Surgical supervisor vs clinic registered nurse

Differences between surgical supervisor and clinic registered nurse duties and responsibilities

Surgical supervisor example responsibilities.

• Organize and manage regular clinics involving external physicians, including ophthalmology, ENT, Med/Surg, orthopedics, and podiatry professionals.
• Rotate to assist in ER and PACU when available.
• Cultivate non-judgmental listening skills in order to provide unbias care and counseling to patients facing life-changing diagnoses and prognoses.
• Provide training and education for updates on ICD-9-CM / PC for facility compliance.
• Initiate and maintain oxygen therapy to include tracheostomy care and inhalation therapy.

Clinic registered nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
• Perform both admissions and discharge of patients within the CICU as well as transferring patients to ICU or other units.
• Perform nursing functions in critical care units including ER, MICU, CCU, SICU in various hospitals and medical centers.
• Provide patient education that includes information about diagnosis, plan surgical procedures, post-surgical care, and physical rehabilitation procedures.
• Provide involved detail clinical evaluations of patients within the acute rehabilitation center along with needs for transition of care after discharge.
• Provide prenatal care education to ob triage patients to aide in fetal well-being.
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