Dialysis Nursing Skills Checklist
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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.

 
Proficiency Scale: 1 = No Experience
2 = Need Training
3 = Able to perform with supervision
4 = Able to perform independently

 
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WORK SETTINGS 1
2
3
4
Acute/Inpatient Dialysis
Chronic/Outpatient Dialysis
Dialysis Home Care
Pediatric Dialysis
Apheresis
Plasmapheresis
Predialysis Nursing Assessment
Charge Experience
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SET UP/INITIATE DIALYSIS TREATMENT 1
2
3
4
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
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ASSESSMENT DURING DIALYSIS 1
2
3
4
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
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PATIENT MANAGEMENT 1
2
3
4
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
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DIALYSIS EQUIPMENT 1
2
3
4
Baxter
Cobe
Fresenius H/K
Gambro
Phoenix
T Machine
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PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS 1
2
3
4
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
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Age Specific Competencies 1
2
3
4
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)