Preceptor vs school nurse

Differences between preceptor and school nurse 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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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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