Relief charge nurse vs contractor-registered nurse

Differences between relief charge nurse and contractor-registered nurse duties and responsibilities

Relief charge nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
• Re-Cover patients in PACU, observing level of consciousness, management of pain and maintaining safety of patient.
• Provide urgent/emergent/trauma nursing services in an urban setting; relief charge nurse, trauma triage; MICN; TNCC; CEN.
• Provide comprehensive nursing care to a population of adult patients exhibiting complex medical and surgical issues requiring ongoing telemetry monitoring.
• Float to CCU and over flow unit.
• Recieve ACLS certification although not require on unit.
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Contractor-registered nurse example responsibilities.

• Assign to cardiac vascular recovery units, manage open-heart recovery, critical care, and post-anesthesia patients.
• Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
• Contract RN caring for patients in ICU, CCU, and telemetry floor.
• Float to other floors such as orthopedics, oncology, and skil units.
• Collaborate with house nursing supervisor for transfer and admittance of new patients to the ICU.
• Assist with staffing needs in PACU recovering post-op surgical patients after general, spinal, and conscious sedation anesthesia.
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