Scrub nurse vs psychiatric nurse

Differences between scrub nurse and psychiatric nurse duties and responsibilities

Scrub nurse example responsibilities.

• Organize and manage regular clinics involving external physicians, including ophthalmology, ENT, Med/Surg, orthopedics, and podiatry professionals.
• Assist scrub nurse in the setup, arrangement and count of surgical equipment and sponges.
• Maintain and accurately document proper counting of instruments, sponges and needles as per policy.
• Include teaching at community outreach seminars and optometry seminars for patients and physicians
• Provide teaching to patients and families regarding health care preparation in ambulatory/outpatient care.
• Perform and participate in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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Psychiatric nurse example responsibilities.

• Organize and manage regular clinics involving external physicians, including ophthalmology, ENT, Med/Surg, orthopedics, and podiatry professionals.
• Staff register nurse, acute medical rehabilitation unit.
• Perform emergency triage differentiating psychiatric versus medical conditions.
• Perform triage assessment, psychiatric evaluations, medication administration, psychotherapy and case management.
• Provide comprehensive medical-psychiatric care to patients via assessment, planning, evaluation and supervision of therapeutic interactions.
• Provide therapeutic communication and psychiatric rehabilitation with residents to assist with their recovery to return to the community.
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