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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 “Traveling Nurse”

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

Related Technology & Tools

Flexible sigmoidoscopes
Spine boards
Bed scales
Phaco consoles
Non-rebreather masks
T-pieces with aerosol
Pulse oximeters
Surgical clamps
Swab dryers
Hemovac drains
Manually operated oxygen supply resuscitators
Patient controlled analgesia PCA pumps
Hospital beds
Insulin pumps
Lancets
Hyper/hypothermia blankets
Vacutainer tubes
Head immobilizers
Canes
Oxygen flowmeters
Heparin locks
Binocular light compound microscopes
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Tourniquets
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Suture needles
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One-way valve protective shields
Manual resuscitation bags
Pacemakers
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Electrocardiography EKG units
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Pocket personal computers PC
Angiocaths
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Personal digital assistants PDA
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Suction equipment
Pulmonary artery catheters
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Arterial blood gas testing equipment
Venous Oxygen Saturation SVO2 monitors
Infusion control devices
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Levine tubes
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Medical encyclopedias
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Russell's traction equipment
Phaco apparatus
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Ventilators
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Jackson-Pratt drains
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Medical tuning forks
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Transport cardiac monitors
Telemetry units
Notebook computers
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Bilimeters
Fetal monitors
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Skin traction equipment
Epidural pumps
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Urine analysis equipment
Torso immobilizers
Urinary catheters
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Umbilical catheters
Pelvic traction equipment
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Walkers
Continuous passive motion CPM machines
Leather restraints
Bladder irrigation equipment
Suture removal kits
Limb restraints
Nasogastric tubes
Sequential compression devices
Infant warmers
Patient lifters
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Infant security sensors
Retractors
Arterial line catheters
Bilevel positive airway pressure BiPAP ventilators
Meconium aspirators
Ventricular assist devices VAD
Rape kits
Autotransfusion systems
Oral suctioning equipment
Oxygen tanks
Staple removers
Aqua K pads
Otoscopes
Mayo trays
Heelstick blood sampling equipment
Vest restraints
Titmus vision screeners
Doppler pulse measurement devices
Computerized electrocardiography EKG and hemodynamic monitoring systems
Gait belts
Oxygen administration equipment
Fetal scalp electrodes
Hemostats
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