Public health staff nurse vs head nurse

Differences between public health staff nurse and head nurse duties and responsibilities

Public health staff nurse example responsibilities.

• Participate in manage care activities to produce health change, specifically providing diabetes education and lifestyle counseling in chronic disease areas.
• Administer and interpret TB skin testing and provide educational in-services on TB disease/prevention to area health care agencies.
• Administer treatments including wound/ incision dressing, catheter, tracheotomy and colostomy care to patient following physician's instructions.
• Provide nurse case management and education for individuals with infectious diseases that may threaten the community including tuberculosis and hepatitis.
• Conduct cardiovascular monitoring, catheters; mechanical ventilators; maintain a positive bedside manner.
• Manage surgical recovery patients including vascular, ENT, GI urological and neurological cases, coronary bypass surgery patients.

Head nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
• Receive intensive training for critical care skill development upon transferring to the medical ICU.
• Perform advanced nursing care to acute/chronic medical/surgical, cardiac, thoracic surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedic and oncology/ hematology patients.
• Certify staff in CPR and blood glucose monitoring.
• Develop and implement an intensive care class for the staff; implement ACLS class for all staff.
• Develop process improvement plan with bundles for sedation and ventilation.
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