Skills Fair 2022
Name _________________________________________________________________ Date ____________________________
Instructor ______________________________________________________________
Skills Fair Checkoff
General Guidelines EKG Lead Placement
1. Wash Hands and review order
2. Correctly identify and place V1-V6 leads
3. Correctly identify and place limb leads
4. Identify poorly attacahed electrodes
5. Identification of Sinuse Rhythm
6. Identifcation of abnormal hear rhythm
Comments:
Venipuncture
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Properly identifies equipment needed amd order
Wash hands
Properly cleans site/maintains clean site
Properly uses tourniquet
Properly inserts needle
Performs draw and order correctly
Properly inverts tubes
Properly labels tubes
Properly applies pressure/dressing
Comments:
Ear Lavage
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Properly identifies equipment needed and order
Properly positions patient correctly
Washes hands
Properly draws up solution and ensure correct tempaerature of
solutions
Manipulates/positions ear (pull pin down and back for infant, up
and back for adult)
Irrigates with a slow stream of solution against the roof of the
auditory canal, using only sufficient force to remove secretions.
Allows solution to flow out unimpeded
Places cotton ball in ear
Comments:
Able to
Perform
Able to
Perform with
Assistance
Unable to
Perform
Initials
and
Date
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IM Injection
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Properly able to idently correct injection sites/order
Wash hands
Correctly cleans area for injection preperation
Selects correct needle size
Correctly draws up medication
Correclty injects (to include aspiration)
Properly applies dressing (bandaid/cotonball)
Comments:
TB Skin Test
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Wash hands and verify order
Locate proper site
Cleanse area
Correctly prepare syringe
Correct inject solution (bevel up at 5-15 degree angle)
Intradermal wheal of 8-10cm visible
No dressing applied
Able to properly explain tme frame to be red and what
determines positive and negative reading
Comments:
Vital Signs
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B/P is measured with a manual ausculation
Respirations are correclty counted
Pulse is corrected counted
Temperature is taken correclty
Comments:
Able to
Perform
Able to
Perform with
Assistance
Unable to
Perform
Initials
and
Date
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Flu Test Collection *Refer to manufactor
recommendations
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Collect supplies/verify order
Wash Hands
Identify patient/intorduce self
Tilt patient’s head at a 70 degree angle
Insert swab into nostril (Swab should reach depth equal to
distance from nostrils to outer opening of the ear.)
6. Leave swab in place for several seconds to absorb secreations
7. Remove swab
8. Give patient a tissue to wipe nose
9. Place swab in proper testing apparatus
10. Report and Record the results properly
Comments:
Strep Test Collection *Refer to manufactor
recommendations
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Collect supplies/verify order
Wash Hands
Identify patient/intorduce self
Instruct patient to open mouth wide
Rub the swab on the back of the throat and tonsils and any other
areas that there is redness, inflammation or pus
Touch the swab tip to the tonsil area quickly and firmly to
obtain a good sample
Place swab in proper testing apparatus
Report and record results
Comments:
Covid Test Collection *Refer to manufactor
recommendations
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Collect supplies/verify order
Wash Hands
Identify patient/intorduce self
Tilt patient’s head at a 70 degree angle
Insert swab into nostril (Swab should reach depth equal to
distance from nostrils to outer opening of the ear.)
Able to
Perform
Able to
Perform with
Assistance
Unable to
Perform
Initials
and
Date
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6. Swab each nostril for 10-15 seconds
7. Remove swab
8. Give patient a tissue to wipe nose
9. Place swab in proper testing apparatus
10. Report and Record the results properl
Comments:
Mono Testing
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Collect supplies/verify order
Wash Hands
Identify patient/intorduce self
Cleanse patient’s finger
Complete finger stick with lancet
Hold the pipette horizontally to the blood sample. (Do not press
the pipette, once it is held to the blood sample it will draw up the
correct amount needed.)
7. Align the pipette with sample over the “sample well” of the test
and squeeze the pipette to release the blood sample.
8. Add 2-3 drops of developer solution (blue lid) to the blood
sample in the sample well
9. Read results in 8 minutes. (See manufacutres instructions)
10. Record and Report results
Comments:
Able to
Perform
Able to
Perform with
Assistance
Unable to
Perform
Initials
and
Date