Step-down nurse vs staff nurse

Differences between step-down nurse and staff nurse duties and responsibilities

Step-down nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
• Work with EKG monitor technicians to evaluate and interpret EKG strips.
• Interpret laboratory results and cardiac tests, and proactively educate patients in health promotion and disease prevention.
• Initiate intravenously therapy, administer medications, provide care for post-operative open-heart patients and post cardiac catheter patients.
• Maintain responsibility for clinical activities of all nurses caring for patients assign, prepare annual evaluations on all nurses assign.
• Perform electrocardiogram monitoring and medication administration.
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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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