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PSYCHIATRIC OMPETENCY SELF ASSESSMENT

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Please choose your level of experience in each of the following.
 
GENERAL SKILLS
Advanced directives


End of life care


Emergency codes


Disaster protocols


Universal precautions


Infection control


Blood Glucose Monitoring (BGM)


Insulin administration


Diabetes mellitus


Isolation


Airway management


Wound care/dressing changes


Minimize risk for falls


Patient family teaching


Restraints


O2 therapy and delivery


Cardiac arrest/CPR


Administration of blood/blood products


Management of fluid/electrolyte balance


Seizure precautions


NG tub insertion/maintenance


Intake & output


Oral/nasotracheal suctioning


Pulse oximetry


Venipuncture


Saline lock/peripheral intravenous insertion


Assessment of circulation/peripheral pulses


Foley catheter insertion/maintenance


   
2024 NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY GOALS
NPSG.01.01.01
• Identify patients correctly


• Use patients name and date of birth


• Make sure correct patient gets the correct medicine and treatment


Improve staff communication
  
NPSG.02.03.01
Get important test results to the right staff person on time.


Use medicines safely
  
NPSG.03.04.01
Before a proceedure, label medicines that are not labeled. For example, medicines in syringes, cups and basins. Do this in the area where medicines and supplies are set up.


NPSG.03.05.01
Take extra care with patients who take medicines to thin their blood.


NPSG.03.06.01
Record and pass along correct information about a patient’s medicines. Find out what medicines the patient is taking. Compare those medicines to new medicines given to the patient. Give the patient written information about the medicines they need to take. Tell the patient it is important to bring their up-to-date list of medicines every time they visit their doctor.


Use Alarms Safely  
NPSG.06.01.01
Make improvements to ensure that alarms on medical equipment are heard and responded to on time.


Prevent infection  
NPSG.07.01.01
Use the hand cleaning guidelines from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention or the World Health Organization. Set goals for improving hand cleaning


Identify patient safety risks  
NPSG.15.01.01
Reduce the risk for suicide.


Improve health care equity  
NPSG.16.01.01
Improving health care equity is a quality and patient safety priority. For example, health care disparities in the patient population are identified and a written plan describes ways to improve health care equity.


Prevent mistakes in surgery  
UP.01.01.01
Make sure that the correct surgery is done on the correct patient and at the correct place on the patient’s body.


UP.01.02.01
Mark the correct place on the patients body where the surgery is to be done.


UP.01.03.01
Pause before the surgery to make sure that a mistake is not being made.


 
COMPUTERIZED CHARTING
Health Connect


Meditech


Cerner


McKesson


EPIC


Camis


Affinity


Wellsoft – ER


T–System – ER


Automated medication dispensing


Bar coding for medication administration


 

TREATMENT SETTINGS
Inpatient hospital psychiatric unit


Inpatient acute psychiatric facility


Chronic psychiatric facility


Outpatient clinic/community setting


Forensic unit (prison)


Eating disorder unit


Substance abuse/rehab unit


Locked unit/ward


Alzsheimers unit


   

PSYCHIATRIC

  

Assessment

  
Admission


Initial nursing assessment/care plan


Mental status


Personality assessment


Initial treatment plan


Neurological vital signs


Nursing diagnoses


Nursing reassessment/care planning update


Suicide risk assessment


Communication techniques

  
Active listening


Questioning


Restatement/reflection


Clarification


Focusing


Confronting


Summarizing


Limit setting


Positive reinforcement


Reality orientation


Equipment/procedures

  
Active participation in multi-disciplinary staffing


Assist physician in administration of electroconvulsive therapy


Assist with lumbar puncture


Charge nurse experience


Charting  
Behavioristic


Treatment/goal oriented


Discharge planning


Electroconvulsive therapy


Group therapy leader


Insertion/care of straight/Foley catheter


Female


Male


Management of drug/alcohol detox symptoms


Management of assaultive behavior


Multi-disciplinary treatment team participation


Participation in milieu therapy


Patient teaching


Psychiatric emergency response team


Psychiatric home health


Rapid tranquilization


Telephone crisis intervention


Therapeutic communication skills


Care of patient with

  
Alcohol/drug dependency


Mood disorders


Electroconvulsive therapy


Hallucinations


Manic behavior


Med-psych patient


Organic disorder


Partial hospital/intensive outpatient program patient


Seclusion and restraints


Seizure disorder


Suicidal disorder


Tracheostomy


Medications

  
Administration of oral psychotropic medications


Heparin


Intramuscular


Management of extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS)


Oral


Rectal


Sub-q


Unit dose


Z-technique


   
AGE SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES
Adolescents (ages 12 – 21 years)


Young Adults (ages 21 – 39 years)


Adults (ages 40 – 64 years)


Older Adults (ages 65 – 79 years)


Elderly (ages 80+ years)         


   

EXPERIENCE WITH AGE GROUPS

  
Able to adapt care to incorporate normal growth and development


Able to adapt method and terminology of patient instructions to their age, comprehension and maturity level


Can ensure a safe environment reflecting specific needs of various age groups


 

MY EXPERIENCE IS PRIMARILY IN: (Please indicate number of years)
Adolescent years
Adult years
Chemical years
Dependency/detox years
 

All the information on this page is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge. By completing this form, I am authorizing Professional Staffing to release this information to the appropriate client facilities in consideration of employment as a registry, local traveler of full traveler.

 

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