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Cath Lab Interventional Radiology 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 SETTING Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Procedural Cath Lab 
 
lnterventional Cath Lab 
 
EP Lab 
 
Interventional Radiology 
 
Pre/Post Procedural Setting 
 
Charge Experience 
 
Other Setting (List) 
 
EQUIPMENT Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Automatic Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator 
 
Cardioversion 
 
Cardioversion 
 
Intra Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) 
 
SV02 Recording 
 
Ventilator Management 
 
CARDIAC CATH LAB PROCEDURES Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
AICD Placement 
 
Aortography 
 
Cardiac Biopsy 
 
Cardiac Implant Closure Device 
 
Cardiac Stent Placement 
 
Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization Adult 
 
Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization-Pediatric/Neonatal 
 
Directional Coronary Atherectomy 
 
IABP Placement/Removal 
 
Internal Mammary Angiography 
 
Laser Assisted Procedures 
 
Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty 
 
Pericardiocentesis 
 
Permanent Pacemaker Placement 
 
Pulmonary Angiography 
 
Rotational Coronary Atherectomy 
 
Saphenous Vein Graft Angiography 
 
Transluminal Extraction Catheter 
 
Valvuloplasty 
 
Ventricular Assist Device Insertion 
 
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY PROCEDURES Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Electrophysiology Evaluation 
 
Baseline Measurements 
 
Cardiac Ablation 
 
Cardiac Mapping 
 
Cardioversion 
 
Conduction Study 
 
Internal Cardioverter Defibrillator Implant 
 
Tilt Table Study 
 
IR-GASTROINTESTINAL STUDIES Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Angioplasty 
 
Chemoembolization 
 
Cholecystostomy 
 
Embolization 
 
ERCP 
 
Esophageal Stent Placement 
 
Gastrojejunostomy 
 
Gastrostomy Tube Placement 
 
Liver Ablation 
 
Pericentesis 
 
Percutaneous Hepatic Angiography 
 
TIPS 
 
IR-GENITOURINARY STUDIES Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Adrenal Angiography 
 
Angiography of Female GU System 
 
Angiography of Male GU System 
 
Cystostomy 
 
Embolization 
 
Nephrostomy 
 
Percutaneous Stone Extraction 
 
Renal Angiography 
 
Renal Artery Angioplasty 
 
Renal Artery Stent Placement 
 
Ureteral Stent 
 
IR-NEUROLOGIC STUDIES Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Cerebral Angiography 
 
Carotid Angiography 
 
Neurologic Angioplasty 
 
Neurologic Thrombolysis 
 
Vertebroplasty 
 
IR-PERIPHERAL VASCULAR STUDIES Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
IR-PERIPHERAL VASCULAR STUDIES 
 
Angioplasty 
 
Central Venous Access/Port Placement 
 
Dialysis Graft Creation/Revision 
 
Dialysis Graft lnterventional 
 
Peripheral Vascular Embolization 
 
Stent Graft Placement 
 
SVC/IVC Venograph 
 
Thoracic Aortography 
 
Upper and Lower Extremity Angiography 
 
IR-PULMONARY PROCEDURES Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Chest Tube Placement 
 
Pulmonary Embolization 
 
Pulmonary Angiography 
 
Thoracentesis 
 
PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Conscious/Procedural Sedation 
 
Assist w/Central Line/Venous Line Insertion 
 
Venous Sampling 
 
Topical Hemostasis (D-Stat, Chito-Seal, Syvek Patch, etc.) 
 
Vascular Closure Systems (Perclose, StarClose, etc.) 
 
External Compression Devices (C-Clamp, Sandbags,etc.) 
 
Physiologic Monitoring/Recording 
 
Sheath Removal and Monitoring 
 
National Patient Safety Goals/Core Measures 
 
Universal Protocol Procedures 
 
Isolation Precautions 
 
Infection Prevention 
 
Age Specific/Population-Based Care 
 
Fall Risk Assessment/Prevention 
 
EMR Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Cerner 
 
Eclipsys 
 
Epic 
 
GE 
 
McKesson 
 
Meditech 
 
Other Computerized System 
 
Computerized Physician Order Entry 
 
Medication Administration using Bar Coding Technology 
 
EMR Conversion      
EMR Conversion 
 
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)