Infection control practitioner vs nurse extern

Differences between infection control practitioner and nurse extern duties and responsibilities

Infection control practitioner example responsibilities.

• Treat acute illnesses and manage chronic conditions such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, chronic pain, and diabetes.
• Manage team of medical support personnel, orient new clinical employees and develop new guidelines for chemotherapy administration.
• Provision of care includes health maintenance, disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment with specialty consultations as indicated.
• Develop IC plans, ICRA, performing CDC NHSN surveillance.
• Develop blood borne pathogen policy and exposure management program to meet OSHA and CDC requirements.
• Work collaboratively with staff, departments and administration to reduce the risk of hospital-acquir infections among patients.
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Nurse extern example responsibilities.

• Organize and manage regular clinics involving external physicians, including ophthalmology, ENT, Med/Surg, orthopedics, and podiatry professionals.
• Assist patients with activities of daily living, obtain vital signs and assessments, and perform 12 lead EKG's.
• Perform initial assessments on patients in outpatient oncology clinic; recording vital signs, significant medical history and chief complaints.
• Shadow to adult medical-surgical nurse staff- head-to-toe assessment, assist with medication administration, computer charting with co-signor, and telemetry monitoring
• Obtain ACLS, to ensure patients receive the best quality of care.
• Obtain ACLS certification and then float to all critical care areas as needed.
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