Student nurse vs staff nurse

Differences between student nurse and staff nurse duties and responsibilities

Student nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage surgical recovery patients including vascular, ENT, GI urological and neurological cases, coronary bypass surgery patients.
• Experience in plastics, general, podiatry, ortho, gyn, GI and pain services
• Administer intravenous infusions, PO, IM, IVP, SubQ prescriptions and monitoring patients for adverse reactions.
• Provide competent nursing care within scope of practice on the Med-Surg, and ICU floor as a student nurse.
• Experience inserting IVs, total patient care, charting, and logging with SRHS computer system on multiple MED-SURG units.
• Provide general patient care ADL's, administering dressing changes, providing nurses notes, and other aide duties for patient.
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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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