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1. Clinical Judgment in Nursing Practice
2. Communication and Collaboration
3. Admitting, Transfer, and Discharge
4. Documentation and Informatics
5. Vital Signs
6. Health Assessment
7. Specimen Collection
8. Diagnostic Procedures
9. Medical Asepsis
10. Sterile Technique
11. Safe Patient Handling and Mobility (SPHM)
12. Exercise and Mobility
13. Support Surfaces and Special Beds
14. Patient Safety
15. Disaster Preparedness
16. Pain Management
17. End-of-Life Care
18. Personal Hygiene and Bed Making
19. Care of the Eye and Ear
20. Safe Medication Preparation
21. Nonparenteral Medications
22. Parenteral Medications
23. Oxygen Therapy
24. Airway Management
25. Cardiac Care
26. Closed Chest Drainage Systems
27. Emergency Measures for Life Support
28. Intravenous and Vascular Access Therapy
29. Blood Therapy
30. Oral Nutrition
31. Enteral Nutrition
32. Parenteral Nutrition
33. Urinary Elimination
34. Bowel Elimination and Gastric Intubation
35. Ostomy Care
36. Preoperative and Postoperative Care
37. Intraoperative Care
38. Wound Care and Irrigations
39. Pressure Injury Prevention and Care
40. Dressings, Bandages, and Binders
41. Home Care Safety
42. Home Care Teaching