# Nursing Skills

- By: Ernstmeyer & Christman (Eds.)
- Publisher: OpenRN
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://med.libretexts.org/Courses/University_of_South_Carolina_Upstate/Nursing_Skills_(OpenRN))
- Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://med.libretexts.org/Courses/University_of_South_Carolina_Upstate/Nursing_Skills_(OpenRN)
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/med-76929/pdf

This Nursing Skills textbook is an open educational resource developed for entry-level undergraduate nursing students. It is aligned with the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) statewide nursing curriculum for the Nursing Skills course (543-102) that describes techniques for obtaining a health history and performing a basic physical assessment using a body systems approach. It also includes evidence-based clinical skills with related mathematical calculations and conversions.