Nursing Advanced Skills by Open RN

This OER textbook, Nursing Advanced Skills, is an open educational resource with CC-BY licensing developed specifically for prelicensure nursing students. The e-book and downloadable versions are free. Affordable print versions are published in collaboration with XanEdu and available on Amazon and in college bookstores. Content is based on the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) statewide nursing curriculum for the Nursing Advanced Skills course (543-112) and the NCLEX-RN Test Plan. Content includes advanced skills for registered nurses, such as intravenous infusion, blood product administration, management of central lines and chest tube systems, basic electrocardiogram interpretation, and nasogastric/feeding tube insertion, and builds on basic nursing skills discussed in the Open RN Nursing Skills OER textbook. Contents: Introduction Chapter 1. Initiate IV Therapy Chapter 2. Administer IV Push Medications Chapter 3. Administer Blood Products Chapter 4. Manage Central Lines Chapter 5. Insert Nasogastric and Feeding Tubes Chapter 6. Manage Chest Tube Drainage Systems Chapter 7. Interpret Basic ECG Glossary Appendix of Rhythm Strips Answer Keys