Ob/gyn vs registered nurse

Differences between ob/gyn and registered nurse duties and responsibilities

Ob/gyn example responsibilities.

• Manage patient files by making new charts, keying all encounters through ICD-9 coding procedures and posting in patient database.
• Recognize and manage maternal complications: hemorrhage, preeclampsia, endometritis.
• Demonstrate clinical competency and compassion in providing care, using technology, performing procedures and managing emergencies.
• Work in many different specialties including: family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, podiatry, OB/GYN, and cardiology.
• Complete routine pap smears, ob appointments of patients in all stages of pregnancy.
• Work in various practices including family practice, endocrinology, pediatrics, OB/GYN and internal medicine.
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Registered nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage patient care for individuals with multiple diagnoses including COPD, diabetes, stroke and cardiac issues.
• Organize and manage regular clinics involving external physicians, including ophthalmology, ENT, Med/Surg, orthopedics, and podiatry professionals.
• Manage surgical recovery patients including vascular, ENT, GI urological and neurological cases, coronary bypass surgery patients.
• Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
• Provide care for cardiac patients in arrhythmia critical care unit, providing patient education and monitoring telemetry
• Re-Cover surgical patients immediately after heart and vascular surgery until transfer out of ICU.
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