Coronary care unit nurse vs clinical research nurse

Differences between coronary care unit nurse and clinical research nurse duties and responsibilities

Coronary care unit nurse example responsibilities.

• Utilize ACLS protocols in managing emergencies.
• Organize and lead a cardiac rehabilitation program relate to physical and emotional health to ensure long-term patient well-being.
• Certify in ACLS and BLS during this period.
• Monitor EKG and hemodynamic status.
• Provide acute care for cardiac patients warranting close monitoring and often immediate critical nursing judgment.
• Work a short while in the cardiac catheter lab.
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Clinical research nurse example responsibilities.

• Maintain accountability and compassion while providing care, administering medications, performing procedures and managing emergencies.
• Demonstrate clinical competency and compassion in providing care, using technology, administering medications, performing procedures and managing emergencies
• Command of CPR team until a doctor arrives; defibrillate and assess patients' condition.
• Administer pain medication through intravenous, oral or subcutaneous injection to recovering patients in the immediate post-operative period of surgery.
• Provide complete nursing care for patient populations undergoing procedures relate to abdominal surgery, multiple trauma, oncology, and peritoneal dialysis
• Provide skil nursing care for patients spanning the pediatric medical spectrum including hematology, immunology, oncology, neurology and endocrinology.
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