Infection control nurse vs registered nurse supervisor

Differences between infection control nurse and registered nurse supervisor duties and responsibilities

Infection control nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage cases of patients recently hospitalize, afflict with chronic debilitating conditions and other long-term care needs.
• Provide all in-service instruction to all employees and new staff members base on OSHA and state regulations.
• Maintain regulatory compliance with national and regulatory bodies such as JCAHO, CDC, OSHA, and FDA.
• Track CPR renewals for medical staff.
• Update and maintain TB and vaccination records for all employees and residents.
• Perform annual TB skin test for employees and MDOC inmates in prison.
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Registered nurse supervisor example responsibilities.

• Experience in Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance manage care programs.
• Initiate rapid response and lead nurse code team until the arrival of the ICU resident team.
• Lead staff in an effort to reduce EMR coding errors, from roughly 40 per day to 5.
• Manage, coordinate and run MDS program for Medicare/ Medicaid patients for insurance reimbursement in coordination with federal guidelines.
• Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
• Facilitate patient care, coordinate admissions and problem solving on the unit, establishing treatment plans, ACLS team leader.
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