Maternity nurse vs student nurse

Differences between maternity nurse and student nurse 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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Student nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage surgical recovery patients including vascular, ENT, GI urological and neurological cases, coronary bypass surgery patients.
• Experience in plastics, general, podiatry, ortho, gyn, GI and pain services
• Administer intravenous infusions, PO, IM, IVP, SubQ prescriptions and monitoring patients for adverse reactions.
• Provide competent nursing care within scope of practice on the Med-Surg, and ICU floor as a student nurse.
• Experience inserting IVs, total patient care, charting, and logging with SRHS computer system on multiple MED-SURG units.
• Provide general patient care ADL's, administering dressing changes, providing nurses notes, and other aide duties for patient.
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