Recovery room nurse vs head nurse

Differences between recovery room nurse and head 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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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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