Labor and Delivery

Information

Proficiency Scale

1 = No Experience
2 = Need Training
3 = Able to perform with supervision
4 = Able to perform independently

Assessment Section

Work Settings

  • ✔ L and D *
  • ✔ LDRP *
  • ✔ Antepartum *
  • ✔ Mother Baby *
  • ✔ L and D *

Special Procedures

  • ✔ Conduct Stress Test *
  • ✔ General Anesthesia *
  • ✔ Response to Pain Management *

Untitled Section

  • ✔ Conduct Non-Stress Test *
  • ✔ Assist with External Version *
  • ✔ Assist with Umbilical Blood Sampling *
  • ✔ Use of Nitrazine/Fern Test *

Pain Management

  • ✔ Epidural Anesthesia *
  • ✔ IUPC Placement/Monitoring *
  • ✔ Spiral Electrode Placement *
  • ✔ Identify, Document & Treat Abnormal FHR Patterns *

Fetal Monitoring

  • ✔ External *
  • ✔ Determine Fetal Position *
  • ✔ Assess Contraction Characteristics *
  • ✔ Assess Status of Membranes *
  • ✔ Assess Station/Dilation/Effacement *
  • ✔ Positioning *
  • ✔ Leopold's Maneuver *
  • ✔ Assess for Reflexes/Clonus *
  • ✔ ladder Catheterization *
  • ✔ Amnioinfusion (Assist or Perform) *
  • ✔ Recognize Complications of AROM *

Labor Management

  • ✔ Auscultate Fetal Heart Tones *
  • ✔ Circulate Vaginal Delivery *
  • ✔ Circulate C - Section *
  • ✔ Scrub C - Section *

Delivery Management

  • ✔ Delivery Table Set Up *
  • ✔ PGAR Scores *
  • ✔ Neonatal Vital Signs *
  • ✔ Neonatal Resuscitation *
  • ✔ Naso/Oropharyngeal Suctioning *
  • ✔ Bulb Syringe Suction *

Neonatal Management

  • ✔ Radiant Warmer *
  • ✔ Asthma *
  • ✔ Cardiac Disease *
  • ✔ Chorioamnionitis *
  • ✔ Diabetes *
  • ✔ Pregnancy Induced Hypertension *
  • ✔ HELLP *
  • ✔ Hemolytic Anemia *
  • ✔ Hemorrhage *
  • ✔ HIV Positive *
  • ✔ HBV Disease *
  • ✔ Malpresentations *
  • ✔ Multiple Gestation *
  • ✔ Pre-Term Labor *
  • ✔ Fetal Demise *
  • ✔ Rh Disease *

Complications

  • ✔ Placenta Previa/Abruptio *
  • ✔ Cesarean Section *
  • ✔ Anesthesia - General *
  • ✔ Anesthesia - Spinal *
  • ✔ Bladder Distention *
  • ✔ Positioning *
  • ✔ Breast Milk Collection and Storage *
  • ✔ Breast Pump *
  • ✔ Breastfeeding - Latch Score *
  • ✔ Breastfeeding - Supplemental Feeding *
  • ✔ Breastfeeding Support *
  • ✔ Contraceptive Education *
  • ✔ Epidural/PCA *
  • ✔ Homan's Sign *
  • ✔ Multiple Births *
  • ✔ Parent/Infant Interaction/Attachment *
  • ✔ Post Partum Hemorrhage *
  • ✔ Pregnancy Induced Hypertension *

Post Partum Care

  • ✔ Vaginal Delivery *
  • ✔ Antihypertensives *
  • ✔ Antiseizure *
  • ✔ Betamethasone *
  • ✔ Insulin *
  • ✔ Magnesium Sulfate *
  • ✔ Methergine *
  • ✔ Opioids and Reversal Agents *
  • ✔ Pitocin *
  • ✔ Terbutaline *

Medications

  • ✔ Antibiotics/Antivirals *
  • ✔ IV Management *
  • ✔ Blood Product Administration *

IV Therapy

  • ✔ Start IVs *
  • ✔ Infant Vital Signs *
  • ✔ Ballard Scale/Dubowitz *
  • ✔ Car Seat Education *
  • ✔ Circumcision Care/Teach to Parents *
  • ✔ Cord Care/Teach to Parents *
  • ✔ Immunizations - Infant *
  • ✔ Infant Caretaking Skills *
  • ✔ Infant Identification and Security *
  • ✔ Metabolic Screen *
  • ✔ Jaundice/Bilirubin *
  • ✔ Phototherapy *
  • ✔ Thermoregulation *

Newborn Care

  • ✔ Newborn Assessment *
  • ✔ Experience in a Baby Friendly Facility *
  • ✔ Fall Risk Assessment/Prevention *
  • ✔ Restraints/Use of Least Restrictive Device *
  • ✔ Parent/Family Teaching *
  • ✔ Age Specific/Population-Based Care *
  • ✔ Isolation Precautions *
  • ✔ Infection Prevention *
  • ✔ Charge Experience *
  • ✔ Interpretation and Communication of Lab Values *

Professional Knowledge and Skills

  • ✔ National Patient Safety Goals/Core Measures *
  • ✔ Cerner *
  • ✔ Eclipsys *
  • ✔ McKesson *
  • ✔ Meditech *
  • ✔ Other Computerized System *
  • ✔ Computerized Physician Order Entry *
  • ✔ Bar Coding for Medication Administration *
  • ✔ EMR Conversion *

EMR

  • ✔ Epic *
  • ✔ 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) *

Age Specific Competencies

  • ✔ Infant (Birth - 1 year) *