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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 “Trauma Nurse”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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