SECTION ONE: DERMATOLOGIC PROCEDURES Diagnostic Testing 1 Punch Biopsy 2 Skin Biopsy 3 Wood''s Light Examination Procedures 4 Abscesses--Incision and Drainage: Furuncle, Felon, Paronychia, Pilonidal Cyst, Perianal Cyst 5 Bites - Ants, Arthropods (spiders), Bees, and Wasps 6 Bites - Cats, Dogs, and Humans 7 Burns - Debridement 8 Digital Nerve Block 9 Fishhook Removal 10 Nail Removal 11 Ring Removal 12 Sebaceous Cyst Removal 13 Skin Closure - Dermabond Application 14 Skin Lesion Removal - Cautery and Cryosurgery 15 Skin Lesion Removal - Keloids, Moles, Corns, Calluses 16 Skin Tag (Acrochordon) Removal 17 Soft Tissue Aspiration 18 Staple Insertion 19 Staple Removal 20 Steri-Strip Application 21 Subungual Hematoma Excision 22 Suture Insertion 23 Suture Selection 24 Suture Removal 25 Tick Removal 26 Topical Hemostatic Agent Application 27 Ulcer Debridement SECTION TWO: MUSCULOSKELETAL PROCEDURES Diagnostic Testing 28 Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy 29 X-ray Interpretation - Bones Procedures 30 Arthrocentesis 31 Compartment Syndrome Assessment 32 Clavicle Immobilization Techniques - Clavicle Strap, Figure Eight, Sling and Swath 33 Crutch Walking 34 Dislocation Reduction 35 Ganglion Cyst Aspiration and Injection 36 Intra-Articular and Bursa Corticosteroid Injection 37 Sling Application 38 Splinting and Taping 39 Trigger Point Injection SECTION THREE: GENITOURINARY AND BREAST PROCEDURES Diagnostic Testing 40 Breast Biopsy - Fine Needle Aspiration 41 Breast Examination 42 Colposcopy - Endocervical Curettage and Cervical Biopsy 43 Endometrial Biopsy 44 Specimen Collection - Gram''s Stain, Wet Mount (Saline and KOH) 45 Specimen Collection - Papanicolaou (Pap) Smear Procedures 46 Administration of Vaginal Medications and Condoms 47 Bartholin Cyst Abscess - Incision and Drainage 48 Cervical Cap Fitting, Insertion, and Removal 49 Cervical Lesions - Cryotherapy 50 Condyloma Acuminata Removal 51 Diaphragm Fitting, Insertion, and Removal 52 IUD Fitting, Insertion, and Removal 53 Nexplanon Insertion 54 Nexplanon Removal 55 Paracervical Nerve Block 56 Pessary Insertion 57 Vaginal Examination SECTION FOUR: OBSTETRICAL PROCEDURES Diagnostic Testing 58 At-Risk Fetal Assessment - Third Trimester Testing 59 Leopold''s Maneuver 60 Fundal Assessment 61 Obstetric Ultrasound Procedures 62 Emergency Delivery 63 Teaching Breastfeeding SECTION FIVE: HEAD - EYES, EARS, NOSE, AND MOUTH Diagnostic Testing 64 Audiometry Testing 65 Tympanometry 66 Visual Function Evaluation - Snellen, Illiterate E, Pictorial Procedures--Eyes 67 Corneal Abrasion and Foreign Body Removal - Eye 68 Eye Drop Insertion 69 Eye Irrigation 70 Eye Trauma Stabilization 71 Eyebrow Laceration Repair 72 Eyelid Eversion Procedures--Ears/Nose 73 Auricular Hematoma Evacuation 74 Cerumen Impaction Removal - Irrigation of the Ear and Curette Technique 75 Epistaxis Control 76 Laryngoscopy - Indirect and Direct Flexible 77 Nasal Lavage (Irrigation) 78 Removal of Foreign Body - Ear and nose Procedures--Mouth 79 Frenotomy for Ankyloglossia 80 Lip Laceration Repair 81 Tongue Laceration Repair 82 Tooth Avulsion and Fracture SECTION SIX: CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES Diagnostic Testing 83 Doppler Technique 84 Electrocardiogram (EKG) Interpretation 85 Electrocardiogram (EKG) Lead Placement 86 Holter Monitor Application - Continuous 24-hr Ambulatory Cardiac Monitoring 87 Stress Testing (Stress EKG) 88 Type of Pacemakers Procedures 89 Arterial Puncture 90 Blood Culture Specimen Collection 91 Central Venous Catheter Access (Portacath) 92 Defibrillation 93 Unna''s Boot Application 94 Venipuncture SECTION SEVEN: RESPIRATORY PROCEDURES 95 Aerosol/Inhalation Administration (Nebulizer) 96 Assessing Respiratory Distress 97 Peak Flowmeter 98 Pulmonary Function Testing (Spirometry) 99 Pulmonary Stress Test--Simple 100 X-ray Interpretation - Chest Procedures 101 Chest Tubes for Emergency Transport 102 Flail Chest Stabilization - With or Without Open Chest Wound 103 Stab/Penetrating Wound Stabilization SECTION EIGHT: GASTROINTESTINAL PROCEDURES Diagnostic Testing 104 Anoscopy 105 Hemoccult 106 Flexible Sigmoidoscopy 107 Urea Breath Test 108 X-ray Interpretation - Abdominal Procedures 109 Gastric Lavage 110 Inguinal Hernia Reduction 111 Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) Tube Reinsertion 112 Perianal Skin Tags/External Hemorrhoidal Skin Tags 113 Pilonidal Cyst/Abscess Incision and Drainage (I & D) 114 Prostate Massage 115 Rectal Prolapse Reduction 116 Thrombosed Hemorrhoid Removal GLOSSARY INDEX.
Advanced Practice Nursing Procedures