Staff nurse vs icu staff nurse staff

Differences between staff nurse and icu staff nurse staff duties and responsibilities

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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Icu staff nurse staff example responsibilities.

• Manage patients requiring blood transfusions, iv antibiotic therapy, complications from chemotherapy and radiation.
• Maintain BLS, ACLS and CCRN certifications.
• Obtain BLS and ACLS instructor status.
• Promote a compassion and a therapeutic environment for all patients and family members.
• Perform EKG interpretation, vital sign monitoring and respond according to patient needs and physician orders.
• Provide emergency resuscitation utilizing ACLS protocol when necessary.
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