Nursing Qualification Level Assessment (Kazakhstan) study plan

Define the scope of practice, rights and duties of a nurse in Kazakhstan and list five situations that require immediate escalation to a physician

Demonstrate the correct sequence of hand hygiene according to WHO five moments and justify each moment with a clinical example

Distinguish disinfection from sterilization and classify instruments into critical, semi-critical and non-critical by Spaulding categories

Explain the ethical principles of beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy and justice using one nursing scenario each

Calculate the correct concentration and exposure time for three commonly used disinfectants in a ward setting

Describe the stages of the nursing process and apply them in writing to a patient with a pressure injury risk

Outline the steps of pre-sterilization cleaning, packaging and storage of sterile supplies and identify three common breaches

Explain isolation precautions (contact, droplet, airborne) and match each to two representative infections

Discuss patient confidentiality, informed consent and documentation duties under Kazakhstani nursing practice

Identify the correct procedure for managing a needlestick injury, including reporting and post-exposure prophylaxis steps

Measure and interpret blood pressure, pulse, respiration, temperature and oxygen saturation, and state normal ranges for adults and children

Recognize and describe early warning signs of clinical deterioration using a simple track-and-trigger approach

Explain the rights of medication administration and apply them to five high-risk medication scenarios

Compare the routes of administration (oral, IM, SC, IV, topical, inhalation) by onset, absorption and nursing considerations

Calculate drug doses, dilutions and infusion rates for five worked problems without a calculator error

Classify the major drug groups used in internal medicine (antihypertensives, antidiabetics, anticoagulants, diuretics, bronchodilators) by mechanism and key adverse effects

Describe nursing monitoring priorities for patients on anticoagulants, insulin and digoxin

Apply the nursing process to heart failure, hypertension and type 2 diabetes, including patient education points

Explain age-related physiological changes and adjust assessment and medication safety for older adults

Identify fall-risk, delirium and polypharmacy risks and describe prevention measures

Describe preoperative assessment, consent, fasting and skin preparation and the nurse's role in each

Explain the phases of wound healing and differentiate clean, clean-contaminated, contaminated and infected wounds

Select appropriate dressing types for a clean surgical wound, a pressure ulcer and an infected wound, with rationale

Outline postoperative monitoring for pain, bleeding, infection, thrombosis and respiratory complications

Describe the principles of aseptic technique during dressing change and suture or drain care

Describe antenatal monitoring, the stages of labor and the nurse's role in each stage

Explain immediate newborn care: Apnea assessment, warmth, breastfeeding initiation and newborn screening steps

Apply pediatric assessment differences, including weight-based dosing and dehydration signs in children

Demonstrate the sequence of adult basic life support, including compression depth, rate and AED use

Outline first-response management for choking, anaphylaxis, hypoglycemia and hemorrhage

Summarize the sanitary-epidemiological requirements for healthcare organizations in Kazakhstan, including waste handling and disinfection regimes

Explain patient rights, informed consent, medical secrecy and complaint mechanisms under Kazakhstani healthcare law

Describe the structure and functions of primary health care, including screening programs and vaccination schedules

Design a short health-promotion message for a common risk factor such as hypertension, smoking or obesity

Identify notifiable infectious diseases and the reporting chain to the sanitary-epidemiological service

Complete a nursing record entry using the correct structure, abbreviations and timeliness standards

Explain quality indicators, incident reporting and root-cause analysis in patient safety

Review weak areas from earlier weeks and rewrite the five most-missed concepts in your own words

Complete a timed 60-question mixed mock test and analyze every error by domain

Build a final one-page summary of high-yield facts for each of the 11 domains