Advantage RN ~ Travel Nurse Staffing Company

MEDICAL/SURGICAL SKILLS CHECKLIST                                                                                                                      

This profile is for use by Medical/Surgical 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)    

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   d.  Oral & topical nitrates                          ABCD
1.  Assessment   B.  PULMONARY  
a.  Auscultation (rate, rhythm)                  ABCD 1.  Assessment  
b.  Blood pressure/non-invasive                ABCD a.  Breath sounds                                        ABCD
c.  Doppler                                                  ABCD b.  Rate and work of breathing                ABCD
d.  Heart sounds/murmurs                          ABCD 2.  Interpretaion of lab results  
e.  Pulses/circulation checks                     ABCD a.  Blood chemistry                                     ABCD
2.  Equipment & procedures   b.  Blood gases                                            ABCD
a.  Telemetry   3.  Equipment & procedures  
(1)  Basic 12 lead interpretation         ABCD a.  Airway management devices/suctioning  
(2)  Basic arrhythmia interpretation   ABCD (1)  Endotrachial tube/suctioning      ABCD
(3)  Lead placement                            ABCD (2)  Nasal airway/suctioning               ABCD
b.  Pacemaker   (3)  Oropharyngeal/suctioning           ABCD
(1)  Permanent                                     ABCD (4)  Sputum specimen collection       ABCD
(2)  Temporary                                      ABCD (5)  Tracheostomy/suctioning             ABCD
3.  Care of patient with:   b.  Assist with intubation                             ABCD
a.   Abdominal aortic bypass                    ABCD c.  Assist with thoracentesis                       ABCD
b.   Aneurysm                                              ABCD d.  Care of the patient on a ventilator    ABCD
c.   Angina                                                  ABCD e.  Care of the patient with a chest tube  
d.   Cardiac arrest                                       ABCD (1)  Assist with set-up and insertion     ABCD
e.   Cardiomyopathy                                  ABCD (2)  Measuring and emptying             ABCD
f.    Carotid endarterectomy                     ABCD (3)  Removal                                         ABCD
g.   Congestive heart failure (CHF)           ABCD f.  Chest physiotherapy                              ABCD
h.   Femoral-popliteal bypass                    ABCD g.  Incentive spirometry                             ABCD
i.     Myocarditis                                            ABCD h.  O2 therapy & medication delivery systems  
j.     Post acute MI (24-48 hours)                 ABCD (1)  Bag and mask                                ABCD
k.   Post angioplasty                                   ABCD (2)  External CPAP                                 ABCD
l.     Post cardiac cath                                ABCD (3)  Face masks                                     ABCD
m.  Post cardiac surgery                            ABCD (4)  Inhalers                                            ABCD
n.   Thrombophlebitis                                  ABCD (5)  Nasal cannula                                ABCD
4.  Medications   (6)  Portable O2 tank                           ABCD
a.  Heparin drip                                           ABCD (7)  Trach collar                                     ABCD
b.  Oral anticoagulants                              ABCD    
c.  Oral & IVP antihypertensives                ABCD    

B. PULMONARY (continued)   
i.  Oximetry                                                   ABCD E.   GASTROINTESTINAL  
4.  Care of patient with:   1.  Assessment  
a.  Bronchoscopy                                       ABCD a.  Abdominal/bowel sounds                    ABCD
b.  COPD                                                      ABCD b.  Fluid balance                                         ABCD
c.  Fresh tracheostomy                               ABCD c.  Nutritional                                              ABCD
d.  Lobectomy                                            ABCD 2.  Interpretation of blood chemistry             ABCD
e.  Pneumonectomy                                  ABCD 3.  Equipment & procedures  
f.   Pneumonia                                             ABCD a.  Administration of tube feeding  
g.  Pulmonary embolism                            ABCD (1)  Feeding pump                               ABCD
h.  Thoracotomy                                         ABCD (2)  Gravity feeding                              ABCD
i.  Tuberculosis                                              ABCD (3)  Saline levage                                 ABCD
C.  NEUROLOGICAL   b.  Flexible feeding tube (i.e., Corpak, Dobhoff) ABCD
1.  Assessment   c.  Management of  
a.  Glasgow coma scale                           ABCD (1)  Gastrostomy tube                          ABCD
b.  Level of consciousness                        ABCD (2)  Jejunostomy tube                          ABCD
2.  Equipment & procedures   (3)  T-tube                                              ABCD
a.  Assist with lumbar puncture                 ABCD d.  Placement of nasogastric tube           ABCD
b.  Use of hyper/hypothermia blanket     ABCD e.  Salem sump to suction                         ABCD
3.  Care of patient with:   4.  Care of patient with:  
a.  Aneurysm precautions                         ABCD a.  Bowel obstruction                                 ABCD
b.  Basal skull fracture                                 ABCD b.  Colostomy/ileostomy                            ABCD
c.  Closed head injury                               ABCD c.  GI bleeding                                            ABCD
d.  Coma                                                     ABCD d.  GI surgery                                               ABCD
e.  CVA                                                         ABCD e.  Hepatitis                                                  ABCD
f.  DTs                                                            ABCD f.  Inflammatory bowel disease                 ABCD
g.  Encephalitis                                            ABCD g.  Invasive diagnostic testing                   ABCD
h.  Externalized VP shunts                           ABCD h.  Liver failure                                             ABCD
i.  Meningitis                                                 ABCD i.  Paralytic ileus                                           ABCD
j.  Neuromuscular disease                          ABCD F.   RENAL/GENITOURINARY  
k.  Post craniotomy                                     ABCD 1.  Assessment  
l.  Seizures                                                     ABCD a.  Arterio venous fistula/shunt                  ABCD
m.  Spinal cord injury                                  ABCD b.  Fluid balance                                         ABCD
4.  Administration of anticonvulsants             ABCD 2.  Interpretation of lab results  
D.  ORTHOPEDICS   a.  BUN & creatinine                                   ABCD
1.  Assessment   b.  Electrolytes                                             ABCD
a.  Circulation checks                               ABCD 3.  Equipment & procedures ABCD
b.  Gait                                                         ABCD a.  Insertion & care of straight and Foley catheter  
c.  Range of motion                                   ABCD (1)  Female                                            ABCD
d.  Skin                                                         ABCD (2)  Male                                                ABCD
2.  Equipment & procedures   b.  Catheter care  
a.  Continuous passive motion devices   ABCD (1)  3-way Foley                                    ABCD
b.  Support devices   (2)  Supra-pubic                                    ABCD
(1)  Cane                                               ABCD c.  Bladder irrigations  
(2)  Cervical collar                                ABCD (1)  Continuous                                     ABCD
(3)  Gait belt                                          ABCD (2)  Intermittent                                     ABCD
(4)  Prosthetic                                        ABCD d.  Specimen collection  
(5)  Sling                                                 ABCD (1)  Routine                                            ABCD
(6)  Transfer boards                               ABCD (2)  24 hour                                            ABCD
(7)  Walker                                             ABCD 4.  Care of patient with:  
(8)  Wheelchair                                     ABCD a.  Hemodialysis                                          ABCD
c.  Traction                                                   ABCD b.  Nephrectomy                                        ABCD
3.  Care of patient with:   c.  Peritoneal dialysis                                  ABCD
a.  Amputation                                            ABCD d.  Renal failure                                           ABCD
b.  Arthroscopic surgery                             ABCD e.  Renal transplant                                    ABCD
c.  Cast                                                         ABCD f.  TURP                                                          ABCD
d.  Osteoporosis                                          ABCD g.  Urinary diversion/ileal conduit nephrostomy ABCD
e.  Pinned fractures                                    ABCD h.  Urinary tract infection                           ABCD
f.  Rheumatic/arthritic disease                  ABCD    
g.  Total hip replacement                          ABCD    
h.  Total knee replacement                       ABCD    
       
       
       

 

G. ENDOCRINE/METABOLIC   c.  Inpatient chemotherapy                      ABCD
1.  Assessment   d.  Inpatient hospice                                  ABCD
a.  S/S diabetic coma                                ABCD e.  Leukemia                                                ABCD
b.  S/S insulin reaction                                ABCD f.  Radiation implant                                   ABCD
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