Course Description
Course Typically Offered
Most NWTC classes are offered in 8-week sessions. Learn more about how our class schedule can help you succeed.
Credit for Prior Learning
What will I learn?
- Use aseptic technique
- Perform mathematical calculations related to clinical practice
- Provide wound care
- Measure blood pressure
- Manage oxygen therapy
- Perform tracheostomy care and suctioning procedures (oral, nasal, pharyngeal, and tracheostomy)
- Demonstrate specimen collection procedures
- Maintain enteral tubes (feeding, irrigation, suction)
- Administer medications via the enteral route (oral/tube/rectal)
- Administer medications via the parenteral routes (Intradermal/Subcutaneous/Intramuscular)
- Administer medications via topical, transdermal, eye, ear, inhalation, and vaginal routes
- Manage intravenous therapy
- Facilitate alternative methods of elimination (urinary and bowel)
- Obtain a health history
- Perform a general survey assessment
- Perform an integumentary assessment
- Perform a musculoskeletal assessment
- Perform a head/neck assessment
- Perform a basic eye/ear assessment
- Perform a basic neurological assessment
- Perform a basic respiratory assessment
- Perform a basic cardiovascular assessment
- Perform an abdominal assessment
Class Details
- Class Number:
- NURSING 31543302-2 - Nursing Skills
- Location:
- 1326
- Date:
- -
- Delivery:
- Blended
- Term:
- 2025 Fall Session 1
Class Notes
This class is taught through a combination of in-person and online instruction. Students will attend live portions of the class at the dates, times, and location specified. The remaining instruction will be accessed anywhere using internet. For more information regarding this delivery and how to access your class, see www.nwtc.edu/blendedfaq.
A minimum of 6-12 hours of additional practice in the skills lab outside of class time is strongly advised to be successful in this course. Individual checkoffs will be scheduled outside of class time and faculty will provide more details about these scheduled checkoffs.
Meetings Times
Dates | Day(s) / Time | Location |
---|---|---|
8/18/2025 - 10/13/2025 |
Monday
8:30 AM - 11:20 AM |
NWTC Shawano ThedaCare Room 351
|
8/18/2025 - 10/13/2025 |
Monday
11:30 AM - 12:20 PM |
NWTC Shawano ThedaCare Room 351
|
8/18/2025 - 10/13/2025 |
Online
12:00 AM - 12:00 AM |
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