General duty nurse vs traveling nurse

Differences between general duty nurse and traveling nurse duties and responsibilities

General duty nurse example responsibilities.

• Interpret EKG changes and manage EKG machine.recognize signs and symptoms that require rapid response.
• Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
• Provide all aspects of patient care on medical surgical unit with sub-specialty of orthopedic surgery.
• Work in cardiac care unit, telemetry, neurology, rehabilitation, and post-operative surgical ward.
• Serve as clinical supervisor for medical ICU unit, performing direct care, training, mentoring and administrative support.
• Assist inProviding staffdevelopment BLS Trainging atvarious clinics.
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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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