Advantage RN ~ Travel Nurse Staffing Company

CRITICAL CARE SKILLS CHECKLIST

This profile is for use by Critical Care nurses with more than one year experience in their discipline and specialty. It will not be a determining factor for the Advantage RN program.

Please enter your full legal name as it appears on your Social Security Card.

First Name: Last Name: email:      

Please check the boxes below for each age group for which you have pr
ovided age appropriate nursing care:

A.   Newborn/Neonate (birth-30days) F.     Adolescents (12-18 years)
B    Infant (30 days-1 year) G.   Young adults (18-39 years)
C   Toddler (1-3 years) H.   Middle adults (39-64 years)
D   Preschooler (3-5 years)  I.     Older adults (64+)
E.    School age children (5-12 years)    

   My experience is primarily in:  (please indicate number of years)

   Medical  year(s)    Coronary care year(s)
    Surgical  year(s)      Neuro year(s)
   Trauma year(s)    Burn  year(s)
    Cardiothoracic year(s)     PACU year(s)
 Other (specify) year(s)  

Please indicate your level of experience:   A.  Theory, no practice     B.  Intermittent     C.  One- Two Years Current Experience               D.  Two plus years experience, can function independently

     A.  CARDIOVASCULAR (10)  SVO2                                             ABCD
  1.  Assessment (11)  SVR                                                ABCD
a.  Abnormal heart sounds/murmurs ABCD f.    Intra aortic balloom pump                  ABCD
b.  Auscultation (rate, rhythm) ABCD   g.   Monitoring
c.  Blood pressure/non-invasive  ABCD (1) 12 lead EKG interpretation            ABCD
d.  Doppler  ABCD (2) Arrhythmia interpretation              ABCD
e.  Pulses/circulation checks    ABCD (3) Lead placement                             ABCD
  2.  Interpretation of lab results (4) Rhythm strip assessment                ABCD
a.  Cardiac enzymes & isoenzymes         ABCD (5) Set up and run 12 lead EKG          ABCD
b.   Coagulation studies                             ABCD   h.   Pacemaker
  3.  Equipment & procedures (1) External                                            ABCD
a.   Assist with: (2) Permanent                                      ABCD
(1)  Arterial line insertion                      ABCD (3) Temporary                                       ABCD
(2)  Central line insertion                      ABCD (4) Transthoracic (epicardial)             ABCD
(3)  Open chest emergency               ABCD i.     Ventricular assist device (RVAD or LVAD) ABCD
(4)  PA catheter/Swan-Ganz insertion ABCD   4.  Care of patient with:
(5)  Pericardiocentesis                         AB