Healthcare job activities

A nurse demonstrates how to disinfect your hands using soap and water.

A nurse demonstrates how to disinfect your hands using alcohol gel.

A nurse shows how to fit a name tag to a patient's wrist for identity purposes.

A nurse demonstrates how to take a patient's temperature.

A nurse demonstrates how to measure a patient's heart rate by checking their pulse.

A nurse demonstrates how to measure a patient's heart rate using an automatic blood pressure machine.

A nurse demonstrates how to measure a patient's blood pressure using a blood pressure machine.

A nurse demonstrates how to measure a patient's blood pressure using an automatic blood pressure machine.

A nurse demonstrates how to measure a patient's oxygen level using a pulse oximeter.

A nurse demonstrates how to insert a cannula into a patient's arm and explains what it is used for.

A staff nurse shows how to apply a temporary splint to a patient's leg.

A staff nurse shows how to apply a backslab cast to a patient's leg prior to going to theatre.

A nurse shows how to mark a limb that is to be operated on.

The procedures and techniques which are used in testing blood samples to establish full blood counts.

A monospot test for glandular fever is carried out using a full blood count sample.

A demonstration of an electroretinogram test to check the health of a patient's retina.

A description of the processes of creating a report from raw data; in this case, of the evaluation of a training programme.