Skill Checklists

Psychiatric / Behavioral Health

This checklist was electronically signed on (Today’s date)

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

Psychiatric - Assessment

Admission

Intial nursing assessment and care plane

Intial treatment plan

Nursing Diagnoses

Suicide risk Assessment

Neurological Vital Signs

Nursing reassessment and care planning update

Psychiatric - Equipment & procedure

Assist with Lumbar puncture

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Charge nurse experience

Treatment / Goal oriented Charting

Participationin Milieu Therapy

Psychiatric home health

Rapid traquilization

Telephonic crisis intervention

Assist physician with ECT

Group theraphy leader

Management of drug/ alcohol detoz symptoms

Management of Assaultive behavior

Patient Teaching

Restraints, Application and Assessment

Electroconvulsion therapy

Multi-disciplinary treatment team participation

Discharge planning

Therpeutic communication skills

Tube Feeding

Psychiatric - Care of the patient with

Electroconvulsive therapy

Med-psych patient

Seizures Disorder

Tracheostomy

Alcohol dependency

Seculsion and restraints

Manic behavior

Organic disorder

Hallucinations

Partial hospital / intensive outpatient program patient

Suicidal behavior

Drug Dependency

Psychiatric - Medications

Administration of Oral psychotropic medications

Oral

Rectal

Sub-q

Management of extrpyramidal symptoms (EPS)

Heparin

Unit Dose

Intramuscular

Z - Technique

Phlebotomy / IV Therapy -Management of patient with IV - Starting IVs

Management of Patient with IV- Staring IVs

Age Specific

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)

I hereby certify that ALL information I have provided on this skills checklist and all other documentation is true and accurate. I understand and acknowledge that any misrepresentation or omission may result in disqualification from employment and/or immediate termination.