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Comprehensive assessment skills are fundamental to nursing practice in long-term care. This lesson covers the systematic approach to nursing assessment, head-to-toe physical examination techniques, assessment documentation using approved terminology, recognizing changes in resident condition, skin assessment and staging, neurological assessment including Glasgow Coma Scale, vital sign interpretation, and communicating assessment findings to physicians and interdisciplinary team members.

Nursing education on nursing care plan writing, including assessment, clinical interventions, medication management, patient education, and evidence-based practice guidelines for nurses.

Nursing education on nursing diagnosis vs medical diagnosis, including assessment, clinical interventions, medication management, patient education, and evidence-based practice guidelines for nurses.

Thorough and accurate documentation is essential for continuity of care, legal protection, and regulatory compliance. This lesson covers documentation principles and standards, nursing process documentation, real-time charting techniques, late entry and addendum procedures, documenting changes in condition and provider notification, incident and accident report completion, documenting patient and family communication, and avoiding common documentation pitfalls that lead to survey deficiencies.

Nursing education on nursing documentation systems, including pathophysiology, assessment, nursing interventions, medication management, patient education, and evidence-based practice guidelines for registered nurses and licensed vocational nurses.

Nursing education on nursing informatics overview, including pathophysiology, assessment, nursing interventions, medication management, patient education, and evidence-based practice guidelines for registered nurses and licensed vocational nurses.

Nursing education on nursing process overview, including assessment, clinical interventions, medication management, patient education, and evidence-based practice guidelines for nurses.

Nurses in long-term care must effectively supervise and delegate to CNAs and other team members. This lesson covers the California Nurse Practice Act delegation provisions, the five rights of delegation, scope of practice for RNs, LVNs, and CNAs, supervisory responsibility and accountability, effective communication with unlicensed assistive personnel, performance feedback techniques, managing conflicts within the care team, and documentation of delegation and supervision activities.

Nursing education on a1c interpretation, including pathophysiology, assessment, nursing interventions, medication management, patient education, and evidence-based practice guidelines.

Nursing education on abdominal assessment, including pathophysiology, assessment, nursing interventions, medication management, patient education, and evidence-based practice guidelines.

Nursing education on acid-base balance, including pathophysiology, assessment, nursing interventions, medication management, patient education, and evidence-based practice guidelines.

Nursing education on acute kidney injury, including pathophysiology, assessment, nursing interventions, medication management, patient education, and evidence-based practice guidelines.