Clinical staff educator vs staff nurse

Differences between clinical staff educator and staff nurse duties and responsibilities

Clinical staff educator example responsibilities.

• Manage team of medical support personnel, orient new clinical employees and develop new guidelines for chemotherapy administration.
• Plan and conduct CPR classes.
• Develop, implement and evaluate curricula for educational activities for staff and patients.
• Present weekly in-service training sessions as well as mandatory annual in-services.coordinate CPR classes to assure license personnel certification.
• Administer comprehensive diagnostic assessments and implement therapy for aural rehabilitation, language, cognitive, and social disorders.
• Coordinate with physicians in developing appropriate treatment and management plans for patients presenting with both chronic and acute disease conditions.
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Staff nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage and further help stabilize elective and urgent care surgical patients in their post-operative/post PACU admission to the floor.
• Accomplish extensive critical care course with EKG interpretation and yearly critical care medication exam.
• Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
• Participate in discharge planning including teaching family members and patients wind care and medication administration process after discharge.
• Provide direct nursing care to patients in a variety of settings with an emphasis in critical care and PACU settings.
• Prepare patients for surgery and endoscopy procedures including initiating intravenous lines, physical assessments and administering medications.
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