Psychiatric/Behavioral Health Skills Checklist

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The following is a list of equipment and/or procedures performed in rendering care to patients. Please indicate the level of experience/proficiency with each and, where applicable, the types of equipment and/or systems with which you are familiar.

Use the following KEY as a guideline:
A) Theory Only/No Experience - Didactic instruction only, no hands-on experience.
B) Limited Experience - Knows procedure/has used equipment, but has done so infrequently or not within the last six months.
C) Moderate Experience - Able to demonstrate equipment/procedure, performs the task/skill independently with only resource assistance needed.
D) Proficient/Competent - Able to demonstrate/perform the task/skill proficiently without any assistance and can instruct/teach.

PSYCHIATRIC

ABCD
Admission
Initial nursing assessment and care plan
Initial treatment plan
Neurological vital signs
Nursing diagnoses
Nursing reassessment and care planning update
Suicide risk assessment
ABCD
Active participation in multi-disciplinary staffing
Assist physician with ECT
Assist with lumbar puncture
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Charge nurse experience
Behavioristic Charting
Treatment/goal oriented Charting
Discharge planning
Electroconvulsive therapy
Group therapy leader
Management of drug/alcohol detox symptoms
Management of assaultive behavior
Multi-disciplinary treatment team participation
Participation in milieu therapy
Patient teaching
Psychiatric emergency response team
Psychiatric home health
Rapid tranquilization
Restraints, application and assessment
Telephonic crisis intervention
Therapeutic communication skills
Tube feeding
ABCD
Alcohol dependency
Drug dependency
Electroconvulsive therapy
Hallucinations
Manic behavior
Med-psych patient
Organic disorder
Partial hospital/intensive outpatient program patient
Seclusion and restraints
Seizure disorder
Suicidal behavior
Tracheostomy
ABCD
Administration of oral psychotropic medications
Heparin
Intramuscular
Management of extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS)
Oral
Rectal
Sub-q
Unit dose
Z-technique

PHLEBOTOMY/IV THERAPY

ABCD
Management of patient with IV - Starting IVs

Age Specific:

ABCD
Infant (Birth to 1 year)
Toddler (1-3 years)
Pre-school (3-6 years)
School Age (6-12 years)
Adolescent ( 12-18 years)
Young Adult ( 18-30 years)
Mature Adult (30-60 years)
Elderly (>60 years)
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