Nursing Program of Study

Our Nursing modules have been developed to help you learn valuable procedure-focused skills with our interactive 3-D anatomy, realistic cognitive simulator, step-by-step text with images and reference links, and video with expert commentary. This suite of procedures is designed to complement your Nursing studies and will help provide you with the confidence to work with patients.

Our program of study includes procedures that are based on the entry-level competencies for which the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) and Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) test the Medical student and are listed in each procedure.

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Injections

Administer Intramuscular Injections
Administer Intramuscular Injections

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for, perform, and document the safe and correct administration of an intramuscular injection.

Administer Subcutaneous Injections
Administer Subcutaneous Injections

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for, perform, and document the safe and correct administration of a subcutaneous injection.

Administer Intradermal Injections
Administer Intradermal Injections

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for, perform, and document the safe and correct administration of an intradermal injection.

 
 

Vital Signs

Obtain Pediatric Vital Signs
Obtain Pediatric Vital Signs

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for, perform, and assess pediatric vital signs.

Obtain Adult Vital Signs
Obtain Adult Vital Signs

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for, perform, and assess adult vital signs.

 
 

Surgical Procedures

Assist with Minor Surgical Procedures
Assist with Minor Surgical Procedures

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for, and safely assist with, minor surgical procedures.

Perform Skin Prep for Minor Surgical Procedures
Perform Skin Prep for Minor Surgical Procedures

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for and perform skin prep for minor surgical procedures.

Prepare for Minor Surgical Procedures
Prepare for Minor Surgical Procedures

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for minor surgical procedures, and correctly open and add sterile instruments required to the surgical instrument pack, while using a sterile technique.


Perform Suture Removal
Perform Suture Removal

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for and perform suture removal.

 
 

General Procedures

Perform and Interpret an ECG
Perform and Interpret an ECG

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for and perform a pediatric assessment of an infant.

Pediatric Assessment (Infant)
Pediatric Assessment (Infant)

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for and perform a pediatric assessment of an infant.

Irrigate the Eye and Instill Eye Medication
Irrigate the Eye and Instill Eye Medication

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for and perform both irrigation of the eye, and instill eye medication.


Irrigate the Ear and Instill Ear Medication
Irrigate the Ear and Instill Ear Medication

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for and perform both irrigation of the ear, and instillation of ear medication.

Obtain Swabs for Culture
Obtain Swabs for Culture

This procedure teaches you how to prepare and obtain swabs for culture from the back of the throat and wounds.

Administer Nebulizer Treatment and Assess Peak Flow
Administer Nebulizer Treatment and Assess Peak Flow

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for and administer nebulizer treatment and assess peak flow.


Assist with Pap Smear
Assist with Pap Smear

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for, and assist with, a routine breast examination and Pap smear.

 
 

Electrocardiography

Electrocardiogram (ECG) - 12 Lead
Electrocardiogram (ECG) - 12 Lead

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for and perform a pediatric assessment of an infant.

 
 

Gynecological Procedures

Cervical Smear
Cervical Smear

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for and correctly perform a cervical smear using microslide and liquid-based cytology methods.

Bimanual Pelvic Examination
Bimanual Pelvic Examination

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for and correctly perform a bimanual examination.

 
 

Miscellaneous Procedures

Lumbar Puncture
Lumbar Puncture

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for and correctly perform a lumbar puncture.

Digital Block
Digital Block

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for and correctly perform a digital block.

Laparoscopic Appendectomy
Laparoscopic Appendectomy

This procedure teaches you how to correctly perform a laparoscopic appendectomy using two different techniques for retrieval.


Nasogastric Tube (NGT) Insertion
Nasogastric Tube (NGT) Insertion

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for and correctly insert a nasogastric tube.

 
 

Urinary Bladder Catheterization

Male Urinary Bladder Catheterization
Male Urinary Bladder Catheterization

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for and correctly perform male bladder catheterization.

Suprapubic Bladder Catheterization
Suprapubic Bladder Catheterization

This procedure teaches you how to safely prepare for and perform bladder catheterization from the suprapubic region.

Female Bladder Catheterization
Female Bladder Catheterization

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for and correctly perform female bladder catheterization.

 
 

Vascular Procedures

Venous Cannulation
Venous Cannulation

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for, perform, and document the safe and correct insertion of an intravenous line for venous cannulation.

Arterial Line Insertion
Arterial Line Insertion

This procedure teaches you how to safely prepare for and perform the insertion of an arterial line into the three main sites.

Arterial Blood Sampling
Arterial Blood Sampling

This procedure teaches you how to safely prepare for and obtain arterial blood samples from the three main sites, ready for blood gas analysis.


Central Venous Catheterization - Subclavian
Central Venous Catheterization - Subclavian

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for, perform, and document the safe and correct insertion of a central venous catheter into the subclavian vein for the administration of medication, fluids, or blood.

Central Venous Catheterization - Internal Jugular
Central Venous Catheterization - Internal Jugular

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for, perform, and document the safe and correct insertion of a central venous catheter into the jugular vein for the administration of medication, fluids, or blood.

Perform Venipuncture
Perform Venipuncture

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for, perform, and document safe and correct methods for blood collection, using a variety of venipuncture techniques.


Perform Capillary Puncture and Hematology Testing
Perform Capillary Puncture and Hematology Testing

This procedure teaches you how to prepare for, perform, and document safe and correct techniques using capillary puncture for blood glucose, hematocrit, and cholesterol testing.