RCSI APTITUDE EXAM IN IRELAND | MY EXPERIENCE

14 STATIONS 1. INFECTION CONTROL 2. FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING CARE • Water low assessment • Must tool • Urinary related procedures of nursing • Falls risk assessment 3. ISBAR 4. SEPSIS 5. END OF LIFE CARE & SYRING DRIVER 6. WOUND DRESSING 7. IV INFUSION 8. CHEST INFECTION MANAGEMENT 9. ORAL DRUG ADM INISTRATION + CALCULATION 10. NOK DISCUSSION + Progress note 11. OLD AGE CARE • Frailty & Deconditioning • Dementia & Deconditioning . Delirium &Deconditioning 12. CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT ( PATIENT TEACHING ) • COPD + Lasix, MDI • ASTHMA+ MDI • Type 2 DM+ Metformin •Angina + Bisoprolol, NTG • Atrial fibrillation • Heart failure + Lasix • Stroke + alteplase 13. STUDENT TEACHING • Osteoporosis + Dexa scan • H, Pylori infection + gastroscopy IV sedation • Lung cancer +bronchoscopy +IV Sedation • Constipation+ colonoscopy + learning IV sedation + lactulose & Senna • Hypertension + Ambulatory BP Monitoring 14. ACUTE MANAGEMENT + VITAL SIGNS • DVT management • UTI management • Compartment syndrome management • DKA • Stoma care