Clinical skills for (CGIDP) Children's and General Integrated Degree Programme
Children's specific clinical skills are taught throughout all years of the undergraduate CGIDP and higher diploma in children's nursing programmes. They are designed to enable the student to provide excellent evidence based nursing care to sick children and their families in the acute hospital based setting and in community settings. Each clinical skills session is based on current national and international best practice guidelines and aims to equip the student with the skills and practical guidance necessary to provide high quality nursing care to patients and their families.
Many teaching strategies are utilised during clinical skills classes, such as technological based simulation, laboratory-based simulation, role-play, problem-based learning and ward based teaching in the health service providers. The following is a list of skills that are taught, they correspond directly with child theory classes that are delivered in D'Olier St.
Junior Freshman
- Vital signs
- Neurological observations
- Fluid balance
- Feeding
- Drug administration and medication safety
- Infant Hygiene
- Ward based teaching in the NCH
Senior Freshman
- Incubator care
- Respiratory care
- Tracheostomy care
- Eye/ear drops
- Pain assessment
- Nasogastric care
- Catheterisation
Junior Sophister
- Lumbar puncture
- EEG/Seizure care
- C/O unconscious child
- Traction/cast care
- Skin assessment
- Advanced nursing care scenarios
- Workshop based classes in NCH
Senior Sophister
- Positioning ill infants and children
- Last offices
- Blood transfusion
- Central venous access devices
- Nursing care of the child with burns
- Nursing care of the child following poisoning
Higher Diploma
- Vital signs/Neuro observations
- Infant Hygiene
- Incubator care
- Respiratory care
- Stoma management
- Nasogastric care
- Care of a child with a seizure
- Lumbar puncture
- Eye/ear drops
- Tracheostomy care
- Traction/cast care
- Urine collection
- Central venous access devices