Academic Majors

USA

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Typical Tasks

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