Circulating nurse vs traveling nurse

Differences between circulating nurse and traveling nurse duties and responsibilities

Circulating nurse example responsibilities.

• Organize and manage regular clinics involving external physicians, including ophthalmology, ENT, Med/Surg, orthopedics, and podiatry professionals.
• Monitor vital signs in PACU and review discharge instructions to caretaker regarding procedure.
• Circulate ENT, plastics, GYN, GI, general, and orthopedic cases.
• Circulate mostly GU and GYN cases
• Assist in Pre-Op as needed.
• Assist in endoscopy for EGDS, Colonoscopys, and ERCPs.
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Traveling nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage critically ill patient as a result of trauma, including vent management, ICP monitoring, and CRRT.
• Manage and further help stabilize elective and/or urgent surgical patient in their post-operative, post PACU admission to the floor.
• Manage bedside care per MD orders, administering medications, ensuring patient safety, assisting in ADL care, etc.
• Monitor chemotherapy and administration of oral chemo medication, obtain laboratory specimens to manage client status via central lines.
• Travel nurse who provide care to patients in SICU, MICU, CCU, and CVICU.
• Work in both MICU and SICU
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