Advantage RN ~ Travel Nurse Staffing Company

INTERMEDIATE CARE / TELEMETRY SKILLS CHECKLIST                                                                                                

This profile is for use by Intermediate 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 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)
  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)    

 

   Cardiac  year(s)    Neuro year(s)
   Trauma  year(s)     Telemetry year(s)
   Cardiac Surgical 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   a.   Abdominal aortic bypass                    ABCD
  1.  Assessment   b.   Aneurysm                                              ABCD
    a.  Auscultation (rate, rhythm)                  ABCD c.   Angina                                                   ABCD
    b.  Heart sounds/murmurs                          ABCD d.   Cardiac arrest                                       ABCD
    c.  Pulses/circulation checks                     ABCD e.   Cardiomyopathy                                  ABCD
  2.  Interpretation of lab results   f.    Carotid endarterectomy                     ABCD
a.  Cardiac enzymes/isoenzymes           ABCD g.   Congestive heart failure (CHF)           ABCD
b.  Coagulation studies                            ABCD h.   Femoral-popliteal bypass                    ABCD
3.  Equipment & procedures ABCD i.     Post acute MI (24-48 hours)                 ABCD
a.  Monitoring/telemetry   j.     Post angioplasty                                                   ABCD
(1)  Arrhythmia interpretation             ABCD k.   Post arthrecotomy (DCA)                    ABCD
(2)  Basic 12 lead interpretation         ABCD m.  Post CABG (24 hours)                           ABCD
(3)  Lead placement: 5 electrode tele ABCD n.   Post cardiac cath                                ABCD
(4)  Lead placement: I, III, V-leads     ABCD o.   Post stent placement                           ABCD
(5)  Lead placement: Lead II and MCL ABCD 5.  Medications  
b.  Pacemaker   a.  Atropine                                                 ABCD
(1)  Permanent                                     ABCD b.  Bretylium (Bretylol)                                 ABC