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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 “Surgical First Assistant”

Refer students or patients to specialized health resources or community agencies furnishing assistance.
Direct or coordinate infection control programs, advising or consulting with specified personnel about necessary precautions.
Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
Inform physician of patient's condition during anesthesia.
Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
Observe nurses and visit patients to ensure proper nursing care.
Provide health care, first aid, immunizations, or assistance in convalescence or rehabilitation in locations such as schools, hospitals, or industry.
Perform administrative or managerial functions, such as taking responsibility for a unit's staff, budget, planning, or long-range goals.
Administer medications to patients and monitor patients for reactions or side effects.
Hand items to surgeons during operations.
Administer local, inhalation, intravenous, or other anesthetics.
Prepare patients for and assist with examinations or treatments.
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.
Instruct individuals, families, or other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention, or childbirth and develop health improvement programs.
Assess the needs of individuals, families, or communities, including assessment of individuals' home or work environments, to identify potential health or safety problems.
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.
Conduct specified laboratory tests.
Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
Engage in research activities related to nursing.
Prescribe or recommend drugs, medical devices, or other forms of treatment, such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures.
Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.
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.
Consult with institutions or associations regarding issues or concerns relevant to the practice and profession of nursing.
Work with individuals, groups, or families to plan or implement programs designed to improve the overall health of communities.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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