Lactation consultant vs staff nurse

Differences between lactation consultant and staff nurse duties and responsibilities

Lactation consultant example responsibilities.

• Manage communications with referral source, medical providers, injure worker and other parties involve in the rehabilitation process.
• Provide clinical lactation support, community breastfeeding education, and CPR instruction
• Work in outpatient breastfeeding center as IBCLC with occasional floating to inpatient lactation consulting.
• Provide guidance to birth mothers on proper positions and latch techniques to minimize potential complications.
• Implement and oversee a maternity services clinic focusing on prenatal education, lactation services, and breastfeeding.
• Perform nutrition assessment for participants by providing participants with information on healthy eating, nursing assistance, and healthy lifestyle choices.
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Staff nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage and further help stabilize elective and urgent care surgical patients in their post-operative/post PACU admission to the floor.
• Accomplish extensive critical care course with EKG interpretation and yearly critical care medication exam.
• Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
• Participate in discharge planning including teaching family members and patients wind care and medication administration process after discharge.
• Provide direct nursing care to patients in a variety of settings with an emphasis in critical care and PACU settings.
• Prepare patients for surgery and endoscopy procedures including initiating intravenous lines, physical assessments and administering medications.
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