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Medical-Surgical Nursing Skills Checklist

This document is a nursing skills checklist for a hospital in Northern Area. It consists of two pages that list various medical and surgical nursing skills. Nurses are asked to indicate the year they last practiced each skill or number of months of experience gained, and to comment if they are not competent in a skill. Some examples of skills listed include neurology, cardiology, respiratory care, gastroenterology, orthopedics, insertion of IVs and Foley catheters, respiratory therapy treatments, basic life support, end-of-life care, and cultural competence in a multinational environment. The nurse signs to acknowledge they will be tested on these skills upon arrival and that failure to demonstrate an acceptable standard may result in termination

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Medical-Surgical Nursing Skills Checklist

This document is a nursing skills checklist for a hospital in Northern Area. It consists of two pages that list various medical and surgical nursing skills. Nurses are asked to indicate the year they last practiced each skill or number of months of experience gained, and to comment if they are not competent in a skill. Some examples of skills listed include neurology, cardiology, respiratory care, gastroenterology, orthopedics, insertion of IVs and Foley catheters, respiratory therapy treatments, basic life support, end-of-life care, and cultural competence in a multinational environment. The nurse signs to acknowledge they will be tested on these skills upon arrival and that failure to demonstrate an acceptable standard may result in termination

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NORTHERN AREA ARMED FORCES HOSPITAL

MEDICAL / SURGICAL Page 1 of 2


NURSING SKILLS CHECKLIST
NOTE: Please complete the Skills Checklist to ensure your individual experience may be clearly understood. Tick () the
appropriate column and add comments as necessary for clarification of your knowlede ! skills. The information will be
used to ensure the best possible placement based on your clinical expertise and our hospital"s needs.
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NORTHERN AREA ARMED FORCES HOSPITAL
MEDICAL / SURGICAL Page 2 of 2
NURSING SKILLS CHECKLIST
practised
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Provide eneral post4operative care ! teachin
Plan!provide dischare plannin!teachin
Plan ! provide (iabetic teachin to patient ! family
Perform capillary lucose testin/ e../ use lucometer
Care for patients with
tracheostomy
nephrostomy/ ileostomy
colostomy
'nitiate ! maintain tube feeds/ includin *1 and astrostomy
bolus feeds
continuous drip
'nsert nasoastric tube
'nsert 5oley catheter (male and!or female)
Care for ! administer fluids ! TP* via subclavian catheter
+dminister blood and blood products
'nsert '3
Perform venepuncture for blood samplin ! lettin
&se infusion control devices/ e../ 'vac/ 'med/ +bbot/ syrine pump/
hep lock/ volutrol/ buretrol/ etc.
&se wound drainae devices/ e.. hemovac/ etc.
+pply wound dressins/ includin burn dressins
#espiratory therapy treatments
Care for patient with chest tubes! underwater seal drainae device
#econi6e life threatenin arrhythmias!initiate treatment
'nitiate ! maintain 7asic Cardiac )ife Support -easures (7C)S
or e8uivalent/ certified)
Care for patients terminal illness ! support family
Care for post critical care patients
5unction as Chare *urse
9nowlede of cross cultural nursin and experience workin in a
multi4national staff roup
Please make any additional comments or explanations below or on reverse.
' acknowlede that ' will be tested on the above skills within the first month of my arrival and/ if ' fail to demonstrate an acceptable
standard (in comparison to the information provided on this list) my employment will be terminated and ' will be sent home.
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