Transplant coordinator vs staff nurse

Differences between transplant coordinator and staff nurse duties and responsibilities

Transplant coordinator example responsibilities.

• Manage follow-up care for adult renal transplant patients in hospital and outpatient clinic settings under supervision of physicians.
• Manage caseload by providing care coordination to individuals with a primary intellectual/developmental disability diagnosis all of whom receive community-base waiver services.
• Review patients EMR for completion of order test and consults.
• Administer treatment and medication and monitor patients in cardiovascular intensive care unit, ensuring quality patient care.
• Perform focused physical assessment, order and report lab results, provide telephone triage and immunizations as needed.
• Assist with policy review and CMS preparation.
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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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