School nurse vs nurse clinician

Differences between school nurse and nurse clinician duties and responsibilities

School nurse example responsibilities.

• Create and manage care plans for students with chronic health conditions (such as diabetes, food allergies and depression).
• Evaluate and manage post-exposure of blood-borne pathogens.
• Administer medications, evaluate prescription needs and facilitate prescription management, chemotherapy teaching, assess and manage chemotherapy side effects.
• Perform employee physical exams including hearing and spirometry as required.
• Provide patient care for PCI patients, mechanically-ventilate patients and an overall variety of critically ill patients.
• Perform drug testing, physicals, PFT and xrays.
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Nurse clinician example responsibilities.

• Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
• Provide high level nursing care for ER step down and ICU patients prior to transfer to critical care units.
• Instruct ACLS and BLS classes.
• Specialize care for telemetry and orthopedic patients.
• Provide specialized nursing care to ICU medical cardiac patient populations.
• Provide education regarding care of surgical patients as part of orientation to orienting telemetry nurses.
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