Wound Care

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 Care – Adult
Clinic – Adult
SNF/LTAC/Subacute
Hospice / Palliative Care
Acute/Long Term Care – Pediatrics
Clinic – Pediatrics
PRESSURE ULCERS
Assessment
Staging
Prevention/ Risk Assessment Tools – Adult
Prevention/ Risk Assessment Tools -Pediatrics
Support Surface Selection
NEUROPATHIC ULCERS
Assessment
Management
VENOUS STASIS ULCERS
Assessment
Management
PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL ULCERS
Assessment
Ankle Brachial Index
Management
OTHER WOUNDS
Fistulae – Pouching / Skin Care
Skin Care/ Management of Drains
WOUND DEBRIDEMENT
Autolytic
Enzymatic
Mechanical
Sharp
DRESSINGS/ TREATMENTS
Hydrogels
Hydrocolloids
Silver Products
Foams
Alginates
Vacuum Assisted Closure
Growth Factors
Skin Substitutes
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Wound Cultures
Electrical Stimulation
Enzymatic Debriding Agents
Mist Therapy
COLOSTOMY / ILEOSTOMY
Ostomy Equipment Selection
Continence Skin Care Management
Loop with Rod Stoma
End Stoma
Mucous Fistula
Double Barrel Stoma
Irrigation
Ileal Lavage
CONTINENT ILEOSTOMY
Knock pouch
Pelvic Pouch
UROSTOMY / CONTINENT
Catherization for C&S
Knock Pouch
Neobladder
CONTINENCE THERAPEUTIC DEVICES
Vaginal Cones
Penile Clamps
Male External Catheters
Internal Urethral Inserts
Catheters –Mgmt & Self Care Teaching
Magnetic Therapy
Urinary Incontinence Program
Fecal Incontinence Program
BURNS
Burn Management
PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
National Patient Safety Goals/ Core Measures
Patient Family Teaching
Age Specific/Population Based Care
Isolation Precautions
Infection Precautions
Pain assessment & Management
Interpretation & Communication of Lab Values
EMR
EPIC
Cerner
Eclipsys
McKesson
Other Computerized System
Computerized Physician Order Entry
Bar coding for Medication
Culture
OTHER / MISC.
Pain Management Assessment of Pain Levels without intervention
Pain Management Response Assessment with Intervention
Experience: Charge Duty
Experience: Preceptor
AGE SPECIFIC CARE
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)