Ultrasound Skill 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.

1 = No Experience

2 = Some Experience

3 = Intermittent Experience

4 = Experienced

5 = Very Experienced


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AGE OF PATIENTS CARED FOR
Newborn/Neonate (birth to 30 days)

Infant (1 month to 1 year)

Toddler (1year to 3 years)

Preschooler (3 years to 5 years)

School Age Child (5 years to 12 years)

Adolescents (12 years to 18 years)

Young Adults (18 years to 39 years)

Middle Adults (39 years to 64 years)

Older Adults (64+ years)

GENERAL SKILLS

Preparation of Examination Room

Identification of Patient

Patient Assessment & Education Regarding Procedure

Patient Positioning

Protocol Selection

Image Optimization (Ex: Transducer Selection, Focal Zone, FOV)

Image Archiving

Documentation of Procedure and Patient Data

CDC Standard Precautions

Correlation of Adjunct Imaging Studies to Breast Sonogram

Doppler Mode Selection

ABDOMEN/PELVIS

Liver

Biliary Tract/Gallbladder/CBD

Pancreas


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Spleen
GI Tract

Kidneys

Adrenals

Bladder

Lymph Nodes

Prostate

Aorta / Great Vessels

Inferior Vena Cava

Vasculature

SUPERFICIAL STRUCTURES STUDIES

Abdominal wall

Scrotum & Testis

Musculoskeletal

Superficial masses

Thyroid
GYNECOLOGICAL STUDIES

Uterus

Adnexa

Transvaginal Probe

OBSTETRICS

1st Trimester

2nd / 3rd Trimester

Fetal Biophysical Profile

Amniocentesis

INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES

Biopsy

Aspiration

Drainage Procedures

Thoracentesis

Paracentesis

Sterile Techniques

Pediatric Studies


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Arterial - Aorta
Arterial/Venous – Superior Mesenteric

Arterial/Venous – Inferior Mesenteric

Arterial – Celiac

Arterial/Venous – Hepatic

Arterial/Venous – Common Iliac

Arterial/Venous – Internal Iliac

Arterial/Venous – External Iliac

Arterial/Venous – Renal

Arterial/Venous – Splenic

Venous – Inferior Vena Cava

Venous – Portal

Transplants – Liver

Transplants – Renal

UPPER EXTREMITY

Subclavian

Axillary

Brachial

Radial

Ulnar

Digital

LOWER EXTREMITY

Common Femoral

Superficial Femoral

Deep Femoral

Popliteal

Tibioperoneal Trunk

Posterior Tibial or Anterior Tibial or Peroneal

STRESS / PRESSURE TESTING

Segmental Pressure-Upper Extremities

ABI or Segmental Pressure – Lower Ext

PVR (Pulse Volume Recording)


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Post-Exercise Testing
UPPER EXTREMITY VENOUS

Internal Jugular

Subclavian

Axillary

Brachial

Cephalic

Basilic

Radial

Ulnar

Vein Mapping

LOWER EXTREMITY VENOUS

Common Femoral

Femoral

Deep Femoral

Popliteal

Great Saphenous

Small Saphenous

Calf Veins

Vein Mapping

Reflux Assessment

NECK

Carotid Artery

Vertebral Artery

Subclavian Artery

POST INTERVENTION PROCEDURES

Bypass Grafts

Post Catheterization Complications

Endografts

Dialysis Access Grafts/Fistulae

Stents


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TIPS
BREAST SONOGRAPHY

Fluid Aspiration

Fine Needle Aspiration

Core Biopsy

Vacuum – Assisted Biopsy

Clip Placement

Needle Localization

EMR

eClinialworks

EPIC

McKesson

Care 360

All Scripts

Cerner

GE

Optum Insight

NextGen

Greenway

PACS

Ambra Health

Sectra

Infinitt

IBM Merge

McKessson

Philips

FujiFilm

Impax

Centricity

Carestream Vue

Clarity

eRad PACS

Syngo


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Acuson
Aspen

Cypress

Sequoia

128XP 10

Philips/ ATL

HDI 1000

HDI 3000

HDI 4000

HDI 5000

UM9 HDI

Philips P

Sonos 1000

Sonos 2000/2500

Sonos 5500

Imagepoint

Imagepoint HX

GE

Logiq 500 PRO

Logiq 7

Logiq 700

Logiq 50MD

Logiq 9

Vivid 5

Vivid 7

Volusion 730

Siemens

Elegra

Prima

Toshiba

SSH-140

Powervision 8000

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