Telephone triage nurse vs clinic registered nurse

Differences between telephone triage nurse and clinic registered nurse duties and responsibilities

Telephone triage nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage chronic medical condition (s) such as hypertension, diabetes, coronary artery disease, and renal insufficiency.
• Manage surgical recovery patients including vascular, ENT, GI urological and neurological cases, coronary bypass surgery patients.
• See patients of all ages, suturing, splinting, prescribing medications, ordering labs, radiology tests, doing referrals.
• Maintain patient charts and confidential files in accordance with HIPAA regulations.
• Educate patients on diabetes management, adjust medication regimes and interpret laboratory data.
• Provide telephone nursing assessment of injure workers and make treatment recommendations regarding appropriate level of care
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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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