Cardiac Echo

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

(PROFICIENCY)
1 = No Experience
2 = Need Training
3 = Able to perform with supervision
4 = Able to perform independently
(FREQUENCY)
1 = Never performed observed only
2 = Less than 6 times per year
3 = 1-2 times per month
4 = Daily or Weekly
PROFICIENCY / FREQUENCY
PROFICIENCY
FREQUENCY
WORK SETTINGS
Adult Acute Care
ED/ICU
Adult Outpatient
Pediatric Acute Care
Pediatric Outpatient
ADULT ECHO
Routine
3-D Echo
Pedoff Probe
Transesophageal Echo
Stress Echo
Pharmacologic Stress Echo
Post-Cath Echo
Post-Surgical Echo
Imaging with Contrast Agents
Sterilization Procedures
SPECIAL VIEWS
Pulmonary Veins
Hepatic Veins
Suprasternal Notch
CALCULATIONS
Simpson's Rule
Proximal Isovelocity Surface Area
Distology with TDI
LV Strain/LV Volume
PEDIATRIC ECHO
Routine
3-D Echo
Pedoff Probe
Transesophageal Echo
PEDIATRIC ANOMALIES
Aortic Arch Abnormalities/Vascular Ring
Arch Sidedness
Coarctation of the Aorta
Coronary Artery Anomalies
Double Outlet Ventricle
Hypoplastic Heart Syndrome
Pulmonary Venous Return Anomalies
Tetralogy of Fallot
Transposition of the Great Vessels
Triscupid and Pulmonary Atresia
Truncus Arteriosis
Univentricular Heart Anomalies
PEDIATRIC POST-SURGICAL SCANS
Arterial Switch
Blalock - Taussig
Damus-Kaye-Stansel
Fontan
Glenn
Konno
Mustard
Norwood
Rastelli
Sano
Sennig
EQUIPMENT
Phillips/ATL (List Types)
GE (List Types)
Siemens (List Types)
Toshiba (List Types)
Hitachi (List Types)
SonoSite (List Types)
Other: List
TECHNOLOGY
McKesson
Epic
Horizon
SCI- Imaging
Online Reporting
EMR Conversion
MISCELLANEOUS
12 Lead ECG
Stress Testing
Holter Monitor
PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
National Patient Safety Goals
Supervisory /Management Experience
Isolation/Infection Prevention
Procedures for Patients on Ventilators
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)