A list of nursing assistant skills you need to know before coming into the nursing program (or the Healthcare Tech program)

• Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, Blood Pressure
• Measure height and weight
• Measure and record intake and output
• Feed a client
• Collect urine from an indwelling (Foley) catheter
• Apply a condom catheter
• Give a client a bed bath
• Provide perineal care
• Help a client with a tub bath and shower
• Make an occupied bed
• Make an unoccupied bed
• Provide oral hygiene
• Shampoo the client in bed
• Perform foot and nail care
• Perform range-of-motion exercises
• Help the client get out of bed
• Transfer an immobile client from bed to wheelchair
• Support the ambulation client
• Turn and move the client in bed
• Back Massage
• Insert a hearing aid
• Proper hand washing techniques
• Using a mechanical lift
• Administering oxygen
• CPR
• Care for a client in isolation
• Donning and removing sterile gloves
• Dress a simple wound

Andrea B., UNM-G Associate Degree Nursing grad and now UNM-A Bachelor's Degree Nursing student!