Triage nurse vs pediatric nurse

Differences between triage nurse and pediatric nurse duties and responsibilities

Triage nurse example responsibilities.

• Recognize and manage maternal complications: hemorrhage, preeclampsia, endometritis.
• Provide outpatient chemotherapy administration, patient education and telephone triage of patients undergoing cancer treatment.
• Follow up on denials and appeals.
• Experience in initiating prior authorizations, denials, and appeals.
• Perform EKG's, labs, vision screening, hearing tests, pulmonary function tests.
• Handle all heavy phone scheduling which include visits, blood work, diagnostic testing and cardiac rehabilitation.
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Pediatric nurse example responsibilities.

• Provide continuous telemetry monitoring and managing multiple patients with multiple high-risk medical conditions, utilizing interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Manage surgical recovery patients including vascular, ENT, GI urological and neurological cases, coronary bypass surgery patients.
• Coordinate care for acute and chronic pediatric oncology patients with an emphasis on family centered care and patient education.
• Certify in ACLS and BLS.
• Provide excellent patient care to children, showing compassion and nurturing while in office.
• Function as a staff nurse in a twelve bed ICU caring for patients with various illnesses.
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