Care
- Educating a Patient on Medication Prior to Discharge
- Explanation of Procedure to Patient/Client and Family
- Discharge Planning
- Discharge of a Patient
- Checking and Recording of Body Temperature
- Checking and Recording of Pulse
- Checking and Recording of Respiration
- Checking of Blood Pressure
- Checking and Recording of Oxygen Saturation (SpO2)
- Monitoring of Blood Glucose Level
- PRE-OPERATIVE PREPARATION OF A PATIENT
- TEPID SPONGING
- PREPARATION FOR WARD ROUNDS
- DEVELOPING INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PATIENT/CLIENT (ESTABLISHING RAPPORT)
- ORIENTATION OF PATIENT TO WARD ENVIRONMENT (AMBULANT)
- TRANSFER-IN (TRANS-IN)
- TRANSFER-OUT (TRANS-OUT)
- CARE OF THE HANDS AND FEET
- RECORDING OF INTAKE AND OUTPUT
- EDUCATION ON CONDITION AND ITS MANAGEMENT
- ADMISSION OF A PATIENT
- SIMPLE UNOCCUPIED BED
- SIMPLE OCCUPIED BED
- ADMISSION BED
- CARDIAC BED
- OPERATION BED
- FRACTURE BED
- DIVIDED BED
- SERVING OF BEDPAN TO A PATIENT
- ADMINISTRATION OF ORAL MEDICATIONS (TABLETS, CAPSULES, CAPLETS ETC.)
- ADMINISTRATION OF ORAL MEDICATIONS (MIXTURES)
- ADMINISTRATION OF INTRAVENOUS MEDICATION (INFUSION)
- ADMINISTRATION OF INTRAVENOUS MEDICATION (AMPOULE/VIAL RECONSTITUTION)
- ADMINISTRATION OF INTRAVENOUS MEDICATION (VIAL)
- ADMINISTRATION OF INTRAMUSCULAR MEDICATION
- ADMINISTRATION OF SUBCUTANEOUS MEDICATION
- ADMINISTRATION OF INTRADERMAL MEDICATION
- Administration of Intrathecal Medication
- Administration of Topical Medication
- Instillation of Eye Drops
- Administration of Rectal Medication
- Instillation of Ear Drops
- Administration of Vaginal Medication
- Collection of Blood Specimens
- Collecting a Single Voided Specimen
- Collecting a Urine Specimen from a Retention Catheter
- COLLECTION OF 24-HOURS OF URINE
- COLLECTION OF STOOL SPECIMEN
- DRESSING OF COMPLICATED WOUND (WITH ASSISTANT)
- TAKING A WOUND SWAB
- REMOVAL OF STITCHES
- PROCESSING INSTRUMENTS AFTER USE
- CARE OF AN INDWELLING URINARY CATHETER
- REMOVAL OF AN INDWELLING URINARY CATHETER
- HANDING OVER A WARD
- TAKING OVER A WARD
- WASHING OF PATIENT’S HAIR IN BED
- SPOON FEEDING OF AN ADULT ILL PATIENT
- FEEDING A PATIENT PER NASO-GASTRIC TUBE
- INSTILLATION OF NASAL DROPS
- BLOOD TRANSFUSION
- CARE OF DRAINAGE TUBE
- REMOVAL OF DRAINAGE TUBE
- PARENTERAL NUTRITION (PN)
Midwifery (RM)
- Developing Interpersonal Relationship with the Client and Family (Establishing Rapport)
- Explanation of a Procedure to a Patient/Client
- History Taking of a Pregnant Woman
- General Examination of a Pregnant Woman at the Ante-Natal Clinic
- Taking the Past Obstetric History of a Pregnant Woman/Client
- Taking the Present Obstetric History of a Pregnant Woman/Client
- Abdominal Examination of a Pregnant Woman/Client
- Breast Examination of a Pregnant Woman/Client
- Testing the Urine of a Pregnant Woman/Client for Sugar/Protein
- Health Education on Malaria to a Pregnant Woman/Client
- Health Education on Nutrition to a Pregnant Client
- Health Education on Personal and Environmental Hygiene to a Pregnant Woman/Client
- Health Education on Danger Signs During Pregnancy
- Health Education on Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness (BPCR) Plan to a Pregnant Woman/Client
- Management of Antepartum Haemorrhage
- Management of Postpartum Haemorrhage
- Vaginal Examination During Labour
- Management of the 2nd Stage of Labour
- Active Management of the 3rd Stage of Labour
- Management of Client in 4th Stage of Labour
- Performing Episiotomy
- Examination of a New Born Baby at the Labour Ward
- Assisting the Mother to Position and Attach Baby to Breastfeed
- Examination of the Puerperal Client
- Bathing a New Born Baby
- Dressing of the Umbilical Cord
- Vulval Toileting of a Puerperal Client
- General Management of First Stage of Labour
- Pain Management in Labour
- Examination of the Placenta
- Pre and Post Operative Management of the Mother (Caesaerean Section): Pre-Operative Management
- Pre and Post Operative Management of the Mother (Caesaerean Section): Immediate Care
- Pre and Post Operative Management of the Mother (Caesaerean Section): Subsequent Care
- Education on Minor Disorders of Pregnancy: Morning Sickness
- Education on Minor Disorders of Pregnancy: Haemorrhoids
- Education on Minor Disorders of Pregnancy: Constipation
- Education on Minor Disorders of Pregnancy: Leg Cramps
- Education on Minor Disorders of Pregnancy: Leucorrhoea
- Management of Shock: Immediate Management
- Management of Shock: Subsequent Management
- Management of Cord Prolapse
- Management of Premature Rupture of Membranes
- Management of Pre-Eclampsia
- Management of Mild Pre-Eclampsia
- Management of Severe Pre-Eclampsia
- Management of Eclampsia: Immediate Management
- Management of Eclampsia: Subsequent Management
- Technique for Suturing Episiotomy/Vaginal/Perineal Lacerations
Paediatric Nursing (PAED)
- RESPONDING TO CHILDHOOD EMERGENCIES: BURNS AND SCALDS
- RESPONDING TO CHILDHOOD EMERGENCIES: CONVULSION/SEIZURES
- ADMISSION OF AN AMBULANT CHILD
- ADMISSION OF A SERIOUSLY ILL CHILD
- DEVELOPING INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHILD AND CAREGIVER/FAMILY (ESTABLISHING RAPPORT)
- EXPLANATION OF PROCEDURE TO A CHILD/FAMILY/CAREGIVER
- RESPONDING TO CHILDHOOD EMERGENCIES: BITES AND STINGS
- RESPONDING TO CHILDHOOD EMERGENCIES: POISONING
- CHECKING OF BLOOD SUGAR (GLUCOSE) OF A CHILD
- NEBULIZING A CHILD WITH SIMPLE FACE MASK
- FEEDING A CHILD VIA NASO-GASTRIC TUBE
- CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR) OF A CHILD
- ADMINISTRATION OF BLOOD IN CHILDREN
- MANAGEMENT OF AN ADVERSE REACTION TO BLOOD TRANSFUSION IN CHILDREN
- MANAGEMENT OF A BABY DURING EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION
- SUCTIONING OF A CHILD
- INSERTION OF NASOGASTRIC TUBE
- SETTING UP INTRAVENOUS LINE FOR A CHILD
- ASSESSMENT OF INTRAVENOUS LINE
- CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR) OF AN INFANT (BELOW 1 YEAR)
- GAVAGE FEEDING A CHILD
- NASOGASTRIC TUBE INSERTION IN A CHILD
- ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION VIA NASOGASTRIC TUBE
- COLLECTION OF STOOL SPECIMEN FROM A CHILD
- URINE COLLECTION FROM A CHILD
- SUCTIONING A CHILD
- OXYGEN THERAPY FOR A CHILD
- NEBULIZER THERAPY FOR A CHILD
- CHEST PHYSIOTHERAPY FOR A CHILD
- WOUND CARE FOR A CHILD
- INTRAVENOUS CANNULATION IN A CHILD
- ADMINISTRATION OF INTRAVENOUS FLUIDS TO A CHILD
- BLOOD TRANSFUSION IN A CHILD
- LUMBAR PUNCTURE ASSISTANCE IN A CHILD
- EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION IN A NEWBORN
- PERITONEAL DIALYSIS IN A CHILD
- HEMODIALYSIS IN A CHILD
- TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION ADMINISTRATION IN A CHILD
- PHOTOTHERAPY FOR NEONATAL HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA
- CARDIAC MONITORING IN A CHILD
Pain Management (PM)
- ACUTE PAIN MANAGEMENT WITH ORAL MEDICATIONS FOR A MEDICAL/NON-TRAUMATIC ADULT PATIENT
- ACUTE PAIN MANAGEMENT WITH PARENTERAL (IV, IM, SC, INTRATHECAL, INTRADERMAL) IN A MEDICAL/NON TRAUMATIC ADULT PATIENT
- ACUTE PAIN MANAGEMENT WITH ORAL MEDICATIONS FOR A TRAUMATIC/SURGICAL ADULT PATIENT
- ACUTE PAIN MANAGEMENT WITH PARENTERAL (IV AND IM) MEDICATIONS FOR A TRAUMATIC/SURGICAL ADULT PATIENT
- MANAGEMENT OF A PATIENT WITH CHRONIC PAIN (VERBAL)
- MANAGEMENT OF A PATIENT WITH CHRONIC PAIN (ADULTS NONVERBAL)
- MANAGEMENT OF LABOUR PAIN
- MANAGEMENT OF PAIN IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADOLESCENTS
- MANAGEMENT OF PAIN IN NEONATES
Public Health Nursing (PHN)
- HOME VISIT TO THE AGED
- HOME VISIT TO A DIABETIC CLIENT
- HOME VISIT TO A MOTHER OR CAREGIVER WITH A MALNOURISHED CHILD
- HOME VISIT TO A MOTHER OR CAREGIVER WITH A PRE-TERM BABY
- HOME VISIT TO A CLIENT WITH TUBERCULOSIS
- HOME VISIT TO A CLIENT LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS
- HOME VISIT TO A PREGNANT WOMAN
- HOME VISIT TO A CLIENT WITH HYPERTENSION
- HOME VISIT TO A CLIENT WITH LEPROSY
- HOME VISIT TO A CLIENT WITH ELEPHANTIASIS
- HOME VISIT TO A CLIENT WITH BURULI ULCER
- HOME VISIT TO A CLIENT WITH CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (CVA)
- HOME VISIT TO A CLIENT WITH YAWS
- HOME VISIT TO A CLIENT WITH EPILEPSY
- HOME VISIT TO A CLIENT WITH MENTAL DISORDER
- HOME VISIT TO A MOTHERLESS BABY
- GIVING A HEALTH TALK AT A CHILD WELFARE CLINIC (CWC)
- REGISTRATION OF A BABY AT A CHILD WELFARE CLINIC (CWC)
- CHECKING THE WEIGHT OF A CHILD AT A CHILD WELFARE CLINIC (CWC)
- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF BABY AT A CHILD WELFARE CLINIC (CWC)
- ADMINISTERING ORAL POLIO VACCINE (OPV) AT A CHILD WELFARE CLINIC (CWC)
- ADMINISTERING INACTIVATED POLIO VACCINE (IPV) AT A CHILD WELFARE CLINIC (CWC)
- ADMINISTERING ROTARIX VACCINE AT A CHILD WELFARE CLINIC (CWC)
- GIVING INACTIVATED POLIO VACCINE (IPV) AT CHILD WELFARE CLINIC (CWC)
- GIVING ROTARIX VACCINE AT CHILD WELFARE CLINIC (CWC)
- ADMINISTERING PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE (PCV) AT A CHILD WELFARE CLINIC (CWC)
- ADMINISTERING DPT/HIB/HEP B VACCINE AT A CHILD WELFARE CLINIC (CWC)
- ADMINISTERING MEASLES/RUBELLA VACCINE AT A CHILD WELFARE CLINIC (CWC)
- ADMINISTERING YELLOW FEVER VACCINE AT A CHILD WELFARE CLINIC (CWC)
- ADMINISTERING “MEN A” AT A CHILD WELFARE CLINIC (CWC)
- COUNSELLING OF A MOTHER AT CHILD WELFARE CLINIC (CWC)
Registered Mental Health Nursing (RMN)
- DISCHARGE OF A PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT FROM THE WARD
- HISTORY TAKING OF A PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT
- INTERVIEWING THE PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT ON ADMISSION
- INTERVIEWING THE ANXIOUS PATIENT
- INTERVIEWING THE AGGRESSIVE AND ELATED/OVERACTIVE PATIENT
- ASSESSEMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH STATUS OF A PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT
- ORIENTATION OF A PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT (AMBULANT) TO THE WARD ENVIRONMENT
- ESTABLISHING RAPPORT WITH THE PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT (DEVELOPING INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP)
- FEEDING A HYPOACTIVE PATIENT
- TUBE FEEDING A HYPOACTIVE PATIENT
- FEEDING A HYPERACTIVE/OVERACTIVE PATIENT
- SHAVING THE BEARD OF A PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT
- SHAVING THE ARMPIT AND PUBIS OF A PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT
- BATHING A HYPOACTIVE PATIENT IN BED
- ASSISTING A HYPERACTIVE/OVERACTIVE PATIENT TO BATH
- ASSISTING A HYPOACTIVE PATIENT TO BATH IN THE BATHROOM
- ASSISTING AN OVERACTIVE PATIENT TO CLEAN THE MOUTH
- WASHING OF PATIENT’S HAIR
- TREATING PEDICULOUS HAIR (HEAD) OF A PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT
- TREATING PEDICULOUS HAIR (ARMPIT AND PUBIS)
- CARE OF THE HANDS AND FEET OF PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT
- TRANSFER OF A PATIENT
- REPORTING THE ABSCONDED PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT
- EXAMINATION OF THE HEAD AND HAIR OF A PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT
- MANAGEMENT OF A PATIENT WITH INAPPROPRIATE PERCEPTION (HALLUCINATION AND ILLUSION)
- EDUCATING A PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT ON MEDICATION PRIOR TO DISCHARGE
- EDUCATING A PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT ON CONDITION
- ADMINISTRATION OF TABLET(S) TO AN OVERACTIVE PATIENT
- ADMINISTRATION OF A TABLET(S) TO THE HYPOACTIVE PATIENT
- ADMINISTRATION OF MIXTURES TO AN OVERACTIVE PATIENT
- ADMINISTRATION OF MIXTURES TO A HYPOACTIVE PATIENT
- FACILITATING GROUP THERAPY SESSION
- FACILITATING RECREATIONAL THERAPY/THERAPEUTIC RECREATION
- FACILITATING FAMILY THERAPY SESSION
- FACILITATING COUNSELLING SESSION
- ORIENTATION OF THE PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT OUTSIDE THE WARD ENVIRONMENT
- RESTRAINING THE AGGRESSIVE PATIENT ON THE WARD
- PREPARING PATIENT FOR OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY (O.T.)
- MANAGING A PATIENT WITH INAPPROPRIATE THOUGHT CONTENT (DELUSION)
- PREPARING FOR SECLUSION AND CARE FOR A PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT
- PREPARING A PATIENT FOR ELECTRO-CONVULSIVE THERAPY (ECT)
- CARING FOR A PATIENT DURING ELECTRO-CONVULSIVE THERAPY (ECT)
- CARING FOR A PATIENT AFTER ELECTRO-CONVULSIVE THERAPY (ECT) ON THE WARD
- PREPARING A SAFE AND THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT FOR A PSYCHOGERIATRIC PATIENT
- ADMISSION OF A PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT
- ASSISTING A HYPOACTIVE PATIENT TO CLEAN THE MOUTH