Visiting nurse vs nurse clinician

Differences between visiting nurse and nurse clinician duties and responsibilities

Visiting nurse example responsibilities.

• Provide care and manage gastrostomy, colostomy, and tracheostomy.
• Consult and teach HHA the best ways of achieving goals direct to improvement of functional status of patient and safety.
• Assist with obtaining proper DME and permanent services which permit patients to safely manage their medical treatment from their own home.
• Case management of Medicare and manage care patients, including coordination of services, obtaining insurance authorization, interdisciplinary communication.
• Complete CPI training to physically restrain patients.
• Assess clients for eligibility for preventive TB therapy and administer tuberculosis medication.
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Nurse clinician example responsibilities.

• Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
• Provide high level nursing care for ER step down and ICU patients prior to transfer to critical care units.
• Instruct ACLS and BLS classes.
• Specialize care for telemetry and orthopedic patients.
• Provide specialized nursing care to ICU medical cardiac patient populations.
• Provide education regarding care of surgical patients as part of orientation to orienting telemetry nurses.
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