Nurse educator vs clinic registered nurse

Differences between nurse educator and clinic registered nurse duties and responsibilities

Nurse educator example responsibilities.

• Achieve instructor level for both BLS and ACLS, supporting needs of nursing staff to maintain competency.
• Demonstrate clinical competency and compassion in providing care, using technology, administering medications, performing procedures, and managing emergencies.
• Provide nursing education and clinical expertise to novice nurses entering ICU setting.
• Assist with maintaining staff certification in ACLS and BLS, advocate keeping current with unit specific certifications.
• Involve in program development for the cardiology and cardiovascular surgery departments.
• Develop standardized patient care plans for medical diagnoses and oncology patients for use with the hospital computerize documentation system.
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Clinic registered nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
• Perform both admissions and discharge of patients within the CICU as well as transferring patients to ICU or other units.
• Perform nursing functions in critical care units including ER, MICU, CCU, SICU in various hospitals and medical centers.
• Provide patient education that includes information about diagnosis, plan surgical procedures, post-surgical care, and physical rehabilitation procedures.
• Provide involved detail clinical evaluations of patients within the acute rehabilitation center along with needs for transition of care after discharge.
• Provide prenatal care education to ob triage patients to aide in fetal well-being.
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