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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 “Clinic Nurse”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
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MedicWare EMR
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Telephone triage software
Electronic medical record EMR software
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Infusion management software
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Scheduling software
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