Pediatric nurse practitioner vs school nurse

Differences between pediatric nurse practitioner and school nurse duties and responsibilities

Pediatric nurse practitioner example responsibilities.

• Initiate and lead a training program for high frequency oscillatory ventilation.
• Manage appropriate changes to individualize care plan to ensure cost and time efficacy in an outpatient physical medicine and rehabilitation office.
• Perform advance practice procedures including: lumbar puncture, PICC line insertion, UAC/UVC insertion and endotracheal intubation.
• Provide assessment, diagnosis and management of acutely ill and injure pediatric patients in an urban emergency department.
• Return as a new NNP and do clinical.
• Complete clinical and provide services as a full time NNP.
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School nurse example responsibilities.

• Create and manage care plans for students with chronic health conditions (such as diabetes, food allergies and depression).
• Evaluate and manage post-exposure of blood-borne pathogens.
• Administer medications, evaluate prescription needs and facilitate prescription management, chemotherapy teaching, assess and manage chemotherapy side effects.
• Perform employee physical exams including hearing and spirometry as required.
• Provide patient care for PCI patients, mechanically-ventilate patients and an overall variety of critically ill patients.
• Perform drug testing, physicals, PFT and xrays.
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