Recovery room nurse vs clinic registered nurse

Differences between recovery room nurse and clinic registered nurse duties and responsibilities

Recovery room nurse example responsibilities.

• Achieve departmental goals and objectives by instituting SGNA standards and processes for inpatient and outpatient care.
• Care for patients in ICU's, telemetry stepdown units, medical/surgical units.
• Perform admission assessment, monitoring, and discharge planning for adult and pediatric patients undergoing various outpatient surgical procedures.
• Work as a clinical RN in ICU setting for adults.
• Perform and cross train in eye surgery, GYN, and ortho.
• Obtain 12 lead EKG's, FBS and urine pregnancy testing prior to surgery per protocol.
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Clinic registered nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
• Perform both admissions and discharge of patients within the CICU as well as transferring patients to ICU or other units.
• Perform nursing functions in critical care units including ER, MICU, CCU, SICU in various hospitals and medical centers.
• Provide patient education that includes information about diagnosis, plan surgical procedures, post-surgical care, and physical rehabilitation procedures.
• Provide involved detail clinical evaluations of patients within the acute rehabilitation center along with needs for transition of care after discharge.
• Provide prenatal care education to ob triage patients to aide in fetal well-being.
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