Instructions:
"Length of
Experience"
Candidate will indicate the length of
experience they have at performing this task.
"Level of Skill"
Candidate will indicate the type of
skill they have in performing this task.
Tasks:
1.
Evaluating competency and
performance of staff (LVNs, clerical, RN, CNAs, ancillary services).
2.
Evaluating nursing care
provided to patients.
3.
Assessing patients, making
nursing diagnoses, identifying nursing interventions, and evaluating patients’
responses to treatment.
4.
Making observations to
evaluate the effectiveness of patient care delivery.
5.
Collaborating with
physicians and other health care providers.
6.
Advocating for patients to
ensure they receive any needed care.
7.
Educating patients about
their condition, treatment, follow-up care, and potential outcomes.
8.
Interacting with or
presenting information to patients/families in a private and/or group setting.
9.
Facilitating public
presentations encompassing patients/families, doctors, colleagues, and/or
interested members of the public.
10.
Interviewing family
members, doctors, or patients for the purpose of verifying or gathering
information.
11.
Investigating medication
errors, accidents, and/or allegations of abuse.
12.
Investigate patient or
family complaint.
13.
Identifying root cause of
special incidents.
14.
Ensuring work environment
is safe and clean.
15.
Identifying potential
environmental hazards in a facility or workplace.
16.
Applying quality assurance
and/or risk management standards to daily tasks.
17.
Performing record reviews
for purposes of quality assurance, audits, utilization review, risk management
or care planning.
18.
Analyzing data collected
during quality assurance activities for the purpose of evaluating performance
or outcomes.
19.
Participating in quality
assurance/quality improvement programs(s), task force(s) or committee(s).
20.
Applying knowledge of
local, state and federal laws to health care settings.
21.
Reviewing or auditing
facility policies to ensure facility compliance with applicable laws.
22.
Preparing comprehensive
report of findings.
23.
Preparing recommendations
for facility policy revision.
24.
Developing facility
policies to ensure facility compliance with applicable laws.
25.
Reviewing notes and other
reference material in preparation for legal proceeding.
26.
Providing a deposition or
affidavit in preparation for court proceedings.
27.
Providing court testimony.
28.
Preparing correspondence
or reports for supervisor review, executive summary, court actions or for line
staff.
29.
Providing nursing care to
patients following nursing policies, procedures, and protocols.
30.
Ensuring patients receive
treatments (e.g., medication, therapeutic agents, etc.) as prescribed by their
physician and other health care providers.
31.
Administering medication
and other therapeutic agents.
32.
Providing life-saving
treatment to patients in emergency situations.
33.
Completing various types
of assessments (e.g., minimum data set, admission, change in status, etc.).
34.
Developing, implementing
and revising plan of care.
35.
Completing and/or
reviewing admissions packets.
36.
Completing and/or
reviewing medical record documentation.
37.
Documenting all
treatments, medications, vital signs, etc., in patient’s health record.
38.
Preparing and evaluating
discharge instructions.
39.
Serving as a charge nurse.
40.
Serving as a team leader
in a clinical setting.
41.
Preparing work assignments
for others.
42.
Preparing shift schedule
for one or more shifts.
43.
Providing clinical
direction to other nursing staff.
44.
Ensuring CNAs, LVNs, and
other staff perform work within the scope of their duties.
45.
Coordinating the efforts
of an interdisciplinary team according to patient needs.
46.
Serving as a member of a
workgroup/committee related to nursing.
47.
Participating in illness
and injury prevention programs, task forces or committees.
48.
Participating as the
leader of a workgroup/committee related to nursing.
49.
Serving as an
advisor/expert to a workgroup/committee related to nursing.
50.
Using Word, Excel, Access,
Outlook, PowerPoint, or other processing software.
51.
Using the Internet for the
purpose of research.
