Advanced practice psychiatric nurse vs nurse manager

Differences between advanced practice psychiatric nurse and nurse manager duties and responsibilities

Advanced practice psychiatric nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage staff of medical personnel providing care for telemetry, geriatric and general medicine patients.
• Formulate diagnosis and make recommendations for treatment and disposition to clinical staff.
• Oversee and provide leadership for professional staff on a medical surgical orthopedic unit with oversight of scheduling and performance management.
• Maintain JCAHO standards including policy development, infection prevention, quality management, and risk management.
• Contribute substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation; establishing and implementing policies and procedures, protocols, and require assessments.

Nurse manager example responsibilities.

• Case manage workers compensation cases, administer drug testing, surveillance testing, minor 1st aid and CPR instruction.
• Assess and manage various allergic and life threatening reactions of chemotherapy medications.
• Manage staff of medical personnel providing care for telemetry, geriatric and general medicine patients.
• Involve in utilization review and chart audits for all appropriate documentation for medicaid, Medicare and manage care organizations.
• Manage surgical recovery patients including vascular, ENT, GI urological and neurological cases, coronary bypass surgery patients.
• Maintain current ACLS and BLS certifications.
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