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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 “Private Duty Nurse”

Hand items to surgeons during operations.
Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
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.
Work with individuals, groups, or families to plan or implement programs designed to improve the overall health of communities.
Observe nurses and visit patients to ensure proper nursing care.
Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.
Direct or supervise less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel or supervise a particular unit.
Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.
Administer local, inhalation, intravenous, or other anesthetics.
Prepare patients for and assist with examinations or treatments.
Prescribe or recommend drugs, medical devices, or other forms of treatment, such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures.
Consult with institutions or associations regarding issues or concerns relevant to the practice and profession of nursing.
Perform administrative or managerial functions, such as taking responsibility for a unit's staff, budget, planning, or long-range goals.
Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
Assess the needs of individuals, families, or communities, including assessment of individuals' home or work environments, to identify potential health or safety problems.
Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
Provide health care, first aid, immunizations, or assistance in convalescence or rehabilitation in locations such as schools, hospitals, or industry.
Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment, or supplies and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained.
Provide or arrange for training or instruction of auxiliary personnel or students.
Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
Inform physician of patient's condition during anesthesia.
Refer students or patients to specialized health resources or community agencies furnishing assistance.
Perform physical examinations, make tentative diagnoses, and treat patients en route to hospitals or at disaster site triage centers.
Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
Engage in research activities related to nursing.
Instruct individuals, families, or other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention, or childbirth and develop health improvement programs.
Conduct specified laboratory tests.

Related Technology & Tools

Transport cardiac monitors
Capillary glucose monitors
Gastrointestinal GI endoscopes
Continuous enteral feeding equipment
Hemovac drains
Spine boards
Apnea monitors
Laser printers
Computerized electrocardiography EKG and hemodynamic monitoring systems
Vacuum extractors
Overhead clinical trapezes
Electrocardiography EKG units
Glucose testing equipment
Arterial line catheters
Blood warming equipment
Lower extremity prosthetic devices
Nebulizers
Manually operated oxygen supply resuscitators
Loop electrosurgical excision procedure LEEP equipment
Personal digital assistants PDA
Patient lifters
One-way valve protective shields
Intracranial pressure monitors
Medical tuning forks
Gait belts
Snellen eye charts
Torso immobilizers
Suture needleholders
Cervical traction equipment
Hyper/hypothermia blankets
Bucks traction equipment
Insulin pumps
Levine tubes
Infant warmers
Titmus vision screeners
Bag-valve masks
Hemostats
Rape kits
Audiometers
Heparin locks
Pleuravacs
Tablet computers
Vest restraints
Nasal cannulas
Curved hemostats
Venous Oxygen Saturation SVO2 monitors
Pelvic specula
Lukens traps
Syringes
Photopheresis systems
Defibrillators
Fetal scalp electrodes
Bed scales
Otoscopes
Straight hemostats
Pocket personal computers PC
Intermittent enteral feeding equipment
Jackson-Pratt drains
Flash sterilizers
Enema equipment
Canes
Tracheostomy collars
Skin traction equipment
Intravenous IV equipment
Oxygen administration equipment
Arterial blood gas testing equipment
Cooling blankets
Continuous passive motion CPM machines
Ventilators
Manual blood pressure monitors
Non-rebreather masks
Head immobilizers
Infant security sensors
Suture removal kits
Mayo trays
Telemetry units
Single lumen catheters
Manometers
T-pieces with aerosol
Peripheral butterflys
Mechanical stethoscopes
Oxygen tanks
Surgical clamps
Mechanical lift devices
Manual resuscitation bags
Laryngoscope blades
Limb restraints
Intravenous IV tubing
Vacutainer tubes
Epidural catheters
Lancets
Vacutainer sleeves
Retractors
Anti-embolism elastic stockings
Flexible sigmoidoscopes
Electrosurgical devices
Urine analysis equipment
Bilimeters
Suction equipment
Centrifuges
Intramuscular needles
Colposcopes
Urinalysis test strips
Bladder irrigation equipment
Ventimasks
Triple lumen catheters
Swab dryers
Surgical drapes
Automated medicine dispensing equipment
Phototherapy equipment
Leather restraints
Ventricular assist devices VAD
Patient controlled analgesia PCA pumps
Endotracheal ET tubes
Splints
Oxyhoods
Urinary catheters
Pacemakers
Oral suctioning equipment
Medical encyclopedias
Pulse oximeters
Epidural pumps
Traction equipment
Tuberculosis TB skin test equipment
Infusion control devices
Peripheral intravenous IV locks
Intubation stylets
Binocular light compound microscopes
Cervical collars
Staple removers
Hospital beds
Pelvic traction equipment
Incentive spirometers
Russell's traction equipment
Cardiac monitor electrodes
Colonoscopy equipment
Electronic blood pressure monitors
Occlusion clamps
Intra-aortic balloon pumps IABP
Phaco consoles
Scalpels
Cardiac monitors
Partial masks
Oxygen flowmeters
Percussion hammers
Peripheral angiocaths
Nasogastric tubes
Fetal monitors
Bilevel positive airway pressure BiPAP ventilators
Double lumen catheters
Meconium aspirators
Subcutaneous hypodermic needles
Isolettes
Infusion pump enteral feeding tubes
Telemedicine equipment
Balanced suspension traction equipment
Crutches
Evacuated blood collection tubes
Walkers
Autotransfusion systems
Surgical lights
Angiocaths
Aqua K pads
Nasal suctioning equipment
Sequential compression devices
Continuous positive airway pressure CPAP ventilators
Reflex hammers
Intravenous syringe pumps
Upper extremity prosthetic devices
Pulmonary artery catheters
Grounding pads
Phaco apparatus
Chemotherapy spill kits
Tourniquets
Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment
Heelstick blood sampling equipment
Umbilical catheters
Suture needles
Autoclaves
Blood collection needles
Doppler pulse measurement devices
Tracheal suctioning equipment
Notebook computers
Personal computers
Oxygen regulators

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