LVN Refresher Course

Lesson 1 • Regulatory and Licensing Requirements

Reviews licence renewal, continuing education mandates, and reporting obligations. Connects regulatory compliance to safe, lawful practice.

Lesson 2 • Professional Ethics and Accountability

Applies ethical principles—beneficence, autonomy, justice—to everyday LVN decisions. Builds the moral reasoning foundation for all clinical chapters.

Lesson 3 • Scope of LVN Practice

Defines authorised LVN duties versus RN and unlicensed personnel roles. Establishes the boundary framework used throughout the course.

Lesson 1 • Sterile Technique and Wound Care

Teaches aseptic field setup, sterile gloving, and wound assessment. Connects infection prevention principles to hands-on procedural skills.

Lesson 2 • Environmental and Equipment Safety

Addresses safe handling of sharps, biohazardous waste, and patient care equipment. Reinforces regulatory compliance in the physical care environment.

Lesson 3 • Core Safety Principles

Introduces the hierarchy of hazard controls and safety culture concepts. Provides the framework for all subsequent infection and medication safety content.

Lesson 1 • Head-to-Toe Physical Assessment

Guides a structured, systematic body-system inspection sequence. Builds the observational skills needed to identify abnormal findings.

Lesson 2 • Recognising and Reporting Abnormal Findings

Teaches critical-value thresholds and structured communication tools like SBAR. Ensures timely escalation of deteriorating patient conditions.

Lesson 3 • Vital Signs Measurement and Interpretation

Reviews accurate technique for temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation. Establishes baseline data collection skills for all assessments.

Lesson 1 • Routes of Administration and Technique

Demonstrates oral, subcutaneous, intramuscular, and IV push techniques with site selection. Builds procedural competency across the most common administration routes.

Lesson 2 • Dosage Calculation and Preparation

Practices ratio-proportion, dimensional analysis, and weight-based dosing methods. Directly reduces calculation errors before drug administration.

Lesson 3 • Adverse Reactions and Medication Errors

Identifies allergic, toxic, and idiosyncratic reactions and outlines error-reporting workflows. Prepares nurses to respond and document medication incidents promptly.

Lesson 4 • Rights of Drug Administration

Applies the ten rights framework and barcode medication administration verification. Integrates safety checks into every administration event.

Lesson 1 • Legal and Accurate Clinical Documentation

Applies charting standards—timeliness, objectivity, error correction—to electronic and paper records. Ensures documentation meets legal and accreditation requirements.

Lesson 2 • Planning and Goal Setting

Writes SMART patient-centred goals and selects evidence-based nursing interventions. Translates diagnoses into actionable, measurable care plans.

Lesson 3 • Assessment and Nursing Diagnosis

Collects subjective and objective data and formulates standardised nursing diagnoses. Links systematic data gathering to problem identification.

Lesson 4 • Implementation of Nursing Interventions

Executes independent, dependent, and collaborative nursing actions safely. Demonstrates how planned interventions translate into direct patient care.

Lesson 1 • Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Addresses diabetes management, thyroid dysfunction, and fluid-electrolyte imbalances. Builds competency in monitoring and responding to metabolic emergencies.

Lesson 2 • Gastrointestinal and Urinary Nursing Care

Manages patients with GI disorders, ostomies, urinary catheters, and renal conditions. Integrates infection prevention with system-specific care techniques.

Lesson 3 • Perioperative Nursing Care

Covers preoperative checklists, intraoperative positioning, and postoperative recovery monitoring. Prepares nurses to support patients through all surgical phases.

Lesson 4 • Cardiovascular and Respiratory Conditions

Reviews nursing care for heart failure, hypertension, COPD, and pneumonia. Connects pathophysiology to targeted assessment and intervention priorities.

Lesson 1 • Paediatric Growth and Development

Applies developmental milestones to age-appropriate assessment and communication. Ensures nursing interventions match the child's cognitive and physical stage.

Lesson 2 • Common Paediatric Conditions

Addresses nursing care for respiratory infections, dehydration, and childhood chronic illnesses. Builds competency in paediatric-specific assessment and intervention.

Lesson 3 • Postpartum and Newborn Care

Covers postpartum uterine involution, breastfeeding support, and newborn transition assessment. Connects maternal recovery to safe newborn care practices.

Lesson 4 • Geriatric Assessment and Care

Identifies age-related physiological changes and common geriatric syndromes such as delirium and polypharmacy. Promotes safe, dignity-centred care for older adults.

Lesson 1 • Common Medical Emergencies

Manages anaphylaxis, hypoglycaemia, stroke, and respiratory failure using priority-based nursing actions. Reinforces rapid decision-making with condition-specific protocols.

Lesson 2 • Basic Life Support and Code Response

Reviews adult, paediatric, and infant CPR, AED use, and code team roles. Prepares nurses to initiate and support resuscitation efforts immediately.

Lesson 3 • Clinical Reasoning and Priority Setting

Applies Maslow's hierarchy and ABC prioritisation to multi-patient scenarios. Develops the critical thinking framework needed for complex clinical decisions.

Lesson 4 • Rapid Patient Deterioration Recognition

Uses early warning scoring systems and clinical intuition cues to detect deterioration. Enables timely intervention before a full emergency develops.