Intensive care unit nurse vs advanced registered nurse practitioner

Differences between intensive care unit nurse and advanced registered nurse practitioner duties and responsibilities

Intensive care unit nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage pre- and post-surgical care, specifically for GI disorders.
• Manage patients who suffer respiratory/cardiac arrest per ACLS protocol.
• Manage patients requiring blood transfusions, iv antibiotic therapy, complications from chemotherapy and radiation.
• Care for cardiac patients in CCU.
• Incorporate ACLS and BLS algorithms on a frequent basis.
• Provide care to ventilator dependent patients, tracheal care, and ICP monitoring.
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Advanced registered nurse practitioner example responsibilities.

• Manage patients requiring rehabilitation with multiple co-morbidity conditions.
• Provide continuous telemetry monitoring and managing multiple patients with multiple high-risk medical conditions, utilizing interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Coordinate medical care during inpatient drug and alcohol detoxification and rehabilitation.
• Care include physical examination, ordering appropriate labs/x-rays/medication, wind repair and forming an assessment/diagnosis to disposition the patients.
• Complete annual examinations including providing women s health examinations and preventative health care education to patients from diverse backgrounds.
• Facilitate communication between specialists in neurology, neurosurgery, radiation, oncology, medical oncology, facial plastics, and others.
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