Advantage RN ~ Travel Nurse Staffing Company

NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE SKILLS CHECKLIST                                                                                                  

This profile is for use by Neonatal Intensive 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)
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)

   Level II Nursery         year(s)    

   Level III Nursery        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   2.  Interpretation of lab results  
1.  Assessment   a.   Blood gases                                           ABCD
a.   Auscultation (rate, rhythm, volume)    ABCD b.   Interpretation of x-ray reports             ABCD
b.   Blood pressure, invasive (arterial line ABCD 3.  Equipment & procedures  
c.   Blood pressure, non-invasive               ABCD a.   Airway managment  
d.   Heart sounds/murmurs                         ABCD (1)  Assist with intubation                       ABCD
e.  Perfusion ABCD (2)  Bulb syringe                                     ABCD
f.    Pulses  ABCD (3)  CPAP (nasal prongs)                       ABCD
2.  Equipment & procedures   (4)  Endotracheal tube stabilization    ABCD
a.   EKG interpretation                                ABCD (5)  Endotracheal tube suctioning  
b.   Defibrillation/cardioversion                 ABCD    (a)  In-line suction                               ABCD
c.   Invasive hemodynamic monitoring    ABCD    (b) Open ET catheter suction            ABCD
d.   Central venous pressure                      ABCD (6)  Extubation                                       ABCD
3.  Care of the patient with:   (7)  Intubation                                        ABCD
a.   Cardiac arrest                                      ABCD (8)  Nasal airway/suctioning                ABCD
b.   Cardiac transplant                               AB