Maternity nurse vs nurse extern

Differences between maternity nurse and nurse extern duties and responsibilities

Maternity nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage the care of high risk patient with seizure disorders, gestational hypertension, gestational diabetes mellitus, bleeding issues.
• Manage surgical recovery patients including vascular, ENT, GI urological and neurological cases, coronary bypass surgery patients.
• Serve as acting coordinator of the ob department.
• Assume the duties of the obstetric nurse for all ob.
• Educate, assess, and counsele regarding post-partum care, childbirth, lactation, and treatment procedures.
• Assist with epidural catheter placement.
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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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