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Nurse Manager Skills Checklist

Let’s assess your clinical skills and experience. Fill out this checklist to get one step closer to your next opportunity.

1 = No theory and/or experience
2 = Limited Experience
3 = Experienced/minimal support needed to perform
4 = Proficient

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Age of Patients Cared For
Newborn/Neonate (birth to 30 days)*
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Infant (1 month to 1 year)*
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Toddler (1 year to 3 years)*
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Preschooler (3 years to 5 years)*
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School Age Child (5 years to 12 years)*
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Adolescents (12 years to 18 years)*
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Young Adults (18 years to 39 years)*
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Middle Adults (39 years to 64 years)*
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Older Adults (64 years to 79 years)*
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Elderly Adults (over 79+ years)*
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GENERAL SKILLS
Standard Precautions*
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Isolation Precautions*
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Pediatric Respiratory/Cardiac Arrest*
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Adult Respiratory/Cardiac Arrrest*
- 1
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Crash Carts*
- 1
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Defibrillators*
- 1
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Admission*
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Advanced Directives*
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Collect Appropriate Data*
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Discharge Teaching*
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Organ/Tissue Donation*
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Patient and Family Education*
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Electronic Med Machines*
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List Types
Setting
Hospital*
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Outpatient Clinic*
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Post-Acute Care*
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NURSING MANAGEMENT
Staffing and Scheduling Nursing Unit*
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Quality Improvement*
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Employee Health/Injuries*
- 1
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Experience with Regulatory Agencies*
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On-Call Staff*
- 1
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Bed Control*
- 1
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Internal/External Disasters*
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Violent/Abusive Patient*
- 1
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Patient Elopement*
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Capacity Issues*
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Staffing by Acuity*
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Recruitment and Retention Strategies*
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Hiring New Staff*
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On-Boarding of New Staff*
- 1
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Annual Evaluations*
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Employee Coaching/Counseling*
- 1
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Infection Control*
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Analyzing Unit Financials*
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Budgeting Process and Standards*
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Supply Inventory Management*
- 1
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Coordinate Patient Care Plans*
- 1
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Providing Medical and Mentoring to Staff*
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Addressing Patient Issues/Complaints Promptly*
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CARDIOVASCULAR
Acute MI*
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Angina*
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Congestive Heart Failure*
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Pacemaker*
- 1
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PULMONARY
Acute Pneumonia*
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Asthma*
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COPD*
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Pulmonary Edema*
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Pulmonary Embolism*
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Tracheostomy*
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NEUROLOGICAL
Acute Head Injury*
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Dementia*
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Stroke*
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Seizure Disorder*
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GASTROINTESTINAL
Abdominal Wounds and Surgeries*
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Bowel Obstruction Colostomy*
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GI Bleeding*
- 1
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Pancreatitis*
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Paralytic Ileus*
- 1
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RENAL/GENITOURINARY
Acute Renal Failure*
- 1
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End Stage Renal Disease*
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Hemodialysis*
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Peritoneal Dialysis*
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Suprapubic Cath*
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ENDOCRINE/METABOLIC/TOXICOLOGY
Diabetes*
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Diabetic Ketoacidosis*
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Drug Overdose*
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Illicit Drug Overdose*
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MUSCOLOSKELETAL
Traction*
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Amputation*
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External Fixation*
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Paraplegia*
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Rheumatoid Arthritis*
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Joint Replacement*
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IMMUNOLOGY/HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY
HIV/AIDS*
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Sickle Cell Anemia*
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Acute Leukemia*
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Treatment Side Effects*
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Chemo/Radiation*
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Sepsis*
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WOUNDS/INTEGUMENT
Pressure Injury/Ulcers*
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Skin Breakdown*
- 1
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MEDICATION/THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS
Administer PO Medications*
- 1
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Administer IM/SQ Medications*
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Administer IV Medications*
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Insert PIV*
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Assess IV Insertion*
- 1
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Multi-Lumen Central Venous Catheters*
- 1
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Infusion/PCA Pumps*
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Administer Blood/Blood Products*
- 1
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NGT Insertion*
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Dobhoff Insertion*
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Ambu-Bag*
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Nasal Cannula*
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Non-Rebreather Mask*
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Venti Mask*
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Portable Oxygen*
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Tracheostomy Tube*
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Ventilators*
- 1
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Epidural Anesthesia/Analgesia*
- 1
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Moderate Sedation*
- 1
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PROCEDURES/EQUIPMENT
Chest Tube Drainage*
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Urinary Catheters*
- 1
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Suctioning (Oral/Nasal/Pharyngeal)*
- 1
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Isolation*
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Specialty Beds*
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Universal Precautions*
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Wound Vac*
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Butterfly Stick*
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Venipuncture*
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Bedside Invasive Procedures*
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Central Line Insertion*
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Lumbar Puncture*
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Paracentesis*
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Thoracentesis*
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