Infection control practitioner vs traveling nurse

Differences between infection control practitioner and traveling nurse 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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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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