RN Refresher Course Outline
Day One
8/13/12
Classroom
* Lunch will be from
@ 1:00 – 2:00 pm.
Day Two
9:00 - 5:30
Welcome and Introduction
Review of Resources
What’s Your Plan for Getting Back to Practice
Health Care Trends
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)
Nursing Informatics
Physical Assessment
9:00 – 5:30
8/14/12
Skill Review and Orientation to the Skill Stations:
- Airway suctioning
- Chest tubes
- Drains
- Feeding tubes
- Infusion pumps
- IV insertion
- Medication administration
- Sterile dressings and central line care
- Tracheostomy care
- Tubes: J, G, and NG
- Urethral catheterizations
Classroom
Skin and Wound Care
Ostomies and Alternative Elimination
Day Three
8/15/12
Classroom
9:00 – 5:30
Pre and Post Operative Care
IV Management
Blood Products
PICC and Central Lines
Feeding Tubes: TPN and PPN
Day Four
8/16/12
Classroom
Day Five
8/17/12
Classroom
9:00 – 5:30
Rapid Response and Codes
Documentation: SBAR and Medication Reconciliation
Current Approaches to Treatment
Pharmacology Update
9:00 – 5:30
Lab Interpretation
Oxygenation Management
Tracheotomy Care
Principles of Chest Tube Management
Course Certificates will be given out at the end of Day Five