Special Skills and Competencies
Professional Skills
Skills I feel strong in include:
Skills I feel I could improve on include:
- Perform appropriate Certified Nursing Assistant skills
- Complete focused Head-to-Toe Assessment
- Administration of oral medications while applying the three checks and five rights
- Apply transdermal patch
- Maintain a sterile field as needed
- Administer oxygen by nasal cannula
- Administer oxygen by face mask
- Instilling eye and ear drops
- Remove medications from a vial and ampule
- Administer intradermal injections
- Administer subcutaneous injections
- Administer intramuscular injections
- Perform wound care while maintaining a sterile field
- Apply saline moistened dressing
- Perform sterile irrigation of wound
- Perform catheterization of the female urinary bladder using sterile technique
- Perform catheterization of the male urinary bladder using sterile technique
- Remove indwelling catheter
- Perform ostomy care
- Perform insertion of nasogastric (NG) Tube
- Perform nasogastric tube care
- Perform removal of nasogastric tube
- Administration of NG tube feeding
- Administration of NG tube medication
- Perform gastrostomy tube care
- Perform respiratory suctioning
- Provide tracheostomy care and suctioning
- Perform intravenous therapy
- Provide central venous access device care
- Perform phlebotomy withdrawals
- Administer medication via intravenous piggyback (IVPB)
- Administer medication via intravenous push
- Administer medication intravenously
- Perform blood product administration
- Perform chest tube management
- Manage central venous access device
- Provide proper placement of electrocardiography
- Provide therapeutic communication
- Working in a team
- Implementation of the nursing process (ADPIE)
- Apply critical thinking skills
- Delegating safely and effectively
- Obtained experience in SIMS charting
Skills I feel strong in include:
- Completing a focused head-to-toe assessment
- Providing therapeutic communication
- Working in a team
- Applying interpersonal skills
- Implementing proper hand hygiene
- Delegating safely and effectively
- Using critical thinking
Skills I feel I could improve on include:
- Utilizing all available resources
- Gaining more experience inserting intravenous lines
- Gaining more experience inserting male and female urinary bladder catheters