Registered nurse med/surg vs staff nurse

Differences between registered nurse med/surg and staff nurse duties and responsibilities

Registered nurse med/surg example responsibilities.

• Manage respiratory ventilator, EKG equipment, intravenous and oral medication, intravenous pump machine, and blood products transfusion.
• Achieve telemetry and BLS certification.
• Interact with professionalism and compassion to consistently achieve confidence in care.
• Manage and care for medical-surgical ICU patients including neurology and plastic surgery patients.
• Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
• Provide compassion to patients and family members ensuring optimal levels of comfort and privacy
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Staff nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage and further help stabilize elective and urgent care surgical patients in their post-operative/post PACU admission to the floor.
• Accomplish extensive critical care course with EKG interpretation and yearly critical care medication exam.
• Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
• Participate in discharge planning including teaching family members and patients wind care and medication administration process after discharge.
• Provide direct nursing care to patients in a variety of settings with an emphasis in critical care and PACU settings.
• Prepare patients for surgery and endoscopy procedures including initiating intravenous lines, physical assessments and administering medications.
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