Dialysis Nursing

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
Acute/Inpatient Dialysis
Chronic/Outpatient Dialysis
Dialysis Home Care
Pediatric Dialysis
Apheresis
Plasmapheresis
Predialysis Nursing Assessment
Charge Experience
SET UP/INITIATE DIALYSIS TREATMENT
Bicarbonate Dialysate
Conductivity Testing
Priming Dialyzer
Prep Vascular Access
Fistula Gortex/Bovine Graft
Anticoagulation Management
Apheresis
Plasmapheresis
Cannulating Buttonholes
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
Peritoneal Dialysis
ASSESSMENT DURING DIALYSIS
Vascular Access Function
Arterial and Venous Pressures
Blood Flow Rate
Management of Anticoagulation
Conductivity
Ultra Filtration Calculation
Operation of Myron L. Meter
Administration of Blood and Blood Products
Administration of Mannitol
Sequential Ultrafiltration/PUF
PATIENT MANAGEMENT
Fluid Overload
Hypertension
Hypotension
Disequilibrium Syndrome
Hyperkalemia
Seizures
Muscle Cramps
Clotted Access/Poor Blood Flow Rate from Catheter
Pyrogenic Reaction
Hemolysis
Air Embolus
Chest Pain
Anemia
Neuropathy
Pericarditis
Filter Blood Leak
Cardiopulmonary Arrest
Anticoagulation Emergencies
DIALYSIS EQUIPMENT
Baxter
Cobe
Fresenius H/K
Gambro
Phoenix
T Machine
Other
PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
National Patient Safety Goals
Patient Isolation/Infection Prevention
Management of Dialysis Equipment Alarms
Bedside Blood Glucose Monitoring
Pyxis Medication Admin. System
Computerized Charting
Proton Charting Experience
AMI Charting Experience
Ecube Charting Experience
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)