Ob/gyn vs registered nurse in the icu

Differences between ob/gyn and registered nurse in the icu 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 in the icu example responsibilities.

• Manage care of patients with HTN, DM, COPD, asthma, stroke, renal failure.
• Achieve initial CCRN this employment environment.
• Manage care for patients with multiple chronic/acute conditions including renal, cardiac, respiratory, GI and diabetic.
• Manage care of patients who require cardiac monitoring, including dialysis, COPD, CHF and pre/post surgical patients
• Manage central venous catheters, including PICC lines, arterial lines as required for administration of medication and nutrition support.
• Monitor and manage chest tubes and various drainage devices along with pacer wires, epidural lines, and PCA pumps.
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