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Job Description

Care for ill, injured, or convalescing patients or persons with disabilities in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, private homes, group homes, and similar institutions. May work under the supervision of a registered nurse. Licensing required.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2061.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 44,840.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 21.00
Currently, there are 702,400 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses”.

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Tasks for “Charge Nurse”

Apply compresses, ice bags, or hot water bottles.
Sterilize equipment and supplies, using germicides, sterilizer, or autoclave.
Prepare or examine food trays for conformance to prescribed diet.
Set up equipment and prepare medical treatment rooms.
Assist in delivery, care, or feeding of infants.
Assemble and use equipment, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers.
Help patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, or standing and walking.
Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.
Inventory and requisition supplies and instruments.
Supervise nurses' aides or assistants.
Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations.
Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.
Clean rooms and make beds.
Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.
Record food and fluid intake and output.
Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.
Wash and dress bodies of deceased persons.
Provide medical treatment or personal care to patients in private home settings, such as cooking, keeping rooms orderly, seeing that patients are comfortable and in good spirits, or instructing family members in simple nursing tasks.
Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures.
Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.
Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary.
Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.
Make appointments, keep records, or perform other clerical duties in doctors' offices or clinics.

Related Technology & Tools

Clinical trapezes
Notebook computers
Butterfly needles
Ultrasonic cardiac output monitors
Respiration monitors
Halo traction equipment
Suture removal kits
Personal computers
Oxygen cylinders
Heparin locks
Tuberculin TB skin test equipment
Nebulizers
Patient controlled analgesia PCA pumps
Hyper/hypothermia blankets
Wheelchair belts
Safety vests
Non-invasive cardiac output monitors
Gait belts
Oxygen supplies
Limb restraints
Safety needles
Rotating bed
Urinary catheters
Automated external defibrillators AED
Intermittent infusion sets
Transfer boards
Hollow needles
Enema equipment
Crutchfield tongs
Balkan frames
Syringes
Lancets
Electronic blood pressure units
Traction weights
Intravenous IV needles
Pediatric nebulizers
Electrocardiography EKG units
Frames
Continuous passive motion CPM equipment
Ultrasonic Doppler equipment
Filtered intravenous IV catheter tubing
Evacuated blood collection tubes
Traction equipment
Personal computer PC-based spirometers
Mechanical stethoscopes
Ankle restraints
Ultrasonic nebulizers
Electronic compressor nebulizers
Safety belts
Pneumatic boots
Personal digital assistants PDA
Apnea monitors
Open infusion systems
Needleless intravenous IV withdrawal equipment
Blood transfusion drip regulators
Non-vented intravenous IV catheter tubing
Fabric body holders
Jackson-Pratt drains
Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment
Wrist restraints
Intramuscular needles
Knee braces
Infusion pumps
Posey vests
Pocket spirometers
Oxygen masks
Patient lifters
Bucks extensions
Hemovac drains
Non-invasive cardio respiratory monitors
Electronic stethoscopes
Safety jackets
Infusion controllers
Walking braces
Portable nebulizers
Handheld spirometers
Circo-electric beds
Vented intravenous IV catheter tubing
Needleless glucometers
Compressor tabletop nebulizers
Tourniquets
Walkers
Restraints
Canes
Saturation of oxygen SaO2 monitors
Neck braces
Intermittent positive pressure breathing IPPB apparatus
Flexible nasogastric tubes
Mercury blood pressure measuring equipment
Hemoglobinometer machines
Abdominal binders
Crutches
Pulmonary function testing PFT equipment
Tracheotomy tubes
Lap belts
Infusion sets
Intradermal needles
Air fluidized beds
Through-the-needle intravenous IV catheters
Needleless intraveneous IV sets
Oxygen tubing
Automated spirometers
Safety infusion systems
Blood glucometers
Closed infusion systems
Tablet computers
Ostomy equipment
Pulse oximeters
Dialysis machines
Intubation suctioning kits
Desktop computers
Bag infusion systems
Over-the-needle intravenous IV catheters
Heart monitors
Glucometers
Digital spirometers
Subcutaneous hypodermic needles
Capillary tubes
Gastric suction equipment
Telemetry units
Wheelchairs

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MedicWare EMR
Word processing software
Microsoft Word
Diagnostic and procedural coding software
Medical procedure coding software
Microsoft Office
Medical condition coding software
MEDITECH software
Infusion management software
Telephone triage software
Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
Scheduling software
Electronic medical record EMR software
Spreadsheet software