Skill Checklists

Acute Rehab

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

Work Settings

General Acute Care

Home Health

Nursing Home

Pediatric Rehab

Acute Rehab Hospital

Rehab Unit in Hospital

Neuro

Cerebral Vascular Accident

Coma Patients

Head Trauma

Spinal cord injury

Parkinson’s Disease

Traumatic Brain Injury

Neuromuscular Disease

Post Craniotomy

Bowl/Bladder Programs

Ortho

Arthritis Programs

Back Syndrome

Cervical Traction

Continuous Passive Motion Machine N/A

Gait Training

Hand Injury

Hip Fractures

Care of Patient with Halo

Hot/Cold Packs

Neck Injuries

TMJ Dysfunction

Total Hip Replacement

Total Knee Replacement

Pulmonary

Assessment of breath sounds

Chest Physiotherapy

Nasal cannula

Face Mask

Portable O2 tank

Nasotracheal Suctioning

Tracheal Suctioning

Care of patient w/Mechanical Vent

COPD

Pediatrics

Cerebral Palsy

Activities of Daily Living

Learning Disabilities

Orthotics

Spina Bifida

Autism

AK Prosthetics

Amputees

Bracing/Joint Immobilization

Resting Splints

Casts/Check for Circulation

Upper Extremity Prosthetics

Nutritional Requirements

Thickened Liquids

Minimal

Thick

Extra Thick

Pudding Thick

NG Tubes

Peg Tubes

Restraints

4pt

Shoulder Strap

Hand Mitts

Wrist

Ankle

Pelvic Strap

EMR

Epic

Cerner

Eclipsys

McKesson

Meditech

Other Computerized System

Computerized Physician Order Entry

Bar Coding for Medication Administration

Other

Ability to evaluate and assign Functional Independence Score

AIDS Patients

Burn Management

Cardiac Rehabilitation

Function Capacity Evaluation

Geriatrics

Manual Therapy

Massage Therapy

Muscle Stimulation

Pain Management/Giving Meds

Physical Capacity

Pulmonary Rehab

Sterilization Technique

TENS

Wound Debridement/Dressing Change

Age Specific Competencies

Infant (Birth - 1 year)

Preschooler (ages 2-5 years)

Childhood (ages 6-12 years)

Adolescents (ages 13-21 years)

Young Adults (ages 22-39 years)

Adults (ages 40-64 years)

Older Adults (ages 65-79 years)

Elderly (ages 80+ 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.