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LTAC RN Skills Checklist

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Instructions:This checklist is meant to serve as a general guideline for our client facilities as to the level of your skills within your nursing specialty. Please use the scale below to describe your experience/expertise in each area listed below.

Proficiency Scale:

1 = No Experience
2 = Need Training
3 = Able to perform with supervision
4 = Able to perform independently

Age of Patients Cared For

Young Adults (18 years to 39 years):

★★★★

Middle Adults (39 years to 64 years):

★★★★

Older Adults (64+ years):

★★★★

Clinical Settings

Hospital within Hospital:

★★★★

Free-Standing LTAC:

★★★★

General Skills

Admission:

★★★★

Advance Directives:

★★★★

Collect Appropriate Data:

★★★★

Organ/Tissue Donation:

★★★★

Patient and Family Teaching:

★★★★

Electronic Medical Records:

★★★★

CARDIOVASCULAR

Assess

Abnormal Heart Sounds/Murmurs:

★★★★

Capillary Refill:

★★★★

Patient Experience

Acute MI:

★★★★

Angina:

★★★★

Cardiac Arrest/CPR:

★★★★

Cardiomyopathy:

★★★★

Congestive Heart Failure:

★★★★

Pacemaker:

★★★★

AICD (Automatic Implanted Cardioverter/Defibrillator):

★★★★

Post Cardio-Thoracic Surgery:

★★★★

Monitoring

CVP Monitoring:

★★★★

Arterial Line:

★★★★

Cardiac Monitoring:

★★★★

Labs

BNP (Brain Natriuretic Peptide):

★★★★

Cardiac Enzymes and Isoenzymes:

★★★★

Coagulation Studies:

★★★★

Troponin:

★★★★

PULMONARY

Assess

Adventitious Breath Sounds:

★★★★

Oxygenation Status:

★★★★

Rate and Work of Breathing:

★★★★

Patient Experience

Acute Pneumonia:

★★★★

Chest Tube:

★★★★

COPD:

★★★★

Pulmonary Edema:

★★★★

Pulmonary Embolism:

★★★★

Tracheostomy:

★★★★

Tuberculosis:

★★★★

Monitoring

Pulse Oximetry:

★★★★

End Tidal CO2:

★★★★

Labs

ABGs:

★★★★

NEUROLOGY

Assess

Level of Consciousness:

★★★★

Neuro Assessment:

★★★★

Reflex/Motor Deficits:

★★★★

Visual/Communication Deficits:

★★★★

Patient Experience

Alzheimer's Disease:

★★★★

Coma:

★★★★

CVA/Stroke:

★★★★

Neuromuscular Disease:

★★★★

Seizure Disorder:

★★★★

Spinal Cord Injury:

★★★★

Traumatic Brain Injury:

★★★★

Halo Traction/Cervical Tongs:

★★★★

GASTROINTESTINAL

Assess

Nutritional Status:

★★★★

Bowel Sounds:

★★★★

GI Assessment:

★★★★

Patient Experience

Abdominal Wounds:

★★★★

Bowel Obstruction:

★★★★

Colostomy:

★★★★

GI/Esophageal Bleeding:

★★★★

Hepatitis:

★★★★

Pancreatitis:

★★★★

Liver Failure:

★★★★

Cancer:

★★★★

Labs

Serum Amylase:

★★★★

Serum Ammonia:

★★★★

Liver Function Tests:

★★★★

RENAL/GENITOURINARY

Assess

Fluid Status:

★★★★

Patient Experience

Acute Renal Failure:

★★★★

End Stage Renal Failure:

★★★★

Hemodialysis:

★★★★

Nephrostomy:

★★★★

Urinary Tract Infection:

★★★★

Suprapubic Cath:

★★★★

Fistula/Shunt:

★★★★

Monitoring

I &O Measurment:

★★★★

Fluid Balance:

★★★★

Labs

Serum Electrolytes:

★★★★

BUN and Creatinine:

★★★★

ENDOCRINE/METABOLIC

Patient Experience

Diabetes:

★★★★

Blood Glucose:

★★★★

MUSCULOSKELETAL

Assess

Pulse/Circulation Checks:

★★★★

Patient Experience

Amputation:

★★★★

Joint Replacement:

★★★★

Skeletal/Skin Traction:

★★★★

Cast Care:

★★★★

IMMUNOLOGY/HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY

Patient Experience

Cancer:

★★★★

HIV/AIDS:

★★★★

Treatment Side Effects - Chemo/Radiation:

★★★★

Sepsis:

★★★★

WOUNDS/INTEGUMENT

Assess

S/S Infection:

★★★★

Staging of Pressure Ulcers:

★★★★

Skin Assessment:

★★★★

Patient Experience

Burns:

★★★★

Pressure Ulcers:

★★★★

Surgical Wounds and Drains:

★★★★

Statis Ulcers:

★★★★

Wounds:

★★★★

Monitoring

Skin Breakdown:

★★★★

MEDICATION/THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS

Medication Administration

Administer IM and SQ Meds:

★★★★

Administer PO Medications:

★★★★

Administer IVP Medications:

★★★★

Administer IVPB Medications:

★★★★

Administer IV Drips and Titration:

★★★★

Administer Meds per Feeding Tubes:

★★★★

IV Therapy

Assess/Maintain IV:

★★★★

Heparin Lock:

★★★★

Vascular Access Device - Care/Maintenance:

★★★★

Peripheral IV Insertion:

★★★★

Blood

Administer Blood/Blood Products:

★★★★

Nutrition Therapy

Enteral Feeding Administration:

★★★★

TPN/Procalamine:

★★★★

Tube Feeding Pumps:

★★★★

Bolus Tube Feedings:

★★★★

NGT/SBFT Insertion:

★★★★

PEG/G-Tube:

★★★★

Oxygen Administration

Nasal Cannula:

★★★★

Venti Mask:

★★★★

Non-Rebreather Mask:

★★★★

Ambu-Bag:

★★★★

Trach Collar:

★★★★

Portable Oxygen Ventilator (IMV, AC, PEEP):

★★★★

Pain Management

Assess Pain Level Tolerance:

★★★★

Functional Pain Goal:

★★★★

Epidural Analgesia:

★★★★

Patient Controlled Analgesia:

★★★★

PROCEDURES/EQUIPMENT

Perform/Maintain

Chest Tube Drainage Systems:

★★★★

Doppler:

★★★★

Dressing Changes:

★★★★

Drains (JP-Hemovac-Penrose):

★★★★

Suctioning (Oral-Naso-Pharnyx):

★★★★

Tracheostomy Care/Suctioning:

★★★★

Indwelling Urinary Catheter:

★★★★

Isolation:

★★★★

Wound Vac:

★★★★

Specimen Collections

Finger Stick:

★★★★

Butterfly Stick:

★★★★

Central-Line Blood Draw:

★★★★

Clean Catch Urine:

★★★★

Urine Catheter Culture Collection:

★★★★

Blood Cultures:

★★★★

Venipuncture:

★★★★

24 Hour Urine: [rating 24hr-urine]

Assist

Bedside Invasive Procedures:

★★★★

Bronchoscopy:

★★★★

Central Line Insertion:

★★★★

Chest Tube Insertion:

★★★★

Endotracheal Intubation:

★★★★

Procedure/Moderate Sedation:

★★★★

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