Preceptor vs nurse extern

Differences between preceptor and nurse extern duties and responsibilities

Preceptor example responsibilities.

• Provide continuous telemetry monitoring and managing multiple patients with multiple high-risk medical conditions, utilizing interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Perform blood draws and specimen collection on patients for phlebotomy Preceptorship course.
• Monitor patients on EKG, are able to detect abnormal rhythms.
• Provide emotional support with patients before pending surgery, and provide advocacy by calling doctor to answer the pt's questions.
• Observe students during surgery, gather supplies need for surgical procedures and set up.
• Assist with ADL's, medications, blood transfusions, chemotherapy infusions, education, admissions, discharges, and charting.
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Nurse extern example responsibilities.

• Organize and manage regular clinics involving external physicians, including ophthalmology, ENT, Med/Surg, orthopedics, and podiatry professionals.
• Assist patients with activities of daily living, obtain vital signs and assessments, and perform 12 lead EKG's.
• Perform initial assessments on patients in outpatient oncology clinic; recording vital signs, significant medical history and chief complaints.
• Shadow to adult medical-surgical nurse staff- head-to-toe assessment, assist with medication administration, computer charting with co-signor, and telemetry monitoring
• Obtain ACLS, to ensure patients receive the best quality of care.
• Obtain ACLS certification and then float to all critical care areas as needed.
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