Geriatric care manager vs nurse manager

Differences between geriatric care manager and nurse manager duties and responsibilities

Geriatric care manager example responsibilities.

• Manage caseload by providing care coordination to individuals with a primary intellectual/developmental disability diagnosis all of whom receive community-base waiver services.
• Provide administrative and nutritional support and health care management for elderly patients.
• Develop and implement a special volunteer-education program to train volunteers in the care of an interaction with Alzheimer's patient.
• Interface with members' primary care physician, specialists and other health care providers to meet patients' health care needs.
• Assume a leadership role in meetings and training regarding staff education on state and institutional educational standards relate to child development.
• Manage caseload by providing care coordination to individuals with a primary intellectual/developmental disability diagnosis all of whom receive community-base waiver services.

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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