SAFETY & PRIORITY

  • ABCs
  • Maslow hierarchy
  • Stable vs unstable
  • Acute vs chronic
  • Safety precautions
  • Emergency signs

🦠 INFECTION CONTROL

  • Hand hygiene
  • Standard precautions
  • Airborne precautions
  • Droplet precautions
  • Contact precautions
  • PPE order
  • Sterile technique
  • Sepsis

πŸ’Š MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION

  • Rights of medication
  • Injection angles
  • Insulin basics
  • Anticoagulants
  • High-alert medications
  • Medication safety

🫁 OXYGENATION

  • Oxygen devices
  • Hypoxia signs
  • COPD oxygen precautions
  • Airway management
  • Incentive spirometer

⚑ FLUIDS & ELECTROLYTES

  • Sodium
  • Potassium
  • Calcium
  • Magnesium
  • Dehydration
  • Fluid overload

🚢 MOBILITY & SAFETY

  • Fall prevention
  • Body mechanics
  • Transfer safety
  • Restraints
  • Seizure precautions
  • Assistive devices

πŸ›οΈ SKIN INTEGRITY & WOUNDS

  • Pressure injuries
  • Wound care
  • Wound drainage
  • Turning schedule

🍽️ NUTRITION

  • Enteral feeding
  • TPN
  • Aspiration precautions
  • Dysphagia diets

🚽 ELIMINATION

  • Foley catheter care
  • UTI prevention
  • Intake & output
  • Enemas
  • Bowel assessment

πŸ₯ PERIOPERATIVE CARE

  • Pre-op care
  • Post-op care
  • Atelectasis prevention
  • DVT prevention

🧠 THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION

  • Therapeutic responses
  • Nontherapeutic responses
  • Mental health communication

πŸ“‹ DOCUMENTATION

  • Legal charting
  • SBAR
  • Incident reports
  • Telephone orders

πŸ‘©‍βš•οΈ DELEGATION

  • RN responsibilities
  • LPN responsibilities
  • UAP responsibilities
  • What cannot be delegated

πŸ§ͺ LAB VALUES

  • CBC
  • Electrolytes
  • ABGs
  • Coagulation labs
  • Glucose

❀️ VITAL SIGNS

  • Blood pressure
  • Pulse
  • Respirations
  • Oxygen saturation
  • Orthostatic hypotension

⚰️ END-OF-LIFE CARE

  • Hospice
  • Palliative care
  • Grief stages
  • Comfort care

🎯 NCLEX STRATEGIES

  • SATA tricks
  • Priority tricks
  • NCLEX keywords
  • Test-taking strategies

⭐ BONUS SECTIONS

QUICK REVIEW CHEAT SHEETS

  • Isolation chart
  • Lab values
  • Insulin chart
  • Antidotes
  • Injection sites

Fundamentals & Safety (30 Facts)

 

  • ABCs first
  • Maslow priority
  • RN assesses
  • UAP can do ADLs
  • Airborne = TB, measles, varicella
  • Droplet = flu, meningitis
  • Contact = MRSA, C. diff
  • Infiltration = cool, swollen
  • Phlebitis = warm, red
  • Blood runs with NS only
  • First 15 minutes of transfusion are critical