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Job Description
Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-1141.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 72,180.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 34.00
- Currently, there are 2,857,180 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Registered Nurses”.
Also Known As…
- Registered Nurses
- Staff RN (Staff Registered Nurse)
- Staff Nurse
- School Nurse
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Public Health Nurse (PHN)
- Operating Room Registered Nurse (OR RN)
- Oncology RN (Oncology Registered Nurse)
- Emergency Department RN (Emergency Department Registered Nurse)
- Director of Nursing (DON)
- Charge Nurse
- X Ray Nurse
- Ward Supervisor
- Ward Nurse
- Visiting Nurse
- Triage Register Nurse
- Traveling Nurse
- Travel RN (Travel Registered Nurse)
- Trauma Nurse
- Transverse Abdominal Muscle Nurse (TRAM Nurse)
- Telephone Triage Nurse
- Surgical Supervisor
- Surgical Nurse
- Surgical First Assistant
- Supervisor Nurse
- Student Nurse
- Special Duty Nurse
- Scrub Nurse
- RN BSN (Registered Nurse Bachelor of Science in Nursing)
- Relief Charge Nurse
- Registered Public Health Nurse
- Registered Private Duty Nurse
- Registered Nurse Supervisor
- Registered Health Nurse
- Recovery Room Nurse
- Receptionist Nurse
- Public Health Staff Nurse
- Psychiatric Registered Nurse
- Psychiatric Nurse
- Private Duty Nurse
- Prenatal Nurse
- Post-Anesthesia Care Unit Registered Nurse (PACU RN)
- Post-Anesthesia Care Unit Nurse
- Post Anesthesia Room Nurse
- Post Anesthesia Care Unit Registered Nurse (PACU Nurse)
- Physical Therapy Nurse
- Perioperative Nurse
- Perinatal Nurse
- Perianesthesia Nurse
- Pediatric Oncology Nurse
- Pediatric Nurse
- Patient Care Coordinator
- Operating Room Nurse
- Oncology Nurse
- Occupational Nurse
- Occupational Health Nurse Supervisor
- Occupational Health Nurse
- Obstetrics Scrub Nurse (OB Scrub Nurse)
- Obstetrics Nurse (OB Nurse)
- Obstetrical Nurse
- OB/GYN Nurse (Obstetrics/Gynecology Nurse)
- Nurses Supervisor
- Nurse Technician
- Nurse Receptionist
- Nurse Manager
- Nurse Educator
- Nurse Coordinator
- Nurse Consultant
- Nurse Clinician
- Nurse Case Manager
- Nurse Anesthetist
- Nephrology Nurse
- Neonatal Nurse
- Neonatal Intensive Care Registered Nurse (NICU RN)
- Mid Wife
- Medical/Surgery Registered Nurse (Med/Surg RN)
- Maternity Nurse
- Maternity Floor Supervisor
- Life Care Planner
- Legal Nurse Consultant
- Lactation Consultant
- Labor and Delivery Nurse
- Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse (ICU RN)
- Intensive Care Unit Nurse (ICU Nurse)
- Infection Control Nurse
- Industrial Staff Nurse
- Industrial Registered Nurse
- Industrial Nurse
- Hospice Registered Nurse
- Home Health RN (Home Health Registered Nurse)
- Health Unit Supervisor
- Health Care Coordinator
- Head Nurse
- Geriatric Care Manager
- Genetics Nurse
- General Duty Nurse
- Forensic Nurse
- Floor Supervisor
- Flight Nurse
- Evening or Night Nurse Supervisor
- Endoscopy RN (Endoscopy Registered Nurse)
- Emergency Room RN
- Emergency Room Nurse
- Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice
- Discharge Planner
- Dialysis Registered Nurse (Dialysis RN)
- Dialysis Nurse
- Delivery Room Supervisor
- Delivery Nurse
- County Nurse
- Coronary Care Unit Nurse (CCU Nurse)
- Consulting Nurse
- Consultant Nurse
- Community Health Nurse Supervisor
- Community Health Nurse
- Clinical Supervisor
- Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Clinical Nurse
- Circulating Nurse
- Certified Nurse Operating Room (CNOR)
- Central Supply Nurse
- Case Manager
- Cardiac Nurse Specialist
- Cardiac Care Unit Nurse (CCU Nurse)
- Ambulatory Care Coordinator
Tasks for “Field Nurse”
- Administer local, inhalation, intravenous, or other anesthetics.
- Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
- Inform physician of patient's condition during anesthesia.
- Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
- Prescribe or recommend drugs, medical devices, or other forms of treatment, such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures.
- Instruct individuals, families, or other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention, or childbirth and develop health improvement programs.
- Perform physical examinations, make tentative diagnoses, and treat patients en route to hospitals or at disaster site triage centers.
- Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment, or supplies and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained.
- Prepare patients for and assist with examinations or treatments.
- Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.
- Consult with institutions or associations regarding issues or concerns relevant to the practice and profession of nursing.
- Assess the needs of individuals, families, or communities, including assessment of individuals' home or work environments, to identify potential health or safety problems.
- Work with individuals, groups, or families to plan or implement programs designed to improve the overall health of communities.
- Perform administrative or managerial functions, such as taking responsibility for a unit's staff, budget, planning, or long-range goals.
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
- Hand items to surgeons during operations.
- Provide health care, first aid, immunizations, or assistance in convalescence or rehabilitation in locations such as schools, hospitals, or industry.
- Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.
- Administer medications to patients and monitor patients for reactions or side effects.
- Direct or coordinate infection control programs, advising or consulting with specified personnel about necessary precautions.
- Refer students or patients to specialized health resources or community agencies furnishing assistance.
- Provide or arrange for training or instruction of auxiliary personnel or students.
- Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
- Conduct specified laboratory tests.
- Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
- Direct or supervise less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel or supervise a particular unit.
- Observe nurses and visit patients to ensure proper nursing care.
- Engage in research activities related to nursing.
Related Technology & Tools
- Personal computers
- Partial masks
- Scalpels
- Hemostats
- Straight hemostats
- Manual blood pressure monitors
- Peripheral angiocaths
- Apnea monitors
- Suction equipment
- Occlusion clamps
- Bucks traction equipment
- Fetal scalp electrodes
- Cardiac monitors
- Pulse oximeters
- Levine tubes
- Oxyhoods
- Double lumen catheters
- Cardiac monitor electrodes
- Lower extremity prosthetic devices
- Surgical drapes
- Meconium aspirators
- Arterial blood gas testing equipment
- Intramuscular needles
- Oxygen administration equipment
- Continuous positive airway pressure CPAP ventilators
- Anti-embolism elastic stockings
- Walkers
- Continuous enteral feeding equipment
- Vacutainer tubes
- Loop electrosurgical excision procedure LEEP equipment
- Epidural pumps
- Enema equipment
- Aqua K pads
- Mechanical lift devices
- Jackson-Pratt drains
- Arterial line catheters
- Pelvic specula
- Snellen eye charts
- Evacuated blood collection tubes
- Pacemakers
- Oxygen tanks
- Tracheal suctioning equipment
- Tracheostomy collars
- Subcutaneous hypodermic needles
- Oxygen regulators
- Medical tuning forks
- Balanced suspension traction equipment
- Medical encyclopedias
- Intravenous IV tubing
- Intravenous syringe pumps
- Russell's traction equipment
- Intermittent enteral feeding equipment
- Suture removal kits
- Electrosurgical devices
- Electrocardiography EKG units
- Colposcopes
- Intubation stylets
- Syringes
- Titmus vision screeners
- Phaco apparatus
- Traction equipment
- Retractors
- Torso immobilizers
- Lancets
- Urine analysis equipment
- Canes
- Sequential compression devices
- Ventricular assist devices VAD
- Ventilators
- Otoscopes
- Bag-valve masks
- Colonoscopy equipment
- Nasal cannulas
- Limb restraints
- Insulin pumps
- Photopheresis systems
- Infant security sensors
- Vest restraints
- Infusion control devices
- Lukens traps
- Flexible sigmoidoscopes
- Chemotherapy spill kits
- Manometers
- Grounding pads
- Urinary catheters
- One-way valve protective shields
- Patient lifters
- Pocket personal computers PC
- Continuous passive motion CPM machines
- Tablet computers
- Curved hemostats
- Urinalysis test strips
- Epidural catheters
- Venous Oxygen Saturation SVO2 monitors
- Peripheral intravenous IV locks
- Gastrointestinal GI endoscopes
- Swab dryers
- Phaco consoles
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Non-rebreather masks
- Cervical collars
- Blood collection needles
- Nebulizers
- Rape kits
- Electronic blood pressure monitors
- Staple removers
- Surgical clamps
- Nasal suctioning equipment
- Incentive spirometers
- Gait belts
- Manual resuscitation bags
- Bilevel positive airway pressure BiPAP ventilators
- Notebook computers
- Endotracheal ET tubes
- Oral suctioning equipment
- Bed scales
- Isolettes
- Surgical lights
- Percussion hammers
- Phototherapy equipment
- Bilimeters
- Nasogastric tubes
- Angiocaths
- Upper extremity prosthetic devices
- Laser printers
- Reflex hammers
- Autotransfusion systems
- Patient controlled analgesia PCA pumps
- Automated medicine dispensing equipment
- Fetal monitors
- Heelstick blood sampling equipment
- Intravenous IV equipment
- Triple lumen catheters
- Splints
- Leather restraints
- Pelvic traction equipment
- Single lumen catheters
- Cooling blankets
- Tourniquets
- Centrifuges
- Flash sterilizers
- Glucose testing equipment
- Audiometers
- Autoclaves
- Peripheral butterflys
- Blood warming equipment
- Capillary glucose monitors
- Manually operated oxygen supply resuscitators
- Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment
- Crutches
- Hemovac drains
- Vacutainer sleeves
- Head immobilizers
- Hospital beds
- Overhead clinical trapezes
- Heparin locks
- Bladder irrigation equipment
- Cervical traction equipment
- Infusion pump enteral feeding tubes
- Suture needleholders
- Hyper/hypothermia blankets
- Mayo trays
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Computerized electrocardiography EKG and hemodynamic monitoring systems
- Pulmonary artery catheters
- Pleuravacs
- Spine boards
- Telemedicine equipment
- Oxygen flowmeters
- Doppler pulse measurement devices
- Telemetry units
- Ventimasks
- Defibrillators
- Infant warmers
- Skin traction equipment
- Vacuum extractors
- Suture needles
- Umbilical catheters
- T-pieces with aerosol
- Intra-aortic balloon pumps IABP
- Mechanical stethoscopes
- Intracranial pressure monitors
- Laryngoscope blades
- Tuberculosis TB skin test equipment
- Transport cardiac monitors
- Electronic medical record EMR software
- Per-Se Technologies ORSOS One-Call
- Data entry software
- Eclipsys Sunrise Clinical Manager
- Drug guide software
- Microsoft Outlook
- PCC EHR
- Epic Systems
- Misys Healthcare Systems Misys CPR
- Allscripts Misys Healthcare Systems
- HMS
- Medical procedure coding software
- Microsoft Office
- Kronos Workforce Timekeeper
- Diagnostic and procedural coding software
- IDX Systems
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Siemens SIENET Sky
- Microsoft Word
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- QuadraMed Affinity Healthcare Information System
- Medical condition coding software
- Misys Healthcare Systems Misys HomeCare
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Human resource management software HRMS
- Microsoft Access
- DoctorsPartner EMR
- MEDITECH software
- IBM Notes
- Microsoft Excel