Nurse midwife vs triage nurse

Differences between nurse midwife and triage nurse duties and responsibilities

Nurse midwife example responsibilities.

• Full scope CNM care for busy manage healthcare facility and hospital.
• Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
• Provide tracheostomy care, trauma, burns, diabetic care.
• Participate in the clinical education of ob residents, medical and nursing students.
• Assist in bedside surgery, all types of ventilation, arterial and venous lines.
• Diagnose, monitor and examine women and foetus during pregnancy, labour and delivery.
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Triage nurse example responsibilities.

• Recognize and manage maternal complications: hemorrhage, preeclampsia, endometritis.
• Provide outpatient chemotherapy administration, patient education and telephone triage of patients undergoing cancer treatment.
• Follow up on denials and appeals.
• Experience in initiating prior authorizations, denials, and appeals.
• Perform EKG's, labs, vision screening, hearing tests, pulmonary function tests.
• Handle all heavy phone scheduling which include visits, blood work, diagnostic testing and cardiac rehabilitation.
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