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Wound Care 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  
Acute Care – Adult 
 
Clinic – Adult 
 
SNF/LTAC/Subacute 
 
Hospice / Palliative Care 
 
Acute/Long Term Care – Pediatrics 
 
Clinic – Pediatrics 
 
PRESSURE ULCERS Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Assessment 
 
Staging 
 
Prevention/ Risk Assessment Tools – Adult 
 
Prevention/ Risk Assessment Tools -Pediatrics 
 
Support Surface Selection 
 
NEUROPATHIC ULCERS Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Assessment 
 
Management 
 
VENOUS STASIS ULCERS Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Assessment 
 
Management 
 
PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL ULCERS Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Assessment 
 
Ankle Brachial Index 
 
Management 
 
OTHER WOUNDS Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Fistulae – Pouching / Skin Care 
 
Skin Care/ Management of Drains 
 
WOUND DEBRIDEMENT Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Autolytic 
 
Enzymatic 
 
Mechanical 
 
Sharp 
 
DRESSINGS/ TREATMENTS Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Hydrogels 
 
Hydrocolloids 
 
Silver Products 
 
Foams 
 
Alginates 
 
Vacuum Assisted Closure 
 
Growth Factors 
 
Skin Substitutes 
 
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy 
 
Wound Cultures 
 
Electrical Stimulation 
 
Enzymatic Debriding Agents 
 
Mist Therapy 
 
COLOSTOMY / ILEOSTOMY Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Ostomy Equipment Selection 
 
Continence Skin Care Management 
 
Loop with Rod Stoma 
 
End Stoma 
 
Mucous Fistula 
 
Double Barrel Stoma 
 
Irrigation 
 
Ileal Lavage 
 
CONTINENT ILEOSTOMY Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Knock pouch 
 
Pelvic Pouch 
 
UROSTOMY / CONTINENT Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Catherization for C&S 
 
Knock Pouch 
 
Neobladder 
 
CONTINENCE THERAPEUTIC DEVICES Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Vaginal Cones 
 
Penile Clamps 
 
Male External Catheters 
 
Internal Urethral Inserts 
 
Catheters –Mgmt & Self Care Teaching 
 
Magnetic Therapy 
 
Urinary Incontinence Program 
 
Fecal Incontinence Program 
 
BURNS Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Burn Management 
 
PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
National Patient Safety Goals/ Core Measures 
 
Patient Family Teaching 
 
Age Specific/Population Based Care 
 
Isolation Precautions 
 
Infection Precautions 
 
Pain assessment & Management 
 
Interpretation & Communication of Lab Values 
 
EMR 
 
EPIC 
 
Cerner 
 
Eclipsys 
 
McKesson 
 
Other Computerized System 
 
Computerized Physician Order Entry 
 
Bar coding for Medication 
 
Culture 
 
OTHER / MISC. Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Pain Management Assessment of Pain Levels without intervention 
 
Pain Management Response Assessment with Intervention 
 
Experience: Charge Duty 
 
Experience: Preceptor 
 
AGE SPECIFIC CARE Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4  
Infant (Birth to 1 year) 
 
Toddler (1-3 years) 
 
Pre-school (3-6 years) 
 
School Age (6-12 years) 
 
Adolescent (12-18 years) 
 
Young Adult (18-30 years) 
 
Mature Adult (30-60 years) 
 
Elderly (>60 years)