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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

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Tasks for “Registered Nurses”

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

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