Director of health education vs nurse manager

Differences between director of health education and nurse manager duties and responsibilities

Director of health education example responsibilities.

• Manage multiple patients, assessing ability to continue living independently or moving to higher acuity care.
• Develop learning strategies for community recipients on diabetes, maternal and child health, women's health, and nutrition management.
• Provide oversight of contracts for the education department including planning, budgeting, implementation and evaluation.
• Design curricula and teach courses in development of oral and written communication skills, mathematics and general educational development for adults.
• Manage social media presence such as Facebook page and electronic communications.

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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