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Cardiac Echo CheckList

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

WORK SETTINGS Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Adult Acute Care 
 
ED/ICU 
 
Adult Outpatient 
 
Pediatric Acute Care 
 
Pediatric Outpatient 
 
ADULT ECHO Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Routine 
 
3-D Echo 
 
Pedoff Probe 
 
Transesophageal Echo 
 
Stress Echo 
 
Pharmacologic Stress Echo 
 
Post-Cath Echo 
 
Post-Surgical Echo 
 
Imaging with Contrast Agents 
 
Sterilization Procedures 
 
SPECIAL VIEWS Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Pulmonary Veins 
 
Hepatic Veins 
 
Suprasternal Notch 
 
CALCULATIONS Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Simpson's Rule 
 
Proximal Isovelocity Surface Area 
 
Distology with TDI 
 
LV Strain/LV Volume 
 
PEDIATRIC ECHO Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Routine 
 
3-D Echo 
 
Pedoff Probe 
 
Transesophageal Echo 
 
PEDIATRIC ANOMALIES Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Aortic Arch Abnormalities/Vascular Ring 
 
Arch Sidedness 
 
Coarctation of the Aorta 
 
Coronary Artery Anomalies 
 
Double Outlet Ventricle 
 
Hypoplastic Heart Syndrome 
 
Pulmonary Venous Return Anomalies 
 
Tetralogy of Fallot 
 
Transposition of the Great Vessels 
 
Triscupid and Pulmonary Atresia 
 
Truncus Arteriosis 
 
Univentricular Heart Anomalies 
 
PEDIATRIC POST-SURGICAL SCANS Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Arterial Switch 
 
Blalock - Taussig 
 
Damus-Kaye-Stansel 
 
Fontan 
 
Glenn 
 
Konno 
 
Mustard 
 
Norwood 
 
Rastelli 
 
Sano 
 
Sennig 
 
EQUIPMENT Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Phillips/ATL (List Types) 
 
GE (List Types) 
 
Siemens (List Types) 
 
Toshiba (List Types) 
 
Hitachi (List Types) 
 
SonoSite (List Types) 
 
Other: List 
 
TECHNOLOGY Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
McKesson 
 
Epic 
 
Horizon 
 
SCI- Imaging 
 
Online Reporting 
 
EMR Conversion 
 
MISCELLANEOUS Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
12 Lead ECG 
 
Stress Testing 
 
Holter Monitor 
 
PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
National Patient Safety Goals 
 
Supervisory /Management Experience 
 
Isolation/Infection Prevention 
 
Procedures for Patients on Ventilators 
 
Age Specific Competencies Rating Stars (Click) 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)