Skill Test On Tuesday

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Hello everyone is hope that you had a great week.I am taking my skill state test on Tuesday and I sure as you know you start to think of the skill that you are going to draw.I need to ask this I know it's just me, and i know i will be fine I am just coving my self.How do you put on a diaper without touching the old one.Can someone Help me. When you do the shower do you get then undress are then ready for you to shower.Handwashing you wash your hand in the room comming in and out right.I think i am just reasureing myself. Can you tell me what skill you were hoping not to get.Thank you have a great weekend.:uhoh3:

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Specializes in Geriatrics.

Hey Greysa- I didn't want to get any skills! :lol2:

I think it's normal to be really nervous-everyone in my class was. The skill I really didn't want to get was helping a resident use a bedpan, because we didn't really practice this one enough in lab, and it was the ONLY skill I didn't get to practice during clinical. I also was a little bit nervous about BP. Even though I knew how to take BP, I tend to mess up when I have people watching me. I ended up pulling some of the easiest skills: Pulse, range of motion on right arm, and Handwashing! I really lucked out.

As far as putting on the diaper goes, when you take out the old one with your gloves, we were taught to use a new set of gloves when positioning the new one under a resident. I'm not sure how many people actually do this, but this is what we were taught, so the new diaper doesn't get contaminated.

When I did showers during clinical, it varied. Some of the residents preferred to get undressed in their rooms and put on a johhny before going to the shower, but most of them stayed in their clothes and then got undressed in the shower room right before taking a shower.

Good luck on Tuesday!!

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Specializes in i pull sheaths :).

Ya know......we were never taught to change the diapers in class. I was actually taught that during orientation at my job.

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Hello everyone is hope that you had a great week.I am taking my skill state test on Tuesday and I sure as you know you start to think of the skill that you are going to draw.I need to ask this I know it's just me, and i know i will be fine I am just coving my self.How do you put on a diaper without touching the old one.Can someone Help me. When you do the shower do you get then undress are then ready for you to shower.Handwashing you wash your hand in the room comming in and out right.I think i am just reasureing myself. Can you tell me what skill you were hoping not to get.Thank you have a great weekend.:uhoh3:

For my state, WA, changing a brief wasn't on our list of tested skills - thankfully! I really didn't want to get catheter or peri care. I ended up getting: washing hands, feeding, partial bed bath, fingernail care, and recording pulse.

My advice for you is to breath Don't get yourself too nervous. Remember the important things - wash hands before and after every skill, provide privacy, make sure the bed is in a low position, and the call light is close to the resident. Oh and remember to wash your hands for 15-20s because one girl I tested with washed for 14s and they failed her on the spot.

Good luck!!

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Good luck! :)

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