Advantage RN ~ Travel Nurse Staffing Company

EMERGENCY ROOM SKILLS  CHECKLIST                                                                                                                   

This profile is for use by Emergency Room 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 provided 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)

  Trauma referral center (Level 1 ER)    year(s) 
  Community ER (Level II ER)    year(s) 
  Rural ER    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   b.  Other  
1.  Assessment   (1)  Adenosine (Adenocard)              ABCD
a.  Auscultation (rate, rhythm)                  ABCD (2)  Amiodarone (Cordarone)            ABCD
b.  Doppler                                                  ABCD (3)  Digoxin (Lanoxin)                           ABCD
c.  Heart sounds/murmurs                          ABCD (4)  Diltiazem (Cardizem)                     ABCD
2.  Equipment & procedures   (5)  Dobutamine (Dobutex)                ABCD
a.  Assist with insertion and set up   (6)  Dopamine (Intropin)                      ABCD
(1)  Arterial line                                      ABCD (7)  Esmolol (Brevibioc)                        ABCD
(2)  Central venous line                       ABCD (8)  Lasix (Furosemide)                         ABCD
(3)  Lead placement                            ABCD (9)  Nitroglycerin (Tridil)                        ABCD
(4)  Pacemaker                                     ABCD (10)  Nitroprusside (Nipride)                 ABCD
b.  Cardioversion                                        ABCD (11)  Thrombolytic therapy                  ABCD
c.  Interpretation of waveforms & values   B.  PULMONARY  
(1)  A-line                                               ABCD 1.  Assessment  
(2)  CVP                                                 ABCD a.  Breath sounds                                        ABCD
d.  Monitoring   b.  Rate and work of breathing                ABCD
(1)  Basic 12 lead interpretation         ABCD 2.  Interpretaion of lab results  
(2)  Basic arrhythmia interpretation   ABCD a.  Arterial blood gases                              AB