Psychiatry Checklist


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.

Total Stars:

Obtained Stars:

Ranking: 0%

Proficiency Scale:

1 = No Experience

2 = Need Training

3 = Able to perform with supervision

4 = Able to perform independently

  GENERAL NURSING         Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4
  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 PSYCH DISORDERS         Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4
  ADHD  
  DEVELOPMENTAL / AUTISTIC DISORDERS  
  COGNITIVE DISORDERS         Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4
  DELIRIUM  
  DEMENTIA  
  ALZHEIMER\'S (DEMENTIA)  
  AMNESTIC DISORDERS  
  PERSONALITY DISORDERS         Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4
  CLUSTER A - PARANOID / SCHIZOID  
  CLUSTER B - ANTISOCIAL / BORDERLINE  
  CLUSTER C - ANXIOUS / FEARFUL  
  EATING DISORDERS         Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4
  ANOREXIA NERVOSA  
  BULIMIA NERVOSA  
  OBESITY  
  SUBSTANCE RELATED DISORDERS         Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4
  ALCOHOL -RELATED  
  DRUG -RELATED  
  INTERVENTIONS / THERAPIES         Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4
  CRISIS INTERVENTION  
  THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION  
  THERAPEUTIC MILIEU  
  EDUCATION OR VOCATIONAL TRAINING  
  DRUG & ALCOHOL EDUCATION  
  ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY  
  ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES         Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4
  BIOFEEDBACK  
  GUIDED IMAGERY  
  EXPRESSIVE THERAPY (ART  
  MOVEMENT)  
  MASSAGE THERAPY  
  MEDITATION  
  RECREATIONAL THERAPY  
  THERAPEUTIC TOUCH  
  CONDUCTING PSYCHOTHERAPY         Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4
  INDIVIDUAL  
  GROUP  
  COUPLE / FAMILY  
  BEHAVIORAL  
  MEDS / IV THERAPY         Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4
  ADMINISTER PO MEDICATIONS  
  ADMINISTER NG / GT MEDS  
  ADMINISTER RECTAL MEDICATIONS  
  ADMINISTER IM & SQ MEDS  
  PERIPHERAL IV INSERTION  
  USE OF HEPARIN / SALINE LOCKS  
  ADMINISTER IV MEDICATIONS  
  NEEDLE - LESS SYSTEMS  
  CARE OF CENTRAL LINES  
  CARE OF PICC LINES  
  ADMIN OF HYPERALIMENTATION  
  ADMIN OF BLOOD / BLOOD PRODUCTS  
  INFUSION PUMPS  
  DISCONTINUE PERIPHERAL IVS  
  VENIPUNCTURE BLOOD DRAWS  
  PAIN ASSESSMENT / MANAGEMENT  
  PSYCHOTROPIC AGENTS         Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4
  RAPID TRANQUILIZATION  
  ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS  
  HYPNOTICS  
  ANTIANXIETY AGENTS  
  ANTIDEPRESSANTS / MOOD ELEVATORS  
  ANTIMANIC AGENTS  
  ANTICONVULSANTS  
  ANTICHOLINERGICS / ANTIPARKINSONS  
  MEDS SIDE EFFECTS - RECOGNITION AND MANAGEMENT         Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4
  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         Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4
  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)