Skill Checklists

Psychiatry

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

GENERAL NURSING

ADMIT / ORIENT VOLUNTARY CLIENTS

ADMIT / ORIENT INVOLUNTARY CLIENTS

INITIAL COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT

INITIAL FOCUSED ASSESSMENT

INITIAL SCREENING ASSESSMENT

INITIATE CARE PLAN

REASSESSMENT / UPDATE CARE PLAN

MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PLANNING

SUPERVISE UNLICENSED PERSONNEL

VITAL SIGN MONITORING

FULL RESTRAINTS

WRIST RESTRAINTS

AMBULATORY CUFFS

ADMIN / MONITOR TUBE FEEDINGS

ADMIN / MONITOR TUBE FEEDINGS

INSERT / CARE OF FOLEY CATHETER

ASSIST WITH LUMBAR PUNCTURE

ISOLATION TECHNIQUES

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES

PATIENT TEACHING

CASE MANAGER

DISCHARGE PLANNING

DISCHARGE CLIENTS

CULTURAL DIVERSITY

ETHNIC AWARENESS

FORENSIC NURSE

Care of Psychiatric Disorders

Schizophrenia

Paranoid Psychotic Disorder

Catatonic Psychotic Disorder

Hallucinations

Bipolar Disorder

Depression

Suicidal Ideation/Attempts

Delusional Disorders

Anxiety Disorders

Panic Attacks

Phobias

Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder

Dissociative Identity Disorder

Sexual Disorders

Sexual Abuse/Assault

Survivor of Abuse/Violence

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Somatoform Disorders (Pain etc.)

Mental Retardation

ADHD

Developmental / Autistc Disorders

Cognitive Disorders

Delirium

Dementia

Alzheimer's (Dementia)

Amnestic Disorders

Personality Disorders

Cluster A-Paranoid/Schizoid

Cluster B-Antisocial/Borderline

Cluster C-Anxious/Fearful

Eating Disorders

Anorexia Nervosa

Obesity

Bulimia Nervosa

Substance-Related Disorders:

Alcohol-Related

Drug-Related

MEDS SIDE EFFECTS - RECOGNITION AND MANAGEMENT

BLURRED VISION

CONSTIPATION

DROWSINESS

DRY MOUTH

GASTROINTESTINAL EFFECTS

HYPO / HYPERGLYCEMIA

HYPOTENSION / ORTHOSTATIC

INSOMNIA

CHANGES IN LIBIDO

TACHYCARDIA

URINARY RETENTION

WEIGHT GAIN

PARKINSONISM SYMPTOMS

AKATHISIA (MOTOR RESTLESSNESS)

ACUTE DYSTONIC REACTIONS

TARDIVE DYSKINESIA

NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME

AGE APPROPRIATE CARE

NEWBORN (BIRTH-30 DAYS)

INFANT (30 DAYS - 1 YEAR)

TODDLER (1 - 3 YEARS)

PRESCHOOLER (3 - 5 YEARS)

SCHOOL AGE (5 - 12 YEARS)

ADOLESCENTS (12 - 18 YEARS)

YOUNG ADULTS (18 - 39 YEARS)

MIDDLE ADULTS (39 - 64 YEARS)

OLDER ADULTS (64+ 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.