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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”.

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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
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Scalpels
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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
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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
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Urinary catheters
One-way valve protective shields
Patient lifters
Pocket personal computers PC
Continuous passive motion CPM machines
Tablet computers
Curved hemostats
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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
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Surgical clamps
Nasal suctioning equipment
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Gait belts
Manual resuscitation bags
Bilevel positive airway pressure BiPAP ventilators
Notebook computers
Endotracheal ET tubes
Oral suctioning equipment
Bed scales
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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

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