Registered nurse supervisor vs staff nurse

Differences between registered nurse supervisor and staff nurse duties and responsibilities

Registered nurse supervisor example responsibilities.

• Experience in Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance manage care programs.
• Initiate rapid response and lead nurse code team until the arrival of the ICU resident team.
• Lead staff in an effort to reduce EMR coding errors, from roughly 40 per day to 5.
• Manage, coordinate and run MDS program for Medicare/ Medicaid patients for insurance reimbursement in coordination with federal guidelines.
• Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
• Facilitate patient care, coordinate admissions and problem solving on the unit, establishing treatment plans, ACLS team leader.
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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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