Legal nurse consultant vs contractor-registered nurse

Differences between legal nurse consultant and contractor-registered nurse duties and responsibilities

Legal nurse consultant example responsibilities.

• Manage all immunization and vaccination programs and ensure compliance to establish program guidelines.
• Maintain a professional working relationship with hospital staff, physicians, manage care organizations, Medicare and Medicaid providers.
• Perform pulmonary function, EKG and audiology testing.
• Examine cases involving fraud and abuse of government-fund agencies, including Medicare and Medicaid.
• Coordinate OSHA require medical surveillance.
• Perform and complete physical examinations in accordance to OSHA requirements.
Show more

Contractor-registered nurse example responsibilities.

• Assign to cardiac vascular recovery units, manage open-heart recovery, critical care, and post-anesthesia patients.
• Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
• Contract RN caring for patients in ICU, CCU, and telemetry floor.
• Float to other floors such as orthopedics, oncology, and skil units.
• Collaborate with house nursing supervisor for transfer and admittance of new patients to the ICU.
• Assist with staffing needs in PACU recovering post-op surgical patients after general, spinal, and conscious sedation anesthesia.
Show more