- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of nursing personnel in community health agency. Responsibilities include:
* Serves as liaison between staff and administrative personnel.
* Develops standards and procedures for providing nursing care and for evaluating service.
* Provides orientation, teaching, and guidance to staff to improve quality and quantity of service.
* Evaluates performance of personnel and interprets nursing standards to staff, advisory boards, nursing committees, and community groups.
* Recommends duty assignment of nursing personnel and coordinates services with other health and social agencies to render program more effective.
* Reviews, evaluates, and interprets nursing records, vital statistics, and other data affecting health service in order to assess community needs and to plan and implement programs to meet these needs.
* Assists in planning educational programs for nurses, related professional workers, and community groups to meet needs of personnel and practitioners.
* Assists in preparation of agency budget.
* May plan for and participate in field research related to community health nursing.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plans, organizes, and directs activities for evening or night shift of hospital nursing department. Responsibilities include:
* Establishes policies and procedures for nursing department, following directions of hospital administrators.
* Observes techniques of and services rendered by nursing staff to ensure adherence to hospital guidelines.
* Demonstrates techniques for nursing students and new personnel to provide training and direction.
* Identifies problem areas in nursing department, such as understaffing, absenteeism, and wastefulness, and takes corrective action.
* Monitors use of supplies and equipment to avoid abuses and requisitions supplies.
* Responds to various departments requesting emergency assistance and assigns staff accordingly during emergencies.
* Prepares work schedule and assigns duties to nursing staff in department for efficient use of personnel.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates infection control program in hospital. Responsibilities include:
* Compares laboratory reports with communicable diseases list to identify conditions that require infection control procedures.
* Advises and consults with physicians, nurses, and hospital personnel concerning precautions to be taken to protect patients, staff, and other persons from possible contamination or infection.
* Investigates infection control problems and arranges for follow-up care for persons exposed to infection or disease.
* Instructs hospital personnel in universal and specific infection control procedures.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs employee health services of industrial organization. Responsibilities include:
* Interprets plant and departmental health policies and regulations to nursing staff and employees.
* Coordinates activities of personnel rendering assistance to physician and nursing care to employees.
* Trains nursing staff in techniques of industrial nursing.
* Participates in planning and executing health information programs designed to improve efficiency and reduce absentee and accident rates.
* Assists workers in securing medical or other aid.
* Establishes work schedules for nursing staff and requisitions supplies.
* May conduct classes in first aid and home nursing for employees.
* May recommend appointment of nursing personnel.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs employee health services of industrial organization. Responsibilities include:
* Interprets plant and departmental health policies and regulations to nursing staff and employees.
* Coordinates activities of personnel rendering assistance to physician and nursing care to employees.
* Trains nursing staff in techniques of industrial nursing.
* Participates in planning and executing health information programs designed to improve efficiency and reduce absentee and accident rates.
* Assists workers in securing medical or other aid.
* Establishes work schedules for nursing staff and requisitions supplies.
* May conduct classes in first aid and home nursing for employees.
* May recommend appointment of nursing personnel.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates nursing activities in hospital unit. Responsibilities include:
* Assigns duties and coordinates nursing service.
* Evaluates nursing activities to ensure patient care, staff relations, and efficiency of service.
* Observes nursing care and visits patients to ensure that nursing care is carried out as directed, and treatment administered in accordance with physician's instructions.
* Directs preparation and maintenance of patients' clinical records.
* Inspects rooms and wards for cleanliness and comfort.
* Accompanies physician on rounds, and keeps informed of special orders concerning patients.
* Participates in orientation and training of personnel.
* Orders, or directs ordering of drugs, solutions, and equipment, and maintains records on narcotics.
* Investigates and resolves complaints, or refers unusual problems to superior.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs, through head nurses, activities of nursing staff. Responsibilities include:
* Plans and organizes activities in nursing services, such as obstetrics, pediatrics, or surgery, or for two or more patient-care units to ensure patient needs are met in accordance with instructions of physician and hospital administrative procedures.
* Coordinates activities with other patient care units.
* Consults with nurse, head on nursing problems and interpretation of hospital policies to ensure patient needs are met.
* Plans and organizes orientation and in-service training for unit staff members, and participates in guidance and educational programs.
* Assists in formulating budget.
* Engages in studies and investigations related to improving nursing care.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who interprets and implements quality assurance standards in hospital to ensure quality care to patients. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews quality assurance standards, studies existing hospital policies and procedures, and interviews hospital personnel and patients to evaluate effectiveness of quality assurance program.
* Writes quality assurance policies and procedures.
* Reviews and evaluates patients' medical records, applying quality assurance criteria.
* Selects specific topics for review, such as problem procedures, drugs, high volume cases, high risk cases, or other factors.
* Compiles statistical data and writes narrative reports summarizing quality assurance findings.
* May review patient records, applying utilization review criteria, to determine need for admission and continued stay in hospital.
* May oversee personnel engaged in quality assurance review of medical records.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who provides general medical care and treatment to patients in medical facility, such as clinic, health center, or public health agency, under direction of physician. Responsibilities include:
* Performs physical examinations and preventive health measures within prescribed guidelines and instructions of physician.
* Orders, interprets, and evaluates diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's clinical problems and health care needs.
* Records physical findings, and formulates plan and prognosis, based on patient's condition.
* Discusses case with physician and other health professionals to prepare comprehensive patient care plan.
* Submits health care plan and goals of individual patients for periodic review and evaluation by physician.
* Prescribes or recommends drugs or other forms of treatment such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures.
* May refer patients to physician for consultation or to specialized health resources for treatment.
* May be designated according to field of specialization as Pediatric Nurse Practitioner.
* Where state law permits, may engage in independent practice.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who provides general medical care and treatment to patients in medical facility, such as clinic, health center, or public health agency, under direction of physician. Responsibilities include:
* Performs physical examinations and preventive health measures within prescribed guidelines and instructions of physician.
* Orders, interprets, and evaluates diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's clinical problems and health care needs.
* Records physical findings, and formulates plan and prognosis, based on patient's condition.
* Discusses case with physician and other health professionals to prepare comprehensive patient care plan.
* Submits health care plan and goals of individual patients for periodic review and evaluation by physician.
* Prescribes or recommends drugs or other forms of treatment such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures.
* May refer patients to physician for consultation or to specialized health resources for treatment.
* May be designated according to field of specialization as Pediatric Nurse Practitioner.
* Where state law permits, may engage in independent practice.
Industry:Professional careers
