SCHOOL OF NURSING
Skill Rationale Sheet
Please complete the Rationale Sheet for each assigned skill. Using the table below, explain the
skill, the evidence-based practice related to each skill, and any notes or comments related to
your performance of each skill. Each skill and rationale should be completed prior to lab
practice, with notes entered during or after lab.
Each Skill Rationale Sheet is worth 10 points per assigned skill.
Skill Set One
1
LAB SKILL
ACTION
Steps
Rationale
Notes
1. Using Personal
Protective
Equipment, Skill 1-3
1. Check medical
record and nursing plan
of care for type of
precautions
and review precautions
in infection control
manual
The different type of
organisms requires
different PPE
2. Plan nursing
activities before
entering patient’s room.
Organization makes it
easier to adhere to
precaution and to
perform a task.
3. Perform hand
hygiene.
Hand hygiene prevents
the spread of
4. Inform and educate
the patient, the family,
and visitors
Education improves
patient and family
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- Summer '17
- Roxanne Gould
