FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY

College of Health Professions

SchoolDepartment of Nursing

Competency Certification Grid

Student: ______

Please retain this form throughout the Program. You are responsible for keeping the CCG up-to-date and reviewing competencies attained each semester with course faculty and advisor. Faculty and/or Practice Partner shall validate competency.

Course and Practice Ability / Semester/Year / Initials/Date Completed
NUR 3065C Health Assessment:
Basis for Professional Practice
·  Health History & Interviewing
·  Health Assessment
·  Handwashing
·  Functional Assessment
·  Clean Gloving
·  Vital Signs
·  Weights
·  Documentation of Health Assessment Findings

NUR 3046C Rural Cultural

·  First Aid
·  Medications-Intradermal, Intramuscular, Subcutaneous
·  Client Education (Individual)
·  DDST II
§  Windshield Survey
NUR 3764465C Population Based Care: Special Populations
·  Assistive Devices: Canes and Walkers
·  Moving, Lifting, Positioning, Transferring, Ambulating
·  Bedmaking
·  Bathing/Hygiene
·  Bedpans and Urinals
·  Pain Management
·  Fetal Assessment
·  Maternal Assessment
·  Neonatal Assessment
·  Specimen Collection
·  Neonatal AssessmentReceiving and Giving Report
Student: ______
Course and Practice Ability / Semester/Year / Initials/Date Completed /

NUR 4756C Population Based Care: Vulnerable Populations

·  Wound Care/Drains
·  Oxygen Administration & Therapy
·  Medications – Oral
·  Phlebotomy
·  Urinary Catheterization
·  Sterile Technique
·  Sterile Gloving
·  Enema Administration
·  Tube Feedings/PEG Tubes/Nasogastric Tubes
·  Tracheostomy Care
·  Range of Motion
·  Documentation, including Computerized
·  Psychosocial Nursing Assessment (Tool)
·  Assessment of Therapeutic Milieu
·  Suicidal Risk Assessment (Tool)
·  Beginning Level 1:1 Therapeutic Relationship (Interpersonal Communication Process Recording)
·  Stress Management Coventions
·  Evaluation For and Management of Restraints
NUR 4767C Crisis Based Care
·  Suctioning
·  ET TubesAirway Management
·  Cardiac & Hemodynamic Monitoring & Rhythm Interpretation
·  IV Insertion
·  Administering & Managing Intravenous Fluids
·  Monitoring Blood Administration & Monitoring
·  Managing Central Lines/Central Line Care
·  I & O
·  RestraintsPreoperative & Postoperative Care
·  Chest Tubes and Drains
·  Computerized Documentation
·  Standards of Care
Student: ______

Course and Practice Ability

/ Semester/Year / Initials/Date Completed

NUR 4636C Community Partnered Care

·  Health Promotion (Aggregates)
·  Community Assessment
·  Client Education (Aggregates)
NUR 4826C Issues Based Care
·  Legal-Ethical Decision Making
NUR 4948L Practice Elective
·  Leadership & Management
·  Practice Judgment
·  Priority Setting
·  Delegation
·  Interdisciplinary Communication
·  Interpreting & Documenting Client Records, including Computerized
NUR 4837L Nursing: Challenging the Present, Shaping the Future
·  Analysis & Interpretation of Trend Data
·  Using Data in Forecasting
·  Quality Monitoring
·  Risk Management
Interpreting & Documenting Client Records

Revised & Accepted 4 APR 99

Revised 12 FEB 99

Revised 18 JUL 98

Piloted Fall 97

Accepted 28 JAN 97

Corrected 05-05-99

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