Nephrology nurse vs psychiatric nurse

Differences between nephrology nurse and psychiatric nurse duties and responsibilities

Nephrology nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage medication inventory and hospital supplies; attend hospital meetings and ensure patients have appropriate level of nursing care.
• Manage surgical recovery patients including vascular, ENT, GI urological and neurological cases, coronary bypass surgery patients.
• Reinforce diet restriction and fluid limitation, dressing changes, catheter care, removal of staples, collecting lab specimens.
• Participate in the quarterly review of emergency/disaster procedures with patients and other staff.
• Provide diabetes education, including correct usage of insulin, prevention of diabetic complications, and teaching healthy diabetic lifestyle.
• Pet examination, vaccination preparation and administration, triage, compounding medications, surgical assisting, radiography, animal restraint.
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Psychiatric nurse example responsibilities.

• Organize and manage regular clinics involving external physicians, including ophthalmology, ENT, Med/Surg, orthopedics, and podiatry professionals.
• Staff register nurse, acute medical rehabilitation unit.
• Perform emergency triage differentiating psychiatric versus medical conditions.
• Perform triage assessment, psychiatric evaluations, medication administration, psychotherapy and case management.
• Provide comprehensive medical-psychiatric care to patients via assessment, planning, evaluation and supervision of therapeutic interactions.
• Provide therapeutic communication and psychiatric rehabilitation with residents to assist with their recovery to return to the community.
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