PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE SKILLS CHECKLIST                                                                                                   

This profile is for use by Pediatric 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)

  Pediatric Intensive Care       year(s)

  Pediatric stepdown             year(s)

  General pediatrics              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.   Breath sounds                                       A B C D
1.  Assessment   b.   Rate and work of breathing                A B C D
a.   Auscultation (rate, rhythm, volume)    A B C D 2.  Interpretation of lab results  
b.   Blood pressure, invasive (arterial line) A B C D a.   Blood gases                                           A B C D
c.   Heart sounds/murmurs                         A B C D b.   X-ray reports                                          A B C D
d.  Perfusion A B C D 3.  Equipment & procedures  
2.  Equipment & procedures   a.   Airway managment  
a.   Central venous pressure                      A B C D (1)  Assist with intubation                       A B C D
b.   Defibrillation/cardioversion                 A B C D (2)  Bulb syringe                                     A B C D
c.   EKG interpretation                                A B C D (3)  Endotracheal tube suctioning  
d.   Invasive hemodynamic monitoring   (a)  In-line suction                               A B C D
(1)  Pulmonary artery/capillary wedgeA A B C D  (b) Open ET catheter suction            A B C D
(2)  Right atrial/left atrial                       A B C D (4)  Extubation                                       A B C D
3.  Care of the child with:   (5)  Nasal airway/suctioning                A B C D
a.   Bacterial endocarditis                          A B C D (6)  Oral airway/suctioning                   A B C D
b.   Cardiac arrest                                      A B C D